What is it:

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

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.

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 being sponsored by, 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:

• Sponsored affiliates 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:

• If you've activated your IdentiKey (see above), your AD account is ready for you when you start using a service like Exchange, file storage, or you're computer becomes 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.