NetID Password Management
OU Help Desk
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35 steps
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3 minutes
Oakland
Obtaining your Grizzly ID
To access computing resources at Oakland University, you need a NetID and password. In order to create your NetID account, you will need to know your GrizzlyID number (which should have been given to you within your admission letter). If you do not have your admission letter on hand, a GrizzlyID release form can be found at <https://www.oakland.edu/helpdesk/forms/>. Complete the online request and a Help Desk Technician will reach out to complete the process. You may also call the OU Help Desk at (248) 370-4357 or the Registrar’s Office at (248) 370-3450.
Resetting / Creating your Grizzly ID PIN
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Navigate to [https://netid.oakland.edu/](https://netid.oakland.edu/profile/)
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Click "Reset your Grizzly ID PIN".
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Click on the Grizzly ID field and enter your Grizzly ID.
Enter your Grizzly ID with a capital G
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Enter your date of birth.
Use the format MM/DD/YEAR when entering your date of birth
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Click the First Name field and enter your legal first name.
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Click the Last Name field and enter your legal last name.
This information will be what we have on record when you last attend/worked at Oakland University
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Click here.
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Click the "Submit" button.
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Click the "Select or Answer Question" field.
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Click this button.
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If you have not setup a security questions click this dropdown and select a question.
If you have already setup a security question you will need to provide the answer. This answer will be case sensitive from when you first answered the question.
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Click the "Hint Answer" field then answer the question.
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Click the "Submit" button.
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Click the "New PIN" field then enter a new 6 digit PIN.
Your PIN must be exactly 6 digits
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Click the "Verify New PIN" field then enter the same 6 digit PIN from the previous step.
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Click the "Submit" button.
Creating your NetID Account
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Navigate back to <https://netid.oakland.edu/profile/>
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Click "Create NetID Account"
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Click "Continue"
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Click the "Grizzly ID Number textbox and enter your Grizzly ID
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Enter your 6-digit PIN you created / reset and click submit.\ You can then choose your NetID and set your NetID Password according to the password guidelines.
Reset NetID password with Grizzly ID & PIN
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Navigate to [https://netid.oakland.edu/](https://netid.oakland.edu/profile/)
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Click "Reset NetID password with Grizzly ID and PIN"
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Click the "Grizzly ID Number" field and enter your Grizzly ID.
Enter your Grizzly ID with a capital G
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Click the "Grizzly ID PIN" field and enter your Grizzly ID PIN.
Your PIN should be only 6 digits
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Click the "New NetID Password" field and enter a new password.
The password must contain 8 -15 alphanumeric characters. It must have at least one uppercase letter, one lower case and one number. Password may NOT contain first or last name for proper password change. It cannot be the same as your two previous passwords.
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Click the "Verify NetID Password" field and enter the same password used int he previous step.
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Click the "Change Passwords" button. NOTE: The page may take a few moments to load.
Reset NetID password with current password
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Navigate to [https://netid.oakland.edu](https://netid.oakland.edu/profile/)
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Click "NetID Password Manager".
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Click the "NetID" field and enter your NetID.
This is your OU email without "@oakland.edu"
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Click the "Current Password" field and enter your current password.
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Click the "New Password" field and enter a new password.
The password must contain 8 -15 alphanumeric characters. It must have at least one uppercase letter, one lower case and one number. Password may NOT contain first or last name for proper password change. It cannot be the same as your two previous passwords.
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Click the "Verify New Password" field and enter the new password again.
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Click the "Change Passwords" button. NOTE: The page may take a few moments to load.
