This will step you through how to add an account to get credentials to use with Mountain Duck (which mounts a drive to the Intranet test server) or with Dreamweaver. This will allow the account holder to make changes to the sites (folders) indicated in their account(s).

Add an Account

  1. Log in to Media3
  2. Go to "My Services" and select "WebDisk/WebDAV Users" next to the correct instance (for MountainDuck/Contribute users it's "aad-alumni-test").
  3. Fill in the fields as indicated on the screenshot below:
    1. Password generator:
      1. Mountain Duck has issues with some of the special characters, so to be on the safe side press the Advanced Options link.
      2. Change the "Non Alpha Characters from "Both (1@3$)" to "Numbers (123)".
      3. Finally, copy the password in a safe place for use later, and to select "Use Password" you need to confirm that you have copied it in a safe place
  4. Select the "Create" button at the bottom of the form.
  5. Click the "Configure Client Access" button.
    1. If you see this:
    2. and this is the correct OS for the client's computer click that link. If it's not,
    • Select the correct system from the dropdown options
  6. Click the link to view configuration.
  7. Copy the Server name, Port, and username (username will be different than the one you entered to create the account) with the password you saved earlier and use to create connections in Mountain Duck / Dreamweaver / etc...
  8. Send the information including the password to the person the account is for. IT will install on their machine and the user will input his creds.

 

Manage an Account

  • At the bottom of the page shown in step 3 above, is a list of all the accounts for that server, with action items beside them. Select the appropriate link and make the change needed for that account.