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Dropbox

Dropbox at U-M is a cloud file storage option that provides automatic backup and is readily accessible from any device. U-M Dropbox is available with 5 TB of storage for individual accounts and no storage limit for Team Folders for all active faculty, staff, students, emeritus, and Type-1 sponsored affiliates at the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint, and Michigan Medicine campuses.

Dropbox at U-M Includes:

All of the core features (e.g., storage, anytime/anywhere access to files, secure sharing, and more).
Advanced data protection (e.g., version history and file recovery, advanced sharing permissions, password protection, granular permissions, and more).
Advanced collaboration and productivity tools (e.g., Dropbox Paper, file locking, commenting, Dropbox badge, and more).

February 24, 2025 Update:

Moving forward, the MCommunity group you use when creating and managing the folder must have two eligible owners (i.e., faculty or regular staff). Eligible group owners will also use the tool to change the folder’s departmental prefix, name, and associated MCommunity group and delete the folder when your team no longer needs it. These actions no longer require you to contact the ITS Service Center for assistance unless you encounter issues while doing so!
All Team Folders of which you are already an eligible group owner are viewable/manageable in the tool. (If your folder has no associated group with eligible owners, it will not appear in the tool.)
Renewing them annually is not required at this time.
As a reminder, individuals must be members of the MCommunity group to view and access the Team Folder in Dropbox. However, only eligible group owners (regardless of whether they’re also members) can create and manage Team Folders via the tool.
Refer to Team Folders in U-M Dropbox for additional guidance on using the new tool to create and manage Dropbox Team Folders.

December 11, 2024 Update:

Dropbox updated the left-sidebar to include a new "Quick Access" section
This section is intended to help you organize files/folders into custom sections
- And also brings back the "Starred" section that was taken out last year
Please see this article in the ITS KB for more details

June 11, 2024 Update:

6/11/2024 -
- Everyone will have a new personal folder denoted by their name
- When you share a subfolder in a Team Folder with someone who doesn’t have access to the Team Folder, the entire folder path to the subfolder you’ve shared will be visible to them
- If you were previously shared on a subfolder within a Team Folder you don't have access to, the name of that subfolder may change
- When using the Dropbox desktop app, the name will change from “Dropbox (University of Michigan)” to “University of Michigan Dropbox” in your file directory
- See the Link below for additional details on these changes

January 12, 2024 Update:

1/12/2024 - Dropbox is removing the ability to create Google Docs, Sheets, Slides inside of Dropbox; and also removing the ability to use the Google Editor inside of Dropbox
1/22/2024 - All existing Google Documents will be converted to the Microsoft equivalent file format. Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
- You cannot transfer Google Docs with the google file type. As an example - you would have to download as Excel, and re-upload to Drive and open in Sheets.