With your six-digit employee ID, please activate your IdentiKey—a combination of your CU Login Name and a unique password set by you. CU Login Names are created automatically by the Office of Information Technology (OIT) comprising the first two letters of your first name, the first two letters of your last name and four random digits. Learn more about managing your IdentiKey.
Faculty/staff—required info for IdentiKey
- Employee number
- Date of birth: MM/DD/YYYY
- Last four digits of your SSN
Questions? Contact OIT at 303-735-4357 (5-HELP) or oithelp@colorado.edu.
Summary of OIT services
Your CU email address
All faculty and staff have a Microsoft Exchange account automatically provisioned.
- Use your IdentiKey to log into outlook.office365.com.
- Soon after your IdentiKey is activated, your Exchange account will be automatically provisioned.
- CU Boulder’s IdentiKey Manager allows you to set how your outgoing email address is displayed, create alternate addresses and adjust where your email is delivered to. For faculty and staff, email delivery can only be set to on-campus email addresses.
Note: Gaining access to specific services, features of services or facilities is a process of understanding who you are (identity), what your roles are (enterprise system data, campus affiliation) and what the service or system authorizes you to do. If you’re having trouble accessing online services or facilities that you believe you are eligible for, contact OIT with as much information as possible at 303-735-4357 (5-HELP) or oithelp@colorado.edu