So without a reasonably easy solution my M圜louds are heading for eBay listings. To be truthful, I even had a fair amount of pain setting up shares and I did search/read this forum as well as the user manual–it is just not that intuitive. I cannot fathom a reason why this was removed.
As I have come to learn over the last 6 months, this is not possible (but was possible with earlier firmware/software). I expected I would be able to accomplish the most simple of tasks, mapping a remote drive, with the WD supplied software. I am better than your average bear at tech stuff, but I have no idea what you are talking about with SSH and hacking the firmware. I apparently did not do enough research before I bought as I was unaware that you are able to map a remote drive to a local drive letter. I purchased 3 WD My Clouds 2 for my home office and 1 for an off-site location (my cabin). Before my rant, I truly wish to thank all the participants here for their endless patience and energy spent to respond to all the questions.