IdentiKey & Accounts

What is it:

• Your Active Directory (AD) account uses the same username and password as your IdentiKey. If you change your IdentiKey password, your AD password will update automatically.
• AD accounts are an authentication method used to access various OIT services and Microsoft Windows profiles in OIT-managed environments.
• Oftentimes, AD accounts are placed in AD groups managed by an administrator. Your membership in an AD group can sometimes determine your ability to access a service that uses AD authentication.

Who gets it:

• Users who access AD-authenticated resources, like OIT's email and file storage services, or work in an OIT-managed environment.

When you get it:

• Your account is ready whenever you start using an AD-authenticated service or a computer that is part of an OIT-managed environment.

Manage it:

• AD accounts are automatically synchronized with IdentiKey accounts. All AD (and therefore IdentiKey) password changes must be made in Identity Manager.
• If you are an in OIT-managed environment, you cannot change your AD password via the CTL-ALT-DEL function at the login screen. Password changes must be made in Identity Manager.
• If you have questions about your AD account or your ability to access particular OIT services that use AD authentication, contact the IT Service Center.

CU Boulder faculty, staff, and students receive a CU Boulder email account, which includes a first.last@colorado.edu email address and an integrated calendar service. Email is an official means of communication at CU Boulder.

Getting started instructions:

• Faculty and staff
• Students

Learn about OIT's messaging and collaboration services.

Your IdentiKey is a combination of your IdentiKey username and a unique password set by you. An IdentiKey gives you access to:

• Buff Portal or MyCUInfo, the student and employee portals
• CU Boulder email services
• Computers in OIT computing labs
• Campus Wi-Fi
• Canvas
• Skillsoft Percipio online training

OIT provisions a PIN (4-digit alphanumeric code) to students who do not provide Social Security numbers to the university. This PIN is used in conjunction with other personal information to activate IdentiKey accounts in Identity Manager.

Students receive their PIN via email from OIT to the email address on file with the Office of Admissions. For PIN inquiries, contact the IT Service Center.

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