ARCHIVED: Compare IU and personal (non-IU) Box accounts
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IU Box accounts
IU's Box cloud storage service was retired on May 10, 2021. For information about cloud storage options available at IU, see Storage at IU.
IU Box accounts are available to Indiana University students, faculty, staff, and affiliates.
- For group and organizational account eligibility, see ARCHIVED: Types of Box accounts at IU.
Important:
To request a new institutional storage account, fill out the Institutional storage request form.
- For more, including information about creating your account, see ARCHIVED: Get started with Box at IU and ARCHIVED: Box at IU help menu.
Personal (non-IU) Box accounts
Personal (non-IU) Box accounts are available free to the public, but are not related in any way to the enterprise Box service at IU. Anyone can sign up for a free personal (non-IU) Box account. If you choose to create a personal (non-IU) Box account, use a non-IU email address and password of your choice.
You can share files from your personal (non-IU) Box account with your IU Box account, but make sure to follow appropriate security guidelines:
- ARCHIVED: Types of data appropriate for IU Box accounts
- ARCHIVED: Share and collaborate on files with Box
Compare personal (non-IU) and IU Box accounts
Features | Personal (non-IU) accounts | IU Box accounts |
---|---|---|
File size upload limit | 250 MB | 15 GB * |
Available storage | 10 GB | Unlimited |
Single sign-on integration | ✗ | ✓ |
Password-protected sharing | ✗ | ✓ |
Advanced collaboration features (for example, full-text search, download stats and tracking, version history) | ✗ | ✓ |
Integration with institutional applications | ✗ | ✓ |
Administrative console and advanced features | ✗ | ✓ |
Enhanced enterprise logging features | ✗ | ✓ |
Contractual protections for subscribing institutions | ✗ | ✓ |
* For more about uploading large files to your IU Box account, see ARCHIVED: Maximum upload file size for IU Box.
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Last modified on 2021-02-26 10:56:08.