At IU, how can my group or department request a computing account?

Note: All group or departmental accounts must have a sponsor who is an active faculty or staff member (as reported by HRMS). If the sponsor leaves the university or through change of HR status becomes ineligible to sponsor an account, the sponsored account(s) will be removed. To ensure the continuity of your group accounts, see How do I transfer ownership of a group or departmental account? or My group or departmental account doesn't have a sponsor; what should I do?

Departments or groups at IU may have computing accounts. Before your group or department can be issued technology accounts at IU, you will need a faculty or staff sponsor to request a Network ID username for the account.

Note: Student organization accounts must be sponsored by an active faculty or full-time staff member and be registered with IU Student Life and Learning. For information on computing accounts for student organizations, see What is UITS policy on computing accounts for IUB and IUPUI student organizations?

To request a group or departmental account username:

1. Go to the Account Management Service at: https://itaccounts.iu.edu/
2. Select Manage my IU computing accounts.
   
   
3. You might see a page asking you to log into the Central Authentication Service; if so, enter your Network ID. If not, skip to the next step.
   
   
4. Click manage group accounts, and then click request new group username.
   
   
5. The following page will display the current status of your group account requests. Click Request New Username.
   
   
6. Enter and re-enter the group username you want in the first two fields; in the "Display name:" field, enter the full name of your group. Select the campus and department associated with the group, and enter a brief description of the group's purpose.
   
   
7. Click Submit.

When your username request has been approved, you can create your group's first Indiana University computing accounts by using the Account Management Service (AMS). Your group or departmental accounts will usually include a Network ID account, which allows you to create and manage other technology accounts as well as log into certain university services; an ADS domain account, which allows you to authenticate to university resources; and an email account.

To create your initial group or departmental accounts:

1. Go to the Account Management Service at: https://itaccounts.iu.edu/
2. Select Manage my IU computing accounts.
   
   
3. You might see a page asking you to log into the Central Authentication Service; if so, enter your Network ID. If not, skip to the next step.
   
   
4. Click manage group accounts, and then click create group accounts.
   
   
5. If your group account request has been processed, the username you requested will be displayed. Click Select next to the username.
   
   
6. Select the email options for the group account, and click Continue.
   
   
7. Create a passphrase for the group account (see Passwords and passphrases) and enter it in both boxes. Click Create Accounts.

Once your group or department has a Network ID, to request accounts, see At IU, if I already have some computing accounts, how do I get others?

For further help, contact your campus Support Center.