UW Data Storage Options

The UW provides enterprise licensed cloud services, university-wide file storage, and department or lab-specific solutions. Most fee-for-service UW storage options are allocated PI-by-PI within their home department, not WID.

Box: https://it.wisc.edu/services/box/

UW–‍Madison provides free online file storage and collaboration service using Box cloud file storage. Box provides a place to store and access files needed for active collaboration, integrated within process workflows. All new individual Box accounts and project directories are provisioned with a 50GB storage quota. UW–‍Madison Box should not be used for long-term storage or a backup repository.

Google Workspace: https://it.wisc.edu/services/google-workspace/

UW–‍Madison Google Workspace is a collection of cloud-based productivity and collaborative tools including: Google Drive, Shared Drives, Docs, Sheets, Gemini, NotebookLM and more.

OneDrive for Business: https://kb.wisc.edu/74569

OneDrive for Business is Microsoft 365’s secure cloud storage service. It allows you to:

Store work files in the cloud

Access files from anywhere, on any device

Share files securely with coworkers and external partners

Collaborate in real time using Microsoft apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

ResearchDrive: https://it.wisc.edu/services/researchdrive/

Provides secure, shareable storage space on the UW–‍Madison campus network. ResearchDrive is a university-wide file storage solution for Faculty PIs, permanent PIs, and their research group members. It is suited for a variety of research purposes, including backup, archive, storage for data inputs/outputs of research computing and others. It is a secure and permanent place for keeping data.

The following options are supported directly by campus and are generally used by departments or administrators.