Accounts and Passwords
Harvard Emergency Notification System (MessageMe)
In the event of an emergency or significant disruption in operations, the University will use MessageMe to quickly distribute critical information to all active Harvard faculty, staff, students, and other community members who are likely to be on campus. MessageMe uses your HarvardKey contact information to alert you.
Two-Step Verification
Description Harvard uses DUO Security to provide two-step verification on HarvardKey. Two-step verification is a simple and very effective security feature that, used with HarvardKey, can protect your Harvard account even if your password is stolen. Two-step uses a second device, commonly a mobile phone, to verify your identity. Setting it up helps to assure […]
Clinical Email
The clinical email system allows students to differentiate their personal and school email from their clinical course related email.
Faculty/Staff Email
All faculty and staff are provided with an email account upon their start date.
Faculty/Staff Offboarding
When any faculty or staff leave HLS, ITS will contact the faculty member or the staff person's manager to determine off boarding needs.
Faculty/Staff Onboarding
ITS works with all new HLS faculty and staff to ensure they are familiar with HLS technology and how to get IT help.
Guest Authentication (XID)
TLC will create guest accounts for non-Harvard affiliates at the request of a faculty or faculty assistant.
HLS Computer Account (Active Directory)
Your HLS computer account, also known as an Active Directory account, provides secure access to:
HLS Me Account (LDAP)
Your HLS Me account (also known as your LDAP account) grants you access to the following resources:
Password Reset
ITS can assist faculty, staff, and students with password resets for their HLS Computer (Active Directory) and HLS Me (LDAP) accounts.
Student Email
Every HLS student is provided with a Gmail address via Google Apps. This email address is used as a primary means of communicating with students...
University Account (HarvardKey)
Harvard PINs and Harvard University IDs (HUID) are administered by Harvard University Information Systems as a secure means of identity authentication to access the Harvard secure network.