What is an IU Network ID?

Your Network ID is your electronic identity at Indiana University; it consists of both a username and a passphrase (often referred to as your network passphrase). You need a Network ID to do the following:

• Create additional accounts using the Account Management Service (AMS)
  
  
• Synchronize or change your passphrases on UITS systems; see At IU, how do I change my Network ID passphrase?
  
  
• Log into the Central Authentication Service (CAS), which allows access to many services (e.g., Oncourse and OneStart)
  
  
• Log into a Cyrus or Exchange email account (using a client or web interface), or your Imail or Umail account

  Note: When accessing your Imail or Umail account from the vendor site, you will need to use the vendor passphrase you chose; this may not be the same as your Network ID passphrase.

• Access the IU dial-in modems
  
  
• Log into the computers in the IU Student Technology Centers (STCs)
  
  
• Obtain software via IUware

If you are a student, faculty member, or staff member at IU, you can use the AMS to generate your initial accounts, including your Network ID; see How do I get my first computing accounts at IU?

If you are IPFW faculty or staff, contact the IPFW IT office at 260-481-6030 to obtain your Network ID.

If you do not know your Network ID passphrase, see At IU, if I forget my passphrase on a UITS shared central system, what should I do?

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