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Password Changes

Your Password is about to Change

On Monday, March 10th your password will be reset to a twelve-character temporary password that you will need to change using a three (3) step procedure.

This change affects your login to many systems that use your A# as the username, including Banner SSB (Access), Aggies Exchange Email, Aggiemail, Blackboard, Proxy, and VPN.

This will NOT affect users Banner INB Account

Please visit our FAQ section.  This should help answer many of your questions. 


 

 

What should I do now?

  1. Know your current six-character Banner PIN. 
    • This is the password that you presently use with your A# to log into many systems, such as Banner, Aggiemail, and Blackboard. (Note, it is not necessarily your password for Aggies Exchange Email.) 
    • If you do not know your current PIN, please call the IT Service Desk at 797-HELP (4357) or 1-877-878-8325 to have your Banner PIN reset. 
    • You will not be able to reset your current Banner PIN after 7:00 PM on Friday March 7th.
  2. Continue to use your A# and current passwords until March 10th.

What do I need to do beginning March 10th?

  1. Change your Temporary Password
    • Beginning Monday, March 10th when logging in to Self Serve Banner, Aggie Exchange Email, or other systems that use your A# as the username (Aggiemail, Blackboard, etc.) you will need to use a NEW, temporary password.
    • Your temporary passwords is constructed by putting your first and last initials (upper case) and your birth day MMDD (not year) in front of your old six-character Banner PIN
    • (format: FLmmddpppppp). 
    • For example, if your name was John Doe with your birthdate being January 21 and your Banner PIN was happy1, your new, temporary password would be JD0121happy1.

NOTE: This new password is TEMPORARY and must be changed. Access to these systems will be denied for those who have not changed their password before April 10.

 




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