Comparison of UW file service options for Managed Workstation customers

The following chart compares the capabilities provided by various UW file services.

The file services and capabilities listed have been chosen reflecting those for which Managed WorkStation (MWS) customers have expressed interest or needs.

Note: The general UW Central Shared File Service offering has been omitted since it is identical to the Managed WorkStation File Service offering except for the cost, eligibility, and off-campus access.

UW file service option comparison

Capabilities	OneDrive for Business	Google Drive	U Drive	MWS Home Dir	MWS File Service	MWS Windows File Service
FERPA
HIPAA BAA
Other UW Confidential
Other UW Restricted
Cost	None	None	50GB “free”  (STF/TRF), $.10/GB/month beyond	$.25/GB/month beyond	$.25/GB/month beyond	$.25/GB/month
Eligibility	Faculty, Staff, Students, Shared UW NetIDs	Faculty, Staff, Students, Shared UW NetIDs	Faculty, Staff, Students	MWS customers	UW budget	UW budget
Activation required	None	None	via Manage My UW NetID page	via Manage My UW NetID page	via request	via request
Resiliency	GR redundant	GR redundant	Single UW Data Center outage	Single UW Data Center outage	Single UW Data Center outage	Single component outage
Off-campus availability			via SFTP or VPN	via VPN	via VPN	via VPN
Offline sync
Backed up	Limited (Trash, versioning if enabled, and non-contractual backup available via support request)	Limited (Trash and limited versioning)
Self-service restore	Recycle bin recovery or support request	Trash and in limited cases Versions
Repair Point Objective post virus/deletion/ ransomware	Immediate, assuming versioning on	Limited, possibly never	Immediate via snapshots	Immediate via snapshots	Immediate via snapshots	Immediate via shadow copy
Versioning
Email notification
Self-service access control			N/A	N/A
Groups Service integration			N/A	N/A
External Identity Sharing			N/A	N/A
Auto-mapping available at logon
Synchronous editing
Recommended for Access DBs
Protocol support	HTTPS, MS-FSSHTTP	HTTPS	CIFS/SMB, SFTP	CIFS/SMB	CIFS/SMB	CIFS/SMB
Client platform support	Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, web browser	Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, web browser	Windows, Mac, Linux	Windows, Mac, Linux	Windows, Mac, Linux	Windows, Mac, Linux
Encryption in-transit
Encryption at-rest
UI usability
Available in 5 years?
MWS Recommended

 Symbols reference

Symbol	Meaning
	Great or recommended
	OK or Yes
	Some issues
	Not recommended, discouraged, or No
	Unclear; may depend on the scenario
	All classifications depend on entire solution not just storage
	Not by default