NetID Life Cycle

Modified on: Mon, Oct 21 2024 9:35 AM

The NetID account life cycle includes stages from creation to activation and expiration.

Your current and past CSU affiliations determine your NetID's state and which CSU systems you can access.

When your NetID's state changes or is scheduled to expire, you will receive an email notification with further instructions.

Applicable to:

Current and former Fort Collins and Pueblo applicants, students, faculty, staff, and associates

You must have established NetID eligibility.
Your NetID must have been created by Admissions, the Registrar, or Human Resources.

Life Cycle State	Email Access	Description and Access
Awaiting Activation	No	Your NetID has been created but not activated. You are eligible to activate your NetID and email account.
Active Account	Yes	You have activated your NetID account and can log in to the NetID website. You have access to CSU email and other systems based on your campus and affiliation(s) (applicant, student, faculty, staff, associate).
Expiration Cycle	Yes	You are no longer affiliated with CSU as an applicant, student, employee or associate. See below for expiration cycle duration. You can still log in to the NetID website and access your CSU email and cloud drives (Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace for Education). You will no longer have access to many other CSU systems.
Expired Account	No	After your CSU affiliation ends, you must reestablish an affiliation to access email or other CSU systems.
Manual Disable	No	Your account has been manually disabled by a NetID administrator. Contact the Help Desk or the Human Resources representative of your department for more information.

If your NetID has been activated and has not expired, from the NetID website, select Menu > My Account > Show My Information and log in with your NetID.
If you are a NetID administrator, select Menu > Admin > Person Search, look up a person by name, and click their name in the results.
Scroll down to the NetID Account section to view Life Cycle State.