Mapping a network drive in Windows 11 is a fundamental skill that allows you to assign a local drive letter (like X: or Z:) to a shared folder on another computer or a network-attached storage (NAS) device. Once mapped, the remote storage behaves like an internal hard drive, appearing in File Explorer and being accessible to all your applications.
New-PSDrive -Name "DriveLetter" -PSProvider FileSystem -Root "\\Computer\Share" -Credential (Get-Credential) -Persist win11 map network drive
net use Y: \\PRINTSERVER\Drivers * /USER:DOMAIN\TechUser /PERSISTENT:Yes The * will prompt you to enter the password securely (it won’t be displayed on screen). Type net use alone and press Enter. You’ll see a list of all current network connections. Mapping a network drive in Windows 11 is