Student Employee Accounts

Available To: Faculty, Staff

ITS provides a way for student employees to access Faculty/Staff resources (computers, shared drives, shared email accounts, etc.) by creating either an NAU Domain or NAU Domain + Limited Exchange Services account.

The requirements of the student's job determine the type of account a student needs. These accounts are not automatically issued and must be requested for a specific need because not every student employee needs one for his or her position.

If a student receives a student employee account policy, it is to be used for the purpose of the student's employment with NAU only. 

Student Employee Account walkthrough comparison

There are two main types of accounts available to student employees.

  • NAU Domain 
  • NAU Domain + Limited Exchange Services. 

The chart below lists the main differences of each account:

Student needs… NAU Domain NAU Domain + Limited Exchange Services Notes:
access to the NAU Domain Yes Yes NAU Active Directory Account
access to NAUShares Yes Yes  
a Faculty/Staff Home Drive Yes Yes "Bonsai Drive"
access to Green PC      Yes Yes  
access to a shared/departmental email account for emailing and calendaring Yes Yes  
to use and individual exchange calendar No Yes  
to have email correspondence with non NAU Exchange users      No No ITS recommends using a shared email account for correspondence to non NAU Exchange email addresses.
to set appointments, manage, view, edit or delegate another NAU Exchange users calendar      No Yes  
to delegate another NAU Exchange users account No Yes  
to use Lync No Yes NAU's instant messaging service
NAU Domain NAU Domain + Limited Exchange Services
Active Directory user account in the NAU Domain  Active Directory user account in the NAU Domain
A Faculty/Staff Home Drive (Bonsai) A Faculty/Staff Home Drive (Bonsai)
  A limited NAU Exchange email account (cannot receive emails from Non NAU Exchange users)
  An individual NAU Exchange calendar
  A Microsoft Lync NAU address and account

Additional Account Information

  • These accounts help departments assign, maintain, and terminate access to resources like computers, shared drives, shared email accounts, etc. with little to no impact to the student's educational accounts.
  • They expire yearly to help prevent improper access to resources for old student employees.
  • These account are not a replacement but an additional account to accompany their normal student accounts.
NAU Domain + Limited Exchange Services Specific
  • This account is not meant to be used for email communications outside of NAU’s Exchange environment.
  • They expire yearly to help prevent improper access to resources for old student employees
    • Students who are required to send emails out for the job should use a shared mailbox.
    • Students will not have or be given a first.last@nau.edu email alias
  • The student will appear in the NAU Exchange global address list in the form of "SW – First Last" for internal communication and Exchange permissions.

Student Impact

NAU Domain
  • When this account is created the student will have to update his or her password to activate NAU domain access.
NAU Domain + Limited Exchange Services
  • When this account is created the student will have to update his or her password to activate NAU domain access.
  • This account is published in the NAU Exchange global address list so it is possible for student related emails to be misdirected to this account by other NAU Exchange users.

Account Expiration

Student Accounts and policies will expire at midnight May 31st. Supervisors will need to contact the Solution Center at 523-1511 or send an email to Ask-ITS@nau.edu to renew their student's IRIS account.

Note for NAU Domain + Limited Exchange Services accounts:

  • A notification will be sent to the NAU Exchange account on May 1st.
  • All email in the account is deleted 6 months after the account expires.

Requesting An Account

To request one of the student employee accounts the supervisor must contact the Solution Center at 928-523-1511.

Additional Information

For other needs or if you are unsure if your student needs one of these accounts, please contact the Solution Center to discuss our available options.

Training & Documentation

Available to Documentation
Full NAU Exchange Student Accounts

This Learning Resource provides an in depth look at what an Full Student Exchange Account is.