Internet Account Activation

How to initiate your Internet ID (x.500) account

All students at the U of M are provided with free Internet access and a personal email account. You must activate your U of M email account in order to receive your bill and other pertinent information. This email account is also your link to registering for future courses online. Review the following information and you’ll be on your way!

1. Navigate to https://www.umn.edu/initiate
2. Enter your social security number, student ID number, and your date of birth.
3. Select and confirm your password. Please take all password rules into consideration.
4. Select the “Submit Form” button.
5. You will be presented with your new Internet ID. Make a note of this to use in the next step, setting up your Active Directory account.

How to activate your U of M Active Directory account

1. You can activate your Active Directory account by going to http://www.umn.edu/myaccount.
2. Enter your University of Minnesota Internet ID (x.500) credentials.
3. Active Directory settings can be found at the bottom of the screen (see screenshot below).

Read on if you want to learn how to forward your U of M email to a different account.

Forwarding your email to an existing account

We realize that you may have an existing personal email account. All correspondences from the University of Minnesota and the College of Education will be directed to your U of M account. If you do not plan to check your U of M email account, you may have your mail forwarded to an existing account. Please note that some email services, i.e. hotmail, yahoo, etc., may automatically move U of M email to a junk mail or deleted mail folder. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are receiving your U of M email, as email is the official form of communication with the University. Follow these directions to forward your email, or contact 1-Help at (612) 301-4357.

Forwarding your email:

1. Once your account has been initiated, you can have your email forwarded by going to: https://www.umn.edu/dirtools.
2. You will be prompted for your Internet ID and password. Once you have logged in with this information, you can click continue to return to the main browser window.
3. In the main browser window, select the “Set E-mail Forwarding” link.
4. Select “Other” and enter the complete email address of the account you’d like your U of M email to be sent to.
5. Click Submit.

You have now set your email to be forwarded to an existing email account. Please note that you will still need to know your U of M Internet ID and password in order to register for classes online.