ITS Computing Accounts

NetBadge

Verifies your identity as a valid user of the UVa website or online resource you are trying to access

(View more NetBadge info)

faculty, staff, students

• Not a UVa computing account in itself; instead...
• NetBadge uses either:
  • your UVa computing ID and password from your other computing accounts,
  • or your personal digital certificate
  to grant you access to online resources at UVa.

UVa Email Accounts

Sending and receiving UVa electronic mail; accessing UVa’s centralized calendar through the UVa Centralized Exchange Service

(View more UVa email info)

faculty, staff, students

• Request a UVa email account
  • Students/alumni: UVa Gmail
  • Faculty/staff: UVa Centralized Exchange Service, UVa Central Mail Service (CMS)

Permanent Password

A password you may use during your time at UVa and beyond

(View more on this password and the in-person identity verification process)

faculty, staff, students

• After completing your in-person identity verification process, you can set your 4 personal security questions and answers and this password for yourself
• Can be used to log into NetBadge

SIS

The Student Information System enables students to manage their admissions application, apply for financial aid, search for and enroll in classes, track their academic progress, request unofficial transcripts, and view grades

(View more SIS info)

faculty, staff, students; applicants for admission to UVa

• Not a UVa computing account in itself; instead...
• Simply log into SIS through NetBadge (applicants for admission who are not yet students access the SIS with a Temporary password from the Temporary Password Request page)

UVaCollab

Course management, online collaborations, and personal file storage through My Workspace

(View more UVaCollab info)

faculty, staff, students

• Not a UVa computing account in itself; instead...
• Simply log into UVaCollab through NetBadge

Home Directory Service

Online file storage for backup copies of your important academic files, and access to personal webpage publishing

(View more Home Directory info)

faculty, staff, students

• Automatically-granted through your Eservices and blue.unix accounts

UVa Exchange Service

Sending and receiving University email and accessing UVa’s centralized calendar and shared resources such as conference rooms, via Microsoft Exchange

(View more Exchange info)

faculty, staff

• Request an Exchange account
• Your Exchange password is your Eservices password
• Manage your Eservices account

Eservices

For network printing, UVa Exchange Service, login to computing lab and library computers, the UVa Hive, Premium Server clients, administrative operations, Home Directory Service, SharePoint

faculty, staff, students

• Automatically-granted
• Can be used to log into NetBadge
• Manage your Eservices account

The UVa Hive

For accessing UVa-licensed, specialized software programs from virtually anywhere, via the Internet

(View more Hive info)

faculty, staff, students

• Your Hive password is your Eservices password
• Manage your Eservices account

blue.unix

For logging into UNIX clusters, research computing clusters, and for posting to websites hosted on ITS UNIX or Linux Web server clusters

(View more UNIX info)

faculty, staff, students

• Automatically-granted
• Can be used to log into NetBadge

Research Computing Systems

For computation/memory intensive research-related programs on the high-performance computing clusters

(View more research computing account info)

faculty, grad students; undergrad students require a faculty sponsor

• Request a research computing account

SharePoint

The Microsoft online portal for document management and collaboration

(View more Sharepoint info)

faculty, staff, students

• Your SharePoint password is your Eservices password

UVaAnywhere & UVaAnywhere-Lite (VPN)

For accessing restricted resources (such as library journals and Software Central downloads) remotely as if on the UVa network

(View more VPN and VPN Lite info)

faculty, staff, students

• No account required, but must access using personal digital certificate
• VPN installation information

Proxy Server

For accessing restricted resources (such as library journals and Software Central downloads) remotely/from off-Grounds

(View more Proxy Server info)

faculty, staff, students

• UVa affiliates use NetBadge credentials; others allowed access should see Proxy Server Account Management

VPN for Oracle (Integrated System)

Log into the Cisco VPN client prior to making connections to the Integrated System

(View more VPN info)

faculty and staff only

• See VPN for Oracle Account Management

Home Directory Service

Online file storage for backup copies of your important academic files, and access to personal webpage publishing

(View more Home Directory info)

faculty, staff, students

• Automatically-granted through your Eservices and blue.unix accounts

Faculty Web Server

For faculty.virginia.edu websites

faculty; grad students require a faculty sponsor

• See Faculty Web Service

Student Council Web server

For student organization (CIO) websites

students

• See student.virginia.edu

MySQL server

For dbm2 (Web-enabled database hosting)

faculty, staff, students

• See MySQL Databases

www.web.virginia.edu & fusion.web.virginia.edu websites

Hosting of ASP/.NET/Cold Fusion Web applications and sites using Microsoft server technologies

faculty, staff

• See ITS Windows Web Services