NetID Tools

Students, faculty, staff members, retirees, faculty emeriti, and certain guests each use a NetID, which is the core computing account providing access to a variety of computing services. 

Student NetID Tools

The tools below are available to students and UB/TU MBA students. Contact Student Computing Services for additional assistance.

• Change Your Password
• Reset a Forgotten or Expired Password
• Set a New Security Question and Answer
• Activate Your New NetID (for individuals who have not yet activated their NetID)
• My NetID Info (view basic information about your NetID)

Faculty/Staff NetID Tools

The tools below are available to faculty, staff, retirees, and faculty emeriti. Contact the Faculty/Staff Help Center for additional assistance.

Manage your NetID, password or sponsored groups:

• Change Your Password
• Reset a Forgotten or Expired Password
• Set a New Security Question and Answer
• Activate Your New NetID (for individuals who have not yet activated their NetID)
• My NetID Info (view basic information about any NetID)
• Manage Sponsored Group Membership (for individuals who are responsible for maintaining a group)
• Retiree NetID Renewal (for retirees and faculty emeriti who receive an email reminder to renew their NetID annually)

Manage your Duo Multi-Factor Authentication devices and passcodes:

• Enroll and Manage Duo Devices (for individuals who are enrolling in Duo or need to manage Duo devices)
• Pre-Create Emergency Duo Passcodes (for situations where your Duo devices are unavailable)
• Register Duo Hardware Token (for individuals who require a hardware token for Duo)

Guest NetID Tools

The tools below are intended for Guest NetIDs or their faculty/staff sponsors:

• Change Your Guest NetID Password (for guests)
• Introduction to Guest NetIDs (for sponsors)
• Request a New Guest NetID (for sponsors)
• Manage a Guest NetID (for sponsors)

Campus IT Staff Tools

The tools below are for Server Admin NetID holders and for campus IT staff:

• Change Your Server Admin NetID Password
• Instructions for Requesting and Maintaining a Server Admin NetID
• Active Directory Information (for campus IT staff)
• Delegated Computer OU Management (for individuals managing computers and Group Policy Objects in Active Directory)
• Local Administrator Password Solution (for individuals managing computers in Active Directory)
• Temporary Computer Administrator Rights Tool (for individuals requiring administrative access to their faculty/staff computers)
• CTC SharePoint site for Campus Technology Coalition