1. On the desktop, at the bottom-left of your screen, click on the Windows Icon or Search Bar, and search for “This PC”. Click on it.
   
2. Click the “Computer” tab on the top and then click “Map network drive”
   
3. Assign the drive any letter that is available (we prefer personal folders to use the letter Y:)
4. Enter “\\ad.bu.edu\bumcfiles\” in the Folder field OR you can enter the full path to your desired location.”Reconnect at logon”should be checked ON.
   Click “Finish”.
   If you are already logged into a BU computer with your Kerberos credentials and are connected to the BU network, your drive should now be mapped.
   Otherwise, continue to step 5.
   
5. If you are not connected to a BU network, please follow the instructions on how to connect to BU’s 2FA VPN.
6. If you are not logged into a BU computer with your Kerberos credentials, “Connecting using different credentials” should be checked ON.
   
   Click “Finish”Windows will prompt you to enter your BU credentials to access the server.
   In that case, please enter your credentials as follows:username: AD\<your Kerberos username>
   password: your Kerberos password”Remember by credentials” should be checked ON so that you don’t have to enter it every time you want to connect to it.Click “OK”
7. Your drive should now be mapped!

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