Guest Accounts

Generally, Guest accounts will expire after one year unless renewed or otherwise specified.

Faculty and Staff

Those leaving employment

Faculty and staff who are leaving employment with Boston University will be deprovisioned from access to Office 365 and BU Google Apps, if applicable. BU Google Apps will be permanently deleted on employment termination date. If there is a window of time before your account is deprovisioned, some of the information on the forwarding page (related to the export of Contacts and migration of messages to another account) may be helpful.

Alumni

If you are an alum of Boston University since 2010, you are entitled to an email account in BU Google Apps. If you are an alum prior to 2010, you are eligible to create a BU Google apps account. To initiate the process please start here. To learn more about BU alumni benefits please visit the BU Alumni & Friends page. Your mail will be redirected to your BU Gmail Mailbox and you will no longer have access to O365.

Retirees

Retiring faculty and staff are able to retain their login@bu.edu email, however they will be provisioned with a mailbox on Google Apps – no action is required. However, faculty and staff who no longer wish to retain a BU email account, but do wish to keep the login@bu.edu email address, can instead set up forwarding to an external email account. You will be provisioned with a BU Gmail Mailbox and you will no longer have access to O365.

More Information

  • If you have any questions or would like assistance, please contact or visit the IT Help Center.
  • Information on other retiree perks is available from the Human Resources site.