{"id":74815,"date":"2014-03-10T12:03:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T16:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=74815"},"modified":"2021-03-29T15:46:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T19:46:18","slug":"guest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/guest\/","title":{"rendered":"Get started as an applicant or affiliate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wizard-blocks  clearfix\">\n<div class='block'><div><h2>Short-term access to the wireless network<\/h2><p>Wireless access on the BU (Guest) network is available for up to one week for visitors who are sponsored by an individual member of the BU community, or by a sponsoring department.<\/p><div class=\"wizard-go\"><a class=\"btn btn-green btn-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/infrastructure\/networks\/wireless\/guest\/\">Learn more about BU (Guest)<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='block'><div><h2>Extended access to wireless, email, other resources<\/h2><p>Non-BU affiliates can be sponsored for an Affiliate Account, which provides access to BU resources such as wireless and email, as specified by the sponsor. Affiliates are typically vendors, researchers, or others who have a business need for a BU login name and Kerberos password. Affiliates should have their sponsor complete the Affiliate Account form at www.bu.edu\/help\/tech\/accounts.<\/p><div class=\"wizard-go\"><a class=\"btn btn-green btn-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/help\/tech\/accounts\/\">Sponsors - Set up a Affiliate Account<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='' style='clear:both;'display:inline;>&nbsp;<\/div><div class='block'><div><h2>Sharelink access to a student record<\/h2><p>ShareLink provides secure access to parents, employers, and any others who have been authorized by a student to view the student\u2019s academic or financial information.<\/p><div class=\"wizard-go\"><a class=\"btn btn-green btn-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/z-retired-pages\/the-links\/sharelink\/\">Learn more about Sharelink<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='block'><div><h2>Web Account information for program applicants<\/h2><p>Individuals who are either applying to a Boston University academic program, planning to register for an online learning program, or planning to utilize select BU resources will not receive a full BU account. Instead, those who fall into these groups will create and use a BU Web Account to maintain online materials, monitor status updates and gain access for online registration for special programs..<\/p><div class=\"wizard-go\"><a class=\"btn btn-green btn-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/special\/applicants\/\">Learn more about BU Web Accounts<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='' style='clear:both;'display:inline;>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are not a student or employee but need access to a BU resource, this information will get you started&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1303,"featured_media":0,"parent":74764,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74815"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133992,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74815\/revisions\/133992"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}