Box Cloud Storage

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Last updated: Oct 25, 2017 by Andrew Levine

About

Tufts University entered into an Internet 2 agreement with Box.net to provide cloud storage for faculty, staff, and students. This service is not expressly licensed for clinical affiliates or contractors, but is seat-licensed for anyone pertaining the following:

  1. Tufts Username, Tufts Password
  2. A first.last@tufts.edu email alias

The Terms of Service describes the legal agreement with Box.net.

Authentication

Tufts is using Shibboleth to provide a single sign-on experience for users of Box.net cloud storage. 

By using Shibboleth, users of the tufts service will be able to continue to use their Tufts Username and Tufts Password to access services that they use most frequently, which will maintain as consistent an experience as possible for our users here at Tufts.

Alternative Login

Some third party applications that use Box might not allow for SSO logins. To get around this, a user must create an additional password on their account.

This can be done by having the user browse to their Account Settings and select the Change Password link under the Authentication section. This will create an additional password for the user to login using their Tufts email and this additional password.

Access & Account Creation

Account Creation
Box.net is configured to allow anyone to self-service provision their Box.net account using their Tufts Username and Tufts Password.

To create an account, simply direct a user to visit tufts.box.com for provisioning an account using your Tufts Username and Tufts Password

Account Access
To log in to box.net, please visit tufts.box.com. This will prompt you to "Connect" and utilize your Tufts Username and Tufts Password.

Information on the Tufts IT Knowledgebase is intended for IT Professionals at Tufts.
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