Thursday, January 29, 2015

Using SB Portal to Access Your SAN Folder/H-drive from Your Home Computer

Recently we received a call from a teacher asking how a student can access their network drives from home on their own computer. Well, this is how it is done. And it works for employees too!

1. Go to http://sbportal.springbranchisd.com

2. Type your SBISD login name in the Username field.

3. Type your SBISD password in the Password field.

4. Students need to change the item in the Domain field to show “SBS” (Employees need to use
     “SBM1”).

5. Click the Log In button.


6. A screen will appear with monitor icons. Click on one of the monitor icons.


7. A desktop screen with the SBISD logo will appear. It may take a minute or so, but the desktop
     icons will eventually appear.

8. Click the “folder” icon in the task bar.


9. In the left column of the window that opens, click Computer


10. Double-click the icon for your SAN Folder/H-Drive.


11. You now have access to your SAN Folder/H-Drive. You may edit your documents that you have
      in here. If you open a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file, it will open in OpenOffice instead of
      Microsoft Office. You can make changes but when you save, it will save as an OpenOffice
      document instead of a Microsoft Office document. OpenOffice documents can be edited by
      Microsoft Office so no need to worry when opening the file later in Microsoft Office when on a
      district computer.


When finished, be sure to log out!!

12. Click the “arrow” button in the top center of the screen.


13. Click your username on the right side of the screen.

14. Click Disconnect.


15. Click the Yes button.


16. Click the Log Out button on the next screen.


17. Click the Yes button.





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