Who gets it:

• All faculty and staff members.

What is it:

Who gets it:

• All faculty and staff members.

When you get it:

• After your information is entered into the payroll system, your IdentiKey will be set for creation. This process may take up to 48 hours. If you cannot activate your account, ask your payroll liaison to check on your entry.

Activate it:

• Learn more about IdentiKey, including how to activate it at the IdentiKey page.

Manage it:

• Once your account is activated you can log in to all those services listed above. Use CU-Boulder's Identity Manager to change your password, or reset it if you've forgotten it.

What is it:

• Your @colorado.edu e-mail address and a collaborative calendar service.

Who gets it:

• All faculty and staff members.

Why you should use it:

• E-mail is an official means of communication on the CU-Boulder campus. You will receive important information via e-mail from the university.

How to access it:

• You'll use your IdentiKey (see above) to log in.
• Depending on what department you are working for, your e-mail and calendar service will be on one of the two services:
  • CULink
  • Microsoft Exchange
• Check with your department to learn which service you will be using. Then click on one of the links above to learn more.

When you get it:

• CULink accounts
  • Once your IdentiKey is activated, see above.
• Exchange accounts
  • Your or a representative from your department will need to make a request to the IT Service Center. From there, wait to hear from ITS about your account's status.

Manage it:

• CU-Boulder's Identity Manager allows you to set how your outgoing e-mail address is displayed, create alternate addresses, and adjust where your e-mail is delivered to. For faculty and staff, e-mail delivery can only be set to on-campus e-mail addresses.

What is it:

• An ITS Active Directory (AD) account's username and password is always the same as your CU Login Name and IdentiKey password. It synchronizes automatically. So if you change your IdentiKey password, your AD password changes as well.
• ITS Active Directory (AD) accounts are an authentication method used to access various ITS services, like Exchange e-mail, file services, and Microsoft Windows profiles in ITS managed environments.
• Often times, AD accounts are placed in AD groups managed by an administrator. Your membership of an AD group can sometimes determine your ability to access a service that uses AD authentication.

Who gets it:

• Faculty and staff members that are accessing AD authenticated resources like ITS's Exchange service, ITS's file storage service, or work in an ITS managed environment.

When you get it:

• Your account is ready for you if you ever start using a service like ITS's Exchange service, ITS's file storage service, or you're computer is part of an ITS managed environment.

Manage it:

• AD accounts are automatically synchronized with IdentiKey accounts. The only way to change your AD password is to change your IdentiKey password, using Identity Manager.
• If you are an in ITS managed environment, you are no longer able to change your AD password via the CTL-ALT-DEL function at the login screen. Al AD, therefore IdentiKey, password changes have to be made in Identity Manager.
• If you have questions about your AD account or your ability to access particular ITS services that use AD authentication, contact the IT Service Center.

What is it:

• An account on an ITS unix server, like spot.colorado.edu or rintintin.colorado.edu.
• Uses your CU Login Name and a unique password, which you choose. You can make this password the same as your IdentiKey.
• Used primarily as an authentication method to manage departmental webpages on www.colorado.edu.
• Also used to host individual faculty and staff websites. Click here to learn more.
• Can be used as an e-mail delivery destination, and has PINE, IMAP, and POP capabilities. However, it is not ITS's recommended solution. Click here to learn more.

Who gets it:

• Faculty and staff members that request it.

How to get it:

• Contact the IT Service Center.

Manage it:

• To change your unix server password login via a SSH terminal application and type the command passwd. Or contact the IT Service Center.

Additional considerations:

• As stated above, unix server accounts are used primarily for managed departmental or club websites on www.colorado.edu. In some instances, the unix server account used is what's called a "group account" or "secondary account." Click here to learn more about this kind of account.