Connecting to Ersa's file server (Samba shares on adelaide.sasr.edu.au) from Windows

On a Managed Desktop machine, to connect to a "Samba share" (also often referred to as a "Shared drive" or "Shared space") called "USERNAME" (where USERNAME is your ersa username) on one of the Ersa's file servers, such as "adelaide.sasr.edu.au"

There are two shares of interest your home and data folders.
put:

\\adelaide.sasr.edu.au\home\USERNAME
or
\\adelaide.sasr.edu.au\data\USERNAME

in the Windows Explorer "Address" bar:


or in the "StartMenu -> RUN" bar:

As a more permanent way to connect, choose "Map Network Drive" from the Explorer "Tools" menu
Click On My Computer:


Next, choose "Map Network Drive" from the "Tools" menu:



Connect the the drive letter of your choice (e.g. "U:" or "H:") in this case Z: to the Share (in the "Folder" field above).
If you tick the "Reconnect at logon" checkbox, it should try and remake the mapping to the drive letter for you when you next log in.



Enter your Ersa Username and Password Credentials
You can also choose to "Remember my credentials" so the share is automagically connected each time you login



Your Mapped Drives Now Appear under Network Locations in your Windows Explorer


If you need to connect from a machine outside Adelaide University, e.g. from home, you will need to connect to the University network by using the University's VPN facility, then map a drive as above, but choose the "Connect using a different user name" option on the "Map Network Drive" dialog.