From 1 November, access to Microsoft Office 365 for guests at Utrecht University will change

From 1 November 2022, access to Microsoft Office 365 (including Teams and Sharepoint) for guest users of Utrecht University (people without a Solis-id) will automatically expire if the person has been inactive for more than ninety days. Previously this was thirteen months, but this is being tightened for security reasons. Office 365 guest users will receive an e-mail notification from the ICT Service Desk ten days in advance and can renew their access to Office 365 by logging in again.

Unopened invitation will be withdrawn after 30 days

In addition, an unopened invitation is automatically withdrawn after 30 days. This applies to guest users without a Solis-id who have been invited, but have never logged into Utrecht University's Office 365 environment. These changes will be implemented over a two-week period. No data will be lost in the process.

Re-applying for guest access remains possible

Utrecht University staff or students can grant a guest user access again using the existing procedure. The guest user then receives another invitation e-mail. Here you can find the instructions for logging in again and setting up multi-factor authentication in advance.

What are guest users?

In Microsoft Office 365 external people - besides colleagues and students at Utrecht University - can be added to a Utrecht University Teams or SharePoint site based on an e-mail address. Often these are e-mail addresses from other educational institutions or private e-mail addresses. Like that, also files from OneDrive and SharePoint can be shared with externals. These externals are also known as Office 365 guest users.

Questions?

If you have questions, please contact Rosanne den Hartog.