P Drive file storage service retiring soon - move your files to OneDrive
09 Jun 2025
IT Services are planning to retire the P Drive service which can be used by staff and students for the storing of personal files and documents, and personal web pages. Microsoft OneDrive will become the default personal file storage.
Once the service has been retired, you will no longer be able to access files on your P Drive.
This will also have an impact on websites hosted on personalpages.manchester.ac.uk. Colleagues who actively use the personalpages service will be contacted in the coming months with more information and guidance.
Benefits of using OneDrive
- Access anywhere: Use any device, at any time.
- Collaboration made easy: Seamless integration with all Microsoft 365 apps.
- Better security: Improved protection for your data.
- More space: OneDrive offers greater storage capacity.
Next steps
We will confirm the retirement date as soon as possible. In the meantime, you should start moving your files:
IT Services colleagues will be on hand to talk about this, and other topics, at the IT pop-up stand in the Main Library on Tuesday 24 June.