

Common Problems and Solutions for Sharing E-mails.Adding Administrators to Your Managed Workstation.Use Microsoft Forms to create and send a survey.Use Google Forms to create and send a survey.Retirement of Catalyst WebQ and GradeBook.Accessing the N Drive from off-campus requires the Husky OnNet VPN (which also requires a UW NetID).It is not possible to share anything on the iSchool N Drive (our network file share) with anyone that does not have a UW NetID.If HIPAA or FERPA compatibility is a concern, Google Drive is not an option.You can also share anything in any Google Drive anonymously meaning no login required.Note any email address can be a Google Account so collaborators don’t have to sign up for anything new.You are able to share Files and Folders in both your personal UW Google Drive and in a UW Shared Google Drive (formerly known as a Team Drive) with ANY Google Account.If HIPAA or FERPA compatibility is a concern, this is your only option.You can also share anything in SharePoint Online anonymously meaning no login required.

Any email address can be a Microsoft Account so collaborators don’t have to sign up for anything new.Note this can be ANY Microsoft Account (Hotmail,, etc.) and does not need to be a Microsoft 365 Account.You are able to share Files and Folders and Sites in SharePoint Online with anyone that has a Microsoft Account.Of course, this negates any security and auditing and you risk the credentials for the Shared NetID getting passed around. Creating a Shared UW NetID, provisioning the UW Office 365 service for it, and then sharing the credentials for this NetID with all the external collaborators.Sponsoring a UW NetID for the external collaborator(s) and then provisioning the UW Office 365 service for them.You can only share files in your personal UW OneDrive for Business with people that have a UW NetID.

Here are your options and some limitations. There are times when we want to share Files/Folders with people who are not associated with the UW and who do not have a UW NetID.
