Who is eligible for a Butler network account?
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Butler has three categories of network users. They
are staff/faculty, students, and affiliates. Each of these three
categories have their own set of necessary criteria to be eligible
for network accounts. Please see our requirements page
for more information.
How are Butler network accounts created?
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Once your account is entered into the system by
either Human Resources or Registration and Records, and all
eligibility criteria is met, a one day, two night process begins.
You will gain most of your access on the first day and have
complete access by the second day.
What does my network account allow me to access?
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Your Butler network account allows access to University
owned equipment, software and systems. Here is a small listing of
some of those applications and hardware:
Upon leaving/graduating from the University, when will my network accounts stop working?
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Faculty / Staff
Faculty and staff who no longer meet the account requirements will be
removed at the beginning of each month. Users will receive an
e-mail regarding their account before it is removed. Departments
are also notified of this change.
If, in seven business days, the user has not been put back on
the network users list AND we have had no information given to us
from the department/organization to hold off deletion, the account
will be removed (including all emails and files).
Students
Student will have their network accounts discontinued at
different times, depending on which type of student you are.
Graduating students have their accounts
discontinued according to the Graduating Student
Access policy.
Withdrawn students have
their accounts discontinued on the same schedule as
faculty and staff.
Affiliates
UNLESS stated on your Affiliate form, you
will need to re-apply for Affiliate status. Otherwise your account
will be removed in June.
IT recommends doing the following when leaving the
University:
- Back up all your personal data
- H drive, Desktop, My Documents
- Set an "out of office" message on BUmail with your new contact
information
- Back up / export your mailbox
- Set up email forwarding
How can I get temporary access to the network?
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Temporary accounts are given out when a group of people
will be accessing the network temporarily. Please contact
the Help Desk for more
information.