Unless other provisions are made, staff (including PostDocs, but not retirees) and non-graduating students lose access to many network-based services.This page explains the what, why, and how's.Table of Contents

See also

• https://it.cornell.edu/netids/what-services-does-my-netid-give-me-access

Leaving the university not as an alum or retiree means losing access to important services

CIT has a handy table outlining many of these services:

• http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/netid/leave.cfm
  • See especially the ""Exception with Sponsor" column (what you get with a sponsored NetID).

11/15/17: Non-graduating alumni CAN keep their Cmail accounts. We can make that request to CIT, who arranges that with AAD. (See CIT ticket INC000002107399)

How to sponsor a NetID

• Keeping your NetID when you leave the University or reactivating an old NetID

Services retained by getting a sponsored NetID

Email

As the above CIT link states, a sponsored NetID lets you retain using Cornell's email service ("Office 365 mailbox")  and / or using

• Note that non-graduating students leaving don't get to keep their Cmail account (unlike for alums). With a sponsored NetID, they retain access to CU's Office 365 mail services.

Also, a sponsored NetID lets you use Cornell's forwarding services ("Forward email to external address").

Lastly, to enable you to manage your email settings (including the email forwarding services), a sponsored NetID give you access to your WhoIAm account:

• http://whoiam.cornell.edu/

VPN access

A sponsored NetID lets you retain using Cornell's VPN service. Chemistry IT knows this to be true, but it is not on CIT's page cited above.

• N.B. Software licensing itself for MNova is an arrangement between NMR and researchers who leave.

Box.com

A sponsored NetID lets you retain using Cornell's Box. com service. Chemistry IT knows this to be true, but it is not on CIT's page cited above.

Using a group's file share (SFS)

Access can continue as long as Chemistry IT is not advised to remove access.

• File server access is via a leaving person's NetID-based account, which is managed by Chemistry IT.

Other services

Library access

Usually not appropriate, but it is possible to confer continued Cornell Library access to someone who leaves. Here's how:

• A sponsored NetID by itself does NOT provide Library access

Access to W2 tax forms

As CIT's above cited page states, you must go directly to CU's Payroll office <https://www.dfa.cornell.edu/payroll>. There is no online access for those with sponsored NetIDs.