# Network Drives

The primary function of <code class="expression">space.vars.PRODUCT\_NAME</code> is to map network drives on a user's computer and connect the drives to the user's files in Microsoft 365.

The <code class="expression">space.vars.PRODUCT\_NAME</code> [subscription administrator](https://docs.zeedrive.com/introduction/administration) configures the network drives.

Network drives can be connected to various targets in Microsoft 365:

* A SharePoint Online document library
* A SharePoint Online site, or site hierarchy
* Microsoft Teams file repositories
* SharePoint Online hub sites
* OneDrive for Business
* A subfolder within a SharePoint Online document library

See [network-drive-connection-options](https://docs.zeedrive.com/administration-guide/network-drive-connection-options "mention") for more detailed information on the connection options above.

In practice, all file repositories in Microsoft 365 are SharePoint Online *document libraries*, including OneDrive for Business. SharePoint Online sites, Teams and hub sites are a means to *group* or *present* the document libraries.

A [ZeeDrive subscription](https://docs.zeedrive.com/introduction/subscription) supports many network drive configurations. Each network drive can be connected to a different target. A network drive consists of its UNC path E.g. `\\servername\share` name, and an optional drive letter assignment E.g. `z:\`

For additional flexibility, <code class="expression">space.vars.PRODUCT\_NAME</code> provides virtual folders as a means to group multiple, disparate, Microsoft 365 targets under a single network drive. Instead of connecting the network drive to a target in Microsoft 365, the subscription administrator can create a hierarchy of <code class="expression">space.vars.PRODUCT\_NAME</code> virtual folders within the network drive and connect each of those virtual folders to a different target in Microsoft 365.

<figure><img src="https://4182749601-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FBkDVFDwNmEHlZv1KwwiY%2Fuploads%2F0rvcaNtnuLDlmGHUBqLK%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=aba6eff3-4149-4768-9761-453af9651a9c" alt="" width="563"><figcaption><p>Network drives are configured via the <code class="expression">space.vars.PRODUCT_NAME</code> administration console</p></figcaption></figure>
