My Shared Drive
and Virtual Address Online Mail Accounts
About Your Shared Drive
Members, Virtual Address and Mailbox holders are provided with an online "Shared Drive" whereby files are stored for you to view and / or download. Your files will remain available while an AHBC member or Virtual Address client.
Virtual Address online Mail Accounts : Your shared drive contains folders for each mail deliveries. Each folder includes PDF files of the scanned mail. You will be notified by email of any mail received, with URLs for each delivery and overall online mailbox URL for all mail received.
AHBC Members : To locate your shared drive URL, simply generate a Member's Activity Report using the Membership and Services form. Action 2. "My Membership" followed by Action 1. "Activity Report". Check your emails for details
Files that we may share with you are:-
Business Tool Kit documents and templates.
Business Name, Company Setup and other registration details
Domain registration and hosting certificates
Mail received with Open-Scan-Email option
Other shared file relating to project and provided services
Your Share Drive remains active while you are a member. If you plan to cancel your membership, you should consider downloading the content.
Below is a sample of how your Share Drive may appear online.
File Types
Virtual Address holder : PDF files can be viewed online or download as required.
Members : Files that we share with you come in two forms:-
Live Files - These are Google file like a document, spreadsheet etc. The file can have a number of viewers and editors working on the one file at the same time and visible to the AHBC. Files are saved as you type. You can also download create a static copy on your computer.
Static Files - These are files that can not be edited or need to be downloaded to edit. Eg. PDF, Photos, Images and Microsoft files.
Sharing Files (Members Only)
You can use your "Shared Drive" to provided files, photos etc to the AHBC. However, to do so, you will need a Google Account. See section on Security.
Editing & Downloading (Members Only)
Many of the templates that we share with you can be edited online. Simply select the file to add your content or to rename. All changes are saved automatically and if you have share the URL with others, they will see your changes as they are entered.
You can also download files to your computer.
Security
By default, your Share Drive is a shareable URL link. This means that you can share the link with others in your organisation, accountant or business advisor. The URL is encoded so the likelihood of accidental detection is 1 in 1,099,511,627,776.
If you wish your Shared Drive to be password protect, simply contact us and supply an email address that is connected to a Google or Gmail account.