These instructions are intended for home computers. The university’s centrally administered computers have their own instructions here.
You can establish a remote connection from your home computer to your home directory. This allows you to access and use the files and folders in the directory as if you were using a university computer. All changes made through the remote connection will be saved.. You can also connect to a group disk space by following these instructions.
Quick help
- Make sure that you have established a secure remote connection (VPN connection) between your home computer and the University of Helsinki network.
- Map the home directory with the following information:
Folder: \\homeX.ad.helsinki.fi\t\tunnus
where the value for homeX can be found in the table below, based on the first letter of your username, t is the first letter of your username and tunnus is your username.a home0
b c d e home1
f g h home2
i j home3
k l home4
m home5
n o p home6
q r s home7
t u v home8
w x y z home9For example, the Folder field of the user Raimo Keski-Vääntö (username rkeskiva) looks like this: \\home7.ad.helsinki.fi\r\rkeskiva
- Enter your username in the format ATKK\username
Detailed help
- Make sure that you have established a secure remote connection (VPN connection) between your home computer and the University of Helsinki network.
- To view your home directory (Z drive) on your home computer, follow these steps: Open the Resource management (File Explorer ) with the shortcut key combination Windows + E . Click the This PC icon in the directory structure on the left side of the window.
- Open the Computer tab at the top of the This PC window. Click the Map network drive button.
- From the menu, select an unassigned letter for Drive, e.g. Z:.
- Fill in the Folder field \\homeX.ad.helsinki.fi\t\tunnus (note: backslash (ALT GR and +))
where the value for homeX can be found in the table below, based on the first letter of your username, t is the first letter of your username and tunnus is your username.a home0
b c d e home1
f g h home2
i j home3
k l home4
m home5
n o p home6
q r s home7
t u v home8
w x y z home9For example, the Folder field of the user Raimo Keski-Vääntö (username rkeskiva) looks like this: \\home7.ad.helsinki.fi\r\rkeskiva
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Make sure that the checkboxes for Reconnect at sign-in and Connect using different credentials are checked. Click Finish.
- Enter your username in the format ATKK\username. Enter your password. If you select Remember my credentials, you will not have to enter your username and password every time.
- It may take a while to connect.
- Click OK.
- The home directory is now connected to your home computer.
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