Cloud Foundation

Storage provided in the Azure tenant of Maastricht University. Different storage types are available (blobs, disks, file shares, tables, queues). Cloud Foundation will guide you in choosing the correct type for your data. Several performance tiers are available, from extremely fast to very low costs for archived data.

Sensitive data approved
Share within UM
Share outside UM
Research, Education & Operations
Location
Cloud (NL)
Other locations on request
Max size
No limit
 
Version control
Yes
 
Financing
Charged to department
 
  • Accessible for: Employees, Students
  • Back-up restore: Yes, back-up can be restored centrally (via service contact)
  • Offered by: ICTS

  • Available for: Research, Education and Operations (support and administrative staff)

  • Storage type: Active and Static

  • Confidentiality level: Public, low confidential, confidential and highly confidential data

Database hosting

Database hosting (DBaaS) offers a database for storing application data. Databases are hosted on ICTS’s shared, centralised server environment. Hardware and software are managed according to UM security guidelines, including regular software updates and required security patches. This type of hosting is suitable for standard databases which are included as part of a purchased application.

Sensitive data approved
Share within UM
Research, Operations
Location
Europe (NL)
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
50GB
Version control
No
Financing
Charged to department
  • Accessible for: Employees
  • Back-up restore: Yes, back-up can be restored centrally (via service contact)
  • Offered by: ICTS

  • Available for: Research, Education and Operations (support and administrative staff)

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality Level: Public, low confidential, confidential and highly confidential data

DataverseNL

DataverseNL is a digital repository available to Maastricht University researchers, where one can publish or register research data during the research process and after its completion to make it discoverable, citable and accessible for future research in line with the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).

Share within UM
Share outside UM
Research
Location
Europe (NL)
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
No limit
Individual files up to 9.3 Gb
Version control
Yes
Financing
Free of charge
  • Accessible for: Employees, Students, Guests
  • Back-up restore: Yes, back-up can be restored centrally (via service contact)
  • Offered by: University Library

  • Available for: Research and Education

  • Storage type: Static

  • Confidentiality level: Public and low confidential data

Ldot – Research Workflow Management

Ldot is a web-based tool for 1) storing participants’ personal and contact data, 2) safeguarding the study logistics and research protocol workflow and 3) communicating with participants, e.g. for elecontric informed consent. Ldot is not suitable for storing research data, but integrates with your other research data collection or storage tools.

Sensitive data approved
Share within UM
Share outside UM
Research
Location
Europe (NL)
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
100k subjects
For more, contact Ldot
Version control
 
 
Financing
Charged to department
 
  • Accessible for: Employees, Guests
  • Back-up restore: 
  • Offered by: MEMIC

  • Available for: Research

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality level: Public, low confidential and confidential  data

Maastricht Data Repository (MDR)

The Maastricht Data Repository (MDR) is an in-house solution built on open-source technology for the long-term preservation of research data. It keeps data accessible, compliant, and reproducible for as long as it remains relevant.

Sensitive data approved
Share within UM
Share outside UM
Research
Location
Europe (NL)
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
No limit
Version control
Financing
Charged to department
  • Accessible for: Employees
  • Back-up restore: 
  • Offered by: DataHub

  • Available for: Research

  • Storage type: Static

  • Confidentiality level: Public, low confidential, confidential and highly confidential data

Mediasite

Mediasite is Maastricht University’s video platform for recording lectures, uploading, managing, and safely sharing videos.

Share within UM
Share outside UM
Education
Location
Europe
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
No limit
Version control
No
 
Financing
Free of charge
 
  • Accessible for: Employees, Students, Guests
  • Back-up restore: Yes, back-up can be restored centrally (via service contact)
  • Offered by: University Library

  • Available for: Education, Research and Operations (support and administrative staff)

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality level: Public, low confidential and confidential data

SURFdrive

With SURFdrive, store, synchronise and share your files easily and securely in SURF’s community cloud. SURFdrive is the personal cloud storage service for Dutch education and research.

Sensitive data approved
Share within UM
Share outside UM
Operations
Location
Europe (NL)
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
1TB
 
Version control
Yes
Financing
Free of charge
 
  • Accessible for: Employees, Students, Guests
  • Back-up restore: No
  • Offered by: ICTS

  • Available for: Research, Education and Operations (support and administrative staff)

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality level: Public, low confidential, confidential and highly confidential data

SURF Research Drive

SURF Research Drive offers a lot of storage capacity for research data and facilitates collaboration with other institutions, industry, or international partners. Research Drive enables you to store and share your research data in an online environment, and synchronise it across diverse devices.

Sensitive data approved
Share within UM
Share outside UM
Research
Location
Europe (NL)
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
No limit
Version control
Yes
Financing
Partially financed
First 500GB free of charge
  • Accessible for: Employees, Guests
  • Back-up restore: Yes, back-up can be restored centrally (via service contact)
  • Offered by: University Library

  • Available for: Research

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality Level: Public, low confidential, confidential and highly confidential data

UM I-drive (Personal)

Managed File Services (MFS) or the “UM network drives” allow users to store data on a high-performance platform via network shares. The I-drive is a personal folder accessible only to the user. Files cannot be shared.

Sensitive data approved
Operations
Location
Europe (NL)
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
2GB (students), 10GB (staff)
Version control
Yes
Financing
Free of charge
  • Accessible for: Employees, Students
  • Back-up restore: Yes, user can restore back-up
  • Offered by: ICTS

  • Available for: Research, Education and Operations (support and administrative staff)

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality Level: Public, low confidential, confidential and highly confidential data

UM J-drive (Org)

Managed File Services (MFS) or the “UM network drives” allow users to store data on a high-performance platform via network shares. The J-drive is intended for organisation-specific data. It is a shared folder at the faculty or department level.

Sensitive data approved
Share within UM
Operations
Location
Europe (NL)
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
Decided per faculty / service centre
Version control
Yes
Financing
Free of charge
 
  • Accessible for: Employees
  • Back-up restore: Yes, user can restore back-up
  • Offered by: ICTS

  • Available for: Research, Education and Operations (support and administrative staff)

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality Level: Public, low confidential, confidential and highly confidential data

UM K-drive (Apps)

Managed File Services (MFS) or the “UM network drives” allow users to store data on a high-performance platform via network shares. The K-drive is intended for application data. It is a shared folder at the faculty or department level.

Sensitive data approved
Share within UM
Operations
Location
Europe (NL)
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
Decided per faculty / service centre
Version control
Yes
Financing
Free of charge
 
  • Accessible for: Employees
  • Back-up restore: Yes, user can restore back-up
  • Offered by: ICTS

  • Available for: Research, Education and Operations (support and administrative staff)

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality Level: Public, low confidential, confidential and highly confidential data

UM L-drive (Projects)

Managed File Services (MFS) or the “UM network drives” allow users to store data on a high-performance platform via network shares. The L-drive is intended for project data. It is a shared folder at the faculty or department level.

Sensitive data approved
Share within UM
Operations
Location
Europe (NL)
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
Decided per faculty / service centre
Version control
Yes
Financing
Free of charge
 
  • Accessible for: Employees
  • Back-up restore: Yes, user can restore back-up
  • Offered by: ICTS

  • Available for: Research, Education and Operations (support and administrative staff)

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality Level: Public, low confidential, confidential and highly confidential data

UM N-drive (Education)

Managed File Services (MFS) or the “UM network drives” allow users to store data on a high-performance platform via network shares. The N-drive is intended for education data. It is a shared folder at the faculty or department level.

Sensitive data approved
Share within UM
Education
Location
Europe (NL)
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
Decided per faculty / service centre
Version control
Yes
Financing
Free of charge
 
  • Accessible for: Employees, Students
  • Back-up restore: Yes, user can restore back-up
  • Offered by: ICTS

  • Available for: Research, Education and Operations (support and administrative staff)

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality Level: Public, low confidential, confidential and highly confidential data

UM P-drive (Research)

Managed File Services (MFS) or the “UM network drives” allow users to store data on a high-performance platform via network shares. The P-drive is intended for storing research data. It is a shared folder at the faculty or department level.

Sensitive data approved
Share within UM
Research
Location
Europe (NL)
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
Decided per faculty
Version control
Yes
Financing
Free of charge
 
  • Accessible for: Employees, Students
  • Back-up restore: Yes, user can restore back-up
  • Offered by: ICTS

  • Available for: Research

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality Level: Public, low confidential, confidential and highly confidential data

UM Microsoft OneDrive

OneDrive for Business is part of Office 365 and is used for storing and sharing personal business files.

Share within UM
Share outside UM
Education, Operations
Location
Europe
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
50GB by default
100GB limit
Version control
Yes
Financing
Free of charge
 
  • Accessible for: Employees, Students, Guests
  • Back-up restore: 
  • Offered by: ICTS

  • Available for: Research, Education and Operations (support and administrative staff)

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality Level: Low confidential and confidential data

UM Microsoft SharePoint

SharePoint offers an integrated collaboration environment for storing, sharing and editing files with multiple people simultaneously. It also enables you to create blogs, publish news and host your own SharePoint page using templates.

Share within UM
Share outside UM
Education, Operations
Location
Europe
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
Version control
Yes
Financing
Free of charge
  • Accessible for: Employees, Students, Guests
  • Back-up restore: 
  • Offered by: ICTS

  • Available for: Research, Education and Operations (support and administrative staff)

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality Level: Low confidential and confidential data

UM Microsoft Teams

Teams offers an integrated collaboration environment for storing, sharing and editing files with multiple people simultaneously. You can also chat with colleagues and make use of additional tools such as UMployee and Microsoft Planner.

Share within UM
Share outside UM
Education, Operations
Location
Europe
Trusted jurisdiction
Max size
15GB by default
Expandable in increments of 15GB
Version control
Yes
Financing
Free of charge
 
  • Accessible for: Employees, Students, Guests
  • Back-up restore: 
  • Offered by: ICTS

  • Available for: Research, Education and Operations (support and administrative staff)

  • Storage type: Active

  • Confidentiality Level: Low confidential and confidential data

Confidentiality examples

Public

  • Definition: Data that is freely accessible to everyone, without restrictions.
  • Examples: Information on maastrichtuniversity.nl, training information, public policy documents, press releases, public research results, public annual reports, public information about events and collaborations.

Low Confidential

  • Definition: Data that is intended for internal use within UM, but does not contain sensitive or personal information.
  • Examples: Internal manuals, process descriptions, internal news items, intranet pages, internal contact lists without private data, internal presentations about policy or organization.

Confidential

  • Definition: Data that contains personal data or other sensitive information and must be protected from unauthorized access.
  • Examples: Personnel files (non-special data category), student administration data, exam assignments and answers, assessment forms, internal reports, (pseudo-)anonymised research data, contracts and grant applications.

Highly Confidential

  • Definition: Data with highly sensitive, special or strategic information, the disclosure of which could cause serious harm to data subjects or UM.
  • Examples: Special category of personal data (such as medical or psychological data of students or staff), research data with ethical or legal restrictions, confidential research proposals, security incident information, strategic decision-making by the Executive Board, core financial data, intellectual property and patent applications.

Learn more about the UMCNL Standaard Dataclassificatie en –labelling.