File Storage
Storage Limit Reduction for Email, OneDrive, and MS Teams/Groups
The storage limit for all eligible Western faculty, staff, and students has been reduced from 1 TB to 50 GB. If you exceed this limit, you will need to either fund additional storage or manage your files under a "Read-Only" status.
For guidance on accessing your Archive Mailbox in Outlook (web and desktop) and applying Personal Tags, visit the Archive Mailbox FAQ page.
Please remember that this storage is cloud-based. Be sure to review Western's Data Classification Hierarchy before storing sensitive files in this location.
Desktop and My Documents in Labs
If you are working in any of the student teaching labs in the Faculty of Engineering (ACEB 1400, ACEB 2400, ACEB 2415, ACEB 2435, ACEB 2440, ACEB 3420, ACEB 3435, ACEB 4415, ACEB 4435, ACEB 4440, SEB 1004, TEB 454) including Departmental user labs, your Desktop and My Documents folders are redirected to network storage space on your P:\ drive. P:\ is backed up by ITG nightly. There is a 60-day retention of the data that can be restored upon request to enghelp@uwo.ca . There is 50GB limited space for all students for these redirected folders. The redirection is for your protection, so you don't lose anything.
When Working in Other Locations
We highly recommend that you save your files specifically to OneDrive where you have 50GB of available space, https://myoffice.uwo.ca or https://uwoca-my.sharepoint.com/personal/username_uwo_ca so you know where to find them when working in other locations both on and off campus. Graduate Students can request more space for research data by contacting enghelp@uwo.ca . All students also have an P:\ drive with 50GB of space available.