Full-time employees (faculty, staff, special payroll) are eligible to sponsor accounts for university affiliates, student employees (NetIDWork), and privileged access (NetIDAdmin). ITS has created the Account Sponsorship Application (netid.uconn.edu/affiliate) to provide an easy way to create and manage these accounts. Learn how to use and access the Account Sponsorship Application.
Sponsoring Affiliate Accounts
Departments may need to give individuals temporary access to university resources. These individuals are often temporary contractors or visitors that are otherwise not employed or affiliated with the University. By sponsoring an affiliate account for them, they will be assigned a NetID that they can use the same way a full-time employee or student can. This NetID allows them to log in to many services such as UConn's Single Sign-On, ITS Supported Workstations, UCONN-SECURE, etc. Affiliate accounts may be sponsored for up to 12 months from the date of request and may optionally receive University email. Learn how to sponsor affiliate accounts.
Sponsoring Student Employee (NetIDWork) Accounts
ITS requires departments to obtain NetIDWork accounts for student employees.
Why does the University require NetIDWork accounts for student employees?
The use of student work accounts provides for the proper separation between a student's work activities and their student identity. The separate work accounts allow for greater control over what information can be shared with students, and then ultimately removed through their eventual departure from the organization, either through graduation or moves to other departments and roles.
NetIDWork accounts also receive University email and are given access to Microsoft 365. If you sponsor a NetIDWork account for a student employee, they will receive a new NetID in the format of aaa00000work, where the first 3 letters and 5 numbers match their existing NetID. Learn how to sponsor NetIDWork accounts.
Sponsoring Privileged Access (NetIDAdmin) Accounts
Employees that have a high level of administrative access to a system or application should have a NetIDAdmin account sponsored for them. NetIDAdmin accounts help separate day-to-day account tasks from those that can have a large impact on a University system and reduce the risk of phishing attacks compromising applications. NetIDAdmin accounts are not eligible to have emails created for them. If you sponsor a NetIDAdmin account for an employee, they will receive a new NetID in the format of aaa00000admin, where the first 3 letters and 5 numbers match their existing NetID. Learn how to sponsor NetIDAdmin accounts.