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Drive and Photo Service:Get started with Alibaba Cloud Drive Enterprise Edition

Last Updated:Nov 10, 2025

This topic describes the basic workflow for Cloud Drive for Enterprises (CDE) after your initial purchase to help you get started quickly.

Prerequisites

Procedure

Step 1: Enter the enterprise name and attach a super administrator

  1. Log on to the Enterprise Drive Management page for Alibaba Cloud Drive for Enterprise. On the All Enterprises tab, click Bind Super Administrator in the Actions column of the target enterprise.

  2. Enter the enterprise name and super administrator information, and complete binding.

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Step 2: Log on to the drive

Method 1: Access the drive using a domain name

This method applies to all users.

  1. In a browser, go to Alibaba Cloud Drive Enterprise Edition.

  2. In the upper-left corner of the page, select International Station. Enter your enterprise code. Click The next step.

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  3. Enter your mobile number/email and the verification code that you received to log on. You can then access and use the product.

Method 2: Access the drive from the PDS console

This method applies only to users who have permissions to use the PDS console.

  1. Log on to the Drive and Photo Service console.

    In the upper-left corner of the page, select the region where your drive is located.

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  2. Click Go to Drive in the Actions column for the target enterprise.

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  3. You are then logged on to the drive.

Step 3: Create a team

  1. Log on to the cloud drive with an administrator account and go to the Management Console.

  2. In the left navigation pane, click Team management. The Team management page opens.

  3. In the team directory, click the enterprise name at the top, hover over the image icon, and click New sub team.

  4. Enter the team information and click OK.

Step 4: Create a regular user

  1. On the Team management page, select Enterprise or a sub-team and click New User.

  2. Enter the basic user information and phone number or email address, and click Save.

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Step 5: Create a drive administrator

A network drive administrator has the same permissions as a super administrator, except that a network drive administrator cannot change their own role.

  1. Go to the Team management page, and in the team directory, click the enterprise name at the top.

  2. From the list of all enterprise users, select one or more users and click Change Role.

  3. On the Change Role page, switch the role of the selected user or users to Network Drive Administrator, and then click OK to make them a Network Drive Administrator.image

Step 6: Create a team administrator

A team administrator can manage team users, the team disk, and log audits. Assign users as team administrators as needed.

  1. Go to the Team management page, click a sub-team in the team directory, select one or more users, and click Change Role.

  2. On the Change Role page, switch the selected user's role to Team Administrator and click OK.image

Step 7: Transfer files

From the user interface, you can transfer files in Enterprise Space, Team Space, or Personal Space.

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Step 8: Configure access permissions

After an administrator enables Internal Sharing/Authorization in Management Console > Security Policy, they must log out and log on again to the cloud drive to configure permissions.imageimage

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