This article explains that as of October 2022, OU students retain their NetID for life and outlines how to reactivate or create a NetID depending on enrollment history. The Reactivate NetID application is used by all previous faculty, staff and students. - i.e. those that were associated with the university (attended, graduated or left) - to reactivate their NetID’s to access transcripts, W2 information, pay stubs, etc.
Who is Eligible?
Alumni, Faculty, Staff or Students
Information:
As of October 2022, Oakland University has an updated NetID policy that provides students with a NetID account for life.
As an Oakland University student, you will keep your NetID (email) account for life. A Grizzly ID and 6-digit PIN are needed to reactivate or create the NetID account at oakland.edu/reactivate.
If you have taken classes at Oakland University from the Fall 2016 semester, you will need to reactivate your previous NetID account. If you have not taken classes since the Fall 2016 semester, you need to create a new NetID account. NOTE: In all cases, the data on the account is not preserved and cannot be recovered.
Once you have reactivated/recreated your NetID account, you can then register for classes by logging into MySAIL at mysail.oakland.edu using your NetID credentials.
Reactivate NetID Application
- This Reactive NetID application is used by all previous faculty, staff and students. - i.e. those that were associated with the university (attended, graduated or left) - to reactive their NetID to access transcripts, W2 information, pay stubs, etc.
- Users have restricted access to OU services as outlines below
- Users who graduated before 1987 will not be able to use the NetID Reactivation tool at all. They will need to go to the registrar if they need their unofficial transcript.
- Users who graduated beyond 6 years from the current date will not be able to regain access to their email account/Google Workspace. This means they will only be able to access MySail/SAIL for things like retrieving transcripts and paying eBill.
- i.e. if a user graduated in 2005, they get access to their MySail/SAIL portal & eBill. If a user graduated in 2020, they can regain access to their email address. There is no guarantee that the emails will be present.
- The restricted access allows previous students access to a limited set of services as outlines below:
- University Google Email (Email is only issued to students that have taken classes in the last 6 years from today's date, otherwise only NetID is issued)
- Student Portal
- Transcript Requests
- SAIL
- Student Degree Plan / DegreeWorks
- Register for Classes
- Student eBill
- UTS cannot guarantee that students will retain data in their email accounts upon account reactivation.
Reactivating Your NetID
- Access the application from https://oakland.edu/reactivate.
- It requires that the applicant use the Grizzly ID (GID) and Grizzly ID PIN.
- If the correct Grizzly ID and Grizzly ID PIN are provided a screen that says "Success" will appear
- If the incorrect information is provided an "Error" screen will appear stating the GID and PIN are not valid
- If the user NetID exists, the follow message will state that the NetID already exists.
Additional Support
- OU Technology Center
- 44 Oakland Center
- Rochester, MI 48309-4479
- (248) 370-4357
- Office Hours: M-F 8:00am - 5:00pm