So you can access any mapped drives and connect to resources in the office when you’re working remotely, you need to connect the VPN:

On the taskbar at the bottom of your screen, look towards the right hand side, near the date / time.
Click the upward pointing arrow to open up the running application menu:Graphical user interface, application

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Look for the VPN icon (looks like a computer screen with a lock in the top left corner):
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Right click on the icon to bring up the menu and select ‘Connect’:
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You’ll get another popup in the centre of your screen showing the connection process, once the connection has been established you’ll see a taskbar prompt showing your VPN connection is now connected:
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Once connected, no further user action is required.