Discover how File Access Storage (FAS) can help you securely store, organize, and access your files anytime, anywhere. Learn more about managing your email storage, including capacity limits, usage insights, and tips for efficient organization.
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Overview:
File Access Service (FAS) is a file share service for students, faculty and staff at York University. A Passport York account is required to authenticate and access a FAS share.
FAS has dedicated storage allocation to accommodate various academic and administrative purposes such as:
- Share course materials with students
- Share confidential files internally within same department
- Share confidential files externally across departments
- Data repository for academic research
- Data repository for sensitive clinical and patient information, compliant to PHIPA
The service runs on premise, in York University datacenters which are secure, highly availability, reliable and resilient.
Service Costs:
A storage service fee applies, at the rate of $0.105 per GB, per month
For example, 50 GB of FAS storage allocation= $5.25 per month or $63.00 per year
Minimum FAS storage allocation: 50 GB
Minimum FAS storage increase/decrease increments: 10 GB
Requirements:
Authentication to the service requires a Passport York account
Access control:
Access to the FAS share are granted with the following privileges:
- Read access
- Modify/Write access
If there are further requirements to structure and enforce folder access controls within the FAS share, additional consultation will be arranged
Supported client operating systems:
Mac OS 10.15 and later
Microsoft Windows 10 1909 and later
How do I access it?
Please submit a request by completing the request form on:
https://askit.yorku.ca > Information Technology > I am an Employee > Service Request Forms > Central Storage Request
Overview:
Your email account has a certain quota of storage available. This includes emails, documents, pictures and videos.
How do I access it?
Your Microsoft M365 account includes OneDrive storage.
Frequently Asked Questions
FAS FAQs
A storage service fee applies, at the rate of $0.105 per GB, per month
For example, 50 GB of FAS storage allocation= $5.25 per month or $63.00 per year
Minimum FAS storage allocation: 50 GB
Minimum FAS storage increase/decrease increments: 10 GB
You can follow these self serve instructions to restore data files and folders within 30 days of deletion.
1. If you have deleted or lost a file (in the below example the file in question was in a folder called Test Folder), right-click on the folder and click on Properties.
2. Click on select the Previous Versions tab.
3. Find the version of the folder prior to the time the file/folder was deleted.
4. Right-click on the file or folder to restore, and click Copy.
5. Paste the file on the desktop, and then replace it on the appropriate network folder.
You won't be able to open files directly in the MyApps file explorer like you can in OneDrive. If you want to work on a file remotely, you must copy the file from the MyApps file explorer to your computer. We recommend you copy it somewhere simple like My Documents or your Desktop. Once you are finished updating your document, make sure to save your work and copy the newly saved file back to your shared drive using the MyApps File Explorer.
1. Go to the MyApps portal
2. Sign in using your Passport York username and password
3. When a popup asks you if you want to open the MyApps (AppsAnywhere) launcher, select Open AppsAnywhere Launcher.
- If the MyApps launcher is not already installed on your computer, you will be prompted to download and install it
- You can now access all the remote apps
4. After you log in to MyApps, launch File Explorer
5. The File Explorer window will now display:
- H: drive, which represents your department file share
- X: drive, which represents your home directory (if you have one)
**Please note you may see additional drive mappings, depending on your access privileges
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