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- Staff Guide Home
- SOLAR System
- Your NetID
- SB Alert
- Campus Announcements
- Departmental Support
- Administrative Systems
- Lotus Notes Mail-in Databases
- Wireless
- Home or Road Access
- Buying a Computer
- Software
- BlackBerry
- Audio/Visual Services
- Creating Surveys
- Multimedia
- Web/Videoconferencing
- Computer Labs
- File Storage & Collaboration
- Workshops/Training
- Protecting Your Computer
- Web Resources
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NetID
Questions? Get Help
Stony Brook students, faculty and staff have a NetID and NetID password which they can use to access various computing resources.
The NetID and SOLAR ID are two different identifiers. Each ID has its own password and its own special uses.
NetID is used to access University services such as:
Information regarding your NetID and NetID password can be obtained by logging in to SOLAR with your Stony Brook ID and SOLAR password. On the SOLAR homepage, click the NetID Maintenance link under "Security and Personal Data." This link allows you to:
- Find out what your NetID is
- Set your security question, establish and change your NetID password
- Test your NetID password to make sure it is working properly
You must set a NetID security question which will be asked of you whenever it is time to change your NetID password. NetID passwords expire every six months. Make sure you pick a security question and answer that is easy to remember. Keep in mind that whenever a change is made to the NetID password in SOLAR, it takes up to 10 minutes to take effect.
NetID Deactivation
If you will be graduating, transferring, resigning, retiring, or taking a leave of absence from Stony Brook, please be aware of the University's NetID activation/deactivation business rule which affects access to other University systems and computing resources.