The following steps will help explain how to access a network server on your Mac. Before we begin, please be aware that these instructions are specific to macOS and should work for 10.10 (Yosemite) - 10.15 (Catalina).

*As of July 2017, the UAB Dept. of Medicine IT will no longer support older versions of OS X prior to 10.9 (Mavericks) for file server access.

Off-campus Access Requires VPN

Please note that you will need to be running and connected to UAB's secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) in order for off-campus access to work.

Step 1: Open the Finder, then select Go from the menu. Now select Connect to Server from the drop-down menu.

Step 2: In the Connect to Server pop-up box, enter the details of the network share location as seen below. Use the following format: smb://uab;YourBlazerID@servername.ad.uab.edu/sharename. For example: smb://uab;jdoe@domserver.ad.uab.edu/dept.

Step 3: Enter your personal BlazerID (e.g., uab\jdoe), your password, and click Connect.

Step 4: That's it! The drive will now be accessible through the Finder and your apps.

The following steps show how to create a local drive (e.g., Z:\) on your computer that maps to a network file share location on a UAB server. Please note: If you are connecting from outside either the UAB Campus or Hospital networks (e.g., your home) you will need to connect using UAB's secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) first.

If you are not on UAB's network, please scroll to the bottom for slightly different instructions.

Step 1: Click on the Windows Start menu, then select Computer

Step 2: Select Map Network Drive from the menu

Step 3: Proceed to connecting the server:

1. Choose which drive letter you want that isn't already used
2. Type the location of the network share
3. Check the box to reconnect at logon, then click finish.
   
   
4. Hospital AD Users please note: If you log on to your office computer with your Hospital AD username, then you will need to check the box for "Connect using different credentials". Access permissions are granted via your UAB BlazerID. The opposite also applies. If you log on to the computer with your BlazerID and you need to connect to a Hospital server (e.g., hnas1-dpts.ad.hs.uab.edu), then you will need to use your AD account (ad\YourHospitalUsername).

If you checked "Connect using different credentials", you will need to enter your UAB BlazerID credentials (uab\YourBlazerID) before connecting. If you log on to your computer with your UAB BlazerID, then you do not need to check this box.

Step 4: That's it! The drive will now be accessible through the file explorer (i.e., My Computer) under the drive letter you chose in Step 3 above.

Off-Campus Access (Outside of any UAB Network)

If you are connecting from outside either the UAB Campus or Hospital networks (e.g., your home), you need to make sure you are already running and connected using UAB's secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) (needed for off-campus access to work) and click the "Connect using different credentials" checkbox. You would then enter your username as "uab\YourBlazerID" and password in the security pop-up window.

1. Choose which drive letter you want that isn't already used
2. Type the location of the network share
3. Check the box for "Connect using different credentials". Access permissions are granted via your UAB BlazerID.

You will need to enter your UAB BlazerID credentials (uab\YourBlazerID) before connecting.

If there is a departmental or co-worker's calendar you have access to and want to open it in Outlook, please follow the steps below. Please note, that if you were just granted access you might need to close and re-open Outlook first.

Step 1: Open the calendar section of Outlook.

Step 2: Near the top of the window, click the option to Open Calendar and in the menu that drops down, select Open Shared Calendar...

Step 3: The Open a Shared Calendar box will pop-up. If you already know the exact name of the calendar you can type it here. Or you can click the Name button and search for the calendar name in the Global Address List.

If you clicked the Name button, then you will see the window below. Start typing in the box near the top left to locate the calendar you want to open. Once you have located it, select the name from the list and click OK.

The previous box will now be populated with the calendar you selected from the list above. Click OK to complete the process.

Step 4: The shared calendar will now show up on the left side under a Shared Calendars heading.