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Student File Storage

Very soon after you enroll in your first course at Union, an e-mail address is automatically created based on your name. This is your account name followed by @my.uu.edu. It is considered an official means of university communication. Learn more about your Union student e-mail account.

Your e-mail address also provides you with access to 25 gigabytes of secure web-based file storage. Files you store there can be accessed from anywhere you have internet service. Your Skydrive file storage is provided through Microsoft's Live@Edu services. You will be able to use your Microsoft-based services for life.

There are at least three ways you can access your SkyDrive file storage:

• (Effective fall 2011) After a one-time setup in Union's portal (portal.uu.edu) you will be connected to your e-mail, calendar and file storage. Once you log into the portal each time, you will also have direct access to other resources that would each require a separate login otherwise. Clicking the 'unread message' count on your portal home page will direct you to your e-mail and calendar. Once there, clicking the Office menu will give you various options to access your files.
• If you are using Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows, you can select File, Save&Send, SaveToWeb. In Office 2011 for Mac, you can select File, Share, SaveToSkydrive.
• To upload, download, open, or manage files you can go directly to your file storage at skydrive.live.com using your Union e-mail address to Sign In (not Sign Up).

Union respects your privacy and will never access your accounts, except in judicial matters or as requested by university administration.