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Your NetID was created from the initials of your name, as it appears in the university database, followed by a number. If you are a student, the database used is the University Registrar's Student Information System (SIS). If you are a staff or faculty member, the database used is the Human…
Yes. Your NetID is a part of your permanent university record, and will never be assigned to another person.
Yes, your NetID can be changed, but only in very specific circumstances, such as a legal name change. Despite our best efforts, the process remains cumbersome and takes time to propagate across all the university's many systems.To request that your NetID be changed, please submit the IT Service…
Students
New students receive their NetID and activation code beginning in early April. During the activation process, they are introduced to policies governing the use of Cornell’s computing resources. They also activate their Cornell email address, set their NetID password, and choose their…
Members of the Cornell CommunityStudents, faculty, staff, and alumni. The faculty and staff category includes full-time and part-time faculty; visiting faculty; professors emeriti; full-time, part-time, and temporary staff; and retirees who are receiving Cornell benefits.The student category…
University Policy 5.6, Recording and Registration of Domain Names, requires certain domain names to be registered or recorded in the Cornell Domain Name Registry.
Instructor-led workshops and classes are offered on a variety of topics, including Microsoft 365 (Access, Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word), and Adobe Creative Cloud (Captivate, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop). IT professional technical courses on networking,…
If you have questions or need technical support, please contact hostmaster@cornell.edu
Due to licensing restrictions, people using CU VPN may need to authenticate via CUWebLogin before accessing certain electronic resources provided by Cornell University Library. All links from the library website and catalog should automatically check for authentication and enable proxy access.
See…
Who Can Join?
Log in to the Lyris administrator web interface.
- How do I log in?
- Take me to the login page.
On the left, click Members.
Select View Members.
Click Find Members.
Information on Wired Networks for Students applies to only:
660 Stewart
Hasbrouck Apartments
Prospect of Whitby
Thurston Court
Triphammer Cooperative
Von Cramm Hall
Wait Ave Cooperative
Wait Terrace
Wari Cooperative
Watermargin
All other student housing uses wireless…
Does CIT scan and check to see what files I have on my computer?
CIT may scan devices connected to the Cornell Network, but it only checks for vulnerabilities and infections. CIT is not able to tell anything about what sort of personal files you have on your hard drive. These scans do not…
Students should see Microsoft 365 for Cornell Students.Microsoft 365 includes productivity tools like Outlook, Word, and Excel. Standard versions of these classic tools are available online through an A1 license for all Cornell employees.
About Microsoft 365 ProPlus for StudentsTo keep your free license activated, you need to launch at least one Microsoft 365 application (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.) at least once every 30 days on each device.Thanks to Cornell's campus agreement with Microsoft, Cornell students can download and…
Why Two-Step Login?
NetID passwords belonging to Cornell community members are stolen, guessed, or hacked daily. Two-Step Login means a thief would also need to have your device in order to do anything with your password.
Typically, by the time a password theft is detected or reported,…
About Hardware TokensA hardware token is a keyfob-like device where you press a button to generate a one-time passcode for use in the second step of logging in. Hardware tokens are an option for situations where using a landline, cell phone, or other mobile device with Two-Step Login is not…
First Time Setup for Two-Step LoginOptional: This is a "Quick Start" guide.
What is SafeDNS?
SafeDNS helps protect computers from websites that host malicious software.
DNS Defined
DNS (Domain Name Service) allows computers on the Internet to have human-readable names. For example, DNS translates www.cornell.edu to the computer-readable address 132.236.204.10.
You may try to replace an uploaded document or file with a new version, but the link keeps pointing to the old one.
Because of the way files are stored in the cloud service, CampusPress gives each upload a unique name by appending characters to the end of the filename. This means that the…