4. Activate Your NetID and Log Into NYUHome

For all faculty, administrators, and staff

• Your unique NetID (Network IDentification), helps ensure that you are properly authenticated when accessing NYU's networked computer resources, including NYUHome, a customizable portal that provides access to e-mail and many web-based services and tools.
• Activate your NetID at any time, from any Internet-connected computer, by going to the ITS Start page at http://start.nyu.edu. Enter your NetID, which is printed on your NYUCard. (If you do not know your NetID, follow the instructions on the ITS Start page for determining what it is.) Next, follow the activation instructions on the ITS Start page, and create your password and password hint. Activating your NetID will also automatically activate your NYUHome service.
• You can access NYUHome from any Internet-connected computer. Go to http://home.nyu.edu and enter your activated NetID and password to log in. Explore the various channels and tabs within NYUHome. Access your NYU e-mail from the main page; select Preferences to customize your NYUHome screen, your e-mail spam filter, and your e-mail address.
• Your default NYU e-mail address is in the format yourNetID@nyu.edu. However, NYU administrators, faculty and staff are encouraged to use the following "business card" format: yourfirstname.yourlastname@nyu.edu. You can create this type of address for yourself from within your NYUHome Preferences (see above), or you can request it by sending e-mail to its.accounts@nyu.edu.
• Once you have activated your NetID and NYUHome service, you can access a variety of ITS services in support of your work at NYU. For detailed descriptions and application instructions (where required), visit the NYUHome Help pages or the Information Technology Services (ITS) website.
• To use NYU's IT resources, you must comply with NYU and ITS policies and standards; please be sure to review them at www.nyu.edu/its/policies/ and check periodically for updates.