Question

What happens to my Computing Account when I leave or retire from UC Davis?

Overview

Campus sponsored licensing for products discontinues once you leave UC Davis. This includes but is not limited to Microsoft, SIS web, and Google products and services.
Please see the listing below for specifics.
To reduce any data lost, please download resources you would like access to after separating from UC Davis to personal non-UC Davis accounts. 

If you are using any electronic communications resources, such as an email address, for incidental personal use (e.g. for a login address to a non-UC Davis web page) it is strongly encouraged that you switch to using a personal non-UC Davis email address so you do not lose access to those sites or services.

Please see the following sections for the impact it will have for your department and for your individual access:

• Your computing account closes
• Update your personal information
  
• Make arrangements for your email and departmental accounts
  
• Move your data
  
• Change your Voicemail
• I am still doing work for my department

The information on this page is subject to change. Please check back for updates.

Answer

Your computing account will close.

• Access, software, and files stored with campus services are affected by this.
  • Microsoft services like OneDrive around 60 days after UC Path reports you are no longer at UC Davis, which sooner than your login ID closes. 
• The date that your account loses access varies based on affiliation. These can cease as soon as days after separating from UC Davis for UCDH, School of Medicine and School of Nursing, 30 days for staff and temporary affiliates and up to 3 months for non-Emeriti faculty.
• UCD affiliates with an active emeritus status will retain access to campus services. Please contact your department to confirm your status. They will continue to be your campus support.
• UCD affiliates associated with UCDH with a full or split appointment must contact UCDH IT for policy information.
• Faculty, please check with Local IT for offboarding, Davismail, and Emeritus information.

As you prepare your information for possible data and email log transfers as you leave UC Davis, please keep in mind the following: 

• University business records, which may include emails and attached documents, stored in email inboxes must not be transferred to personal accounts, as they belong to the university and may be subject to specific requirements on the disposition of those records. Whether or not created or stored on university devices, these records can be subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act or other legally required purposes.
• Personal information about others that were collected and/or maintained in emails for the purpose of official university business duties must not be transferred to personal accounts. Keeping this information beyond official duties may be a violation of policy and applicable laws as a possible unauthorized use or misuse of records.

Offboarding Checklist:

Update your personal information

Make sure you have the most up to date information with UC Davis for retirement and W2 information.

• If you need to update your name or home mailing address, please contact UC Path: https://ucpath.ucdavis.edu/contact 
• You will not use your UC Davis credentials to log in to UCPATH once you are no longer listed as active in UCPath.
• Please scroll to the bottom of the first login page and click University of California, Former Employees to access your information and be prepared to use a non-UC Davis email address.
• If you need access to any of these temporarily, please reach out to your department for a TAF (Temporary Affiliate Status) to retrieve any resources. 

Make arrangements for your email and departmental accounts

Your individual email account closes. If you are using the UC Davis email address for incidental personal use (e.g. for a login address to a non-UC Davis web page), switch to using a personal non-UC Davis email address so you do not lose access to those sites or services. 
Please note: Email access can close as soon as the day after departing UC Davis based your department's discretion and access to sensitive information. 

• You can set an Out of Office rule in your individual Outlook mailbox that will stay in place until that license expires. Steps to set that up are here: https://kb.ucdavis.edu/?id=00681
• Depending on your department affiliation, that can be as soon as 24 hours after your last day at UC Davis. Please note this will forward all your emails, even personal ones, if you have used your individual UC Davis email for personal use.
• For departmental email accounts you own, those accounts can be transferred, or a supervisor can transfer them to avoid work stoppages.
• Use this form to transfer an account and this form to change ownership or delivery of a mail ID.
• For mailing lists, assign privileged ownership of any lists you manage. If you need to handle this after you leave, you will need to log in as "Other User" with steps from this page.
• NOTE: If you have been using your loginid@ucdavis.edu and not your mailid@ucdavis.edu, you will need to change that wherever you use it as loginid@ucdavis.edu will no longer continue to deliver email to you.
• Email forwarding to a personal email address is not available.

Please see this page for updates on this service: https://iet.ucdavis.edu/email-service-transition 

Move your data

You will no longer be able to access campus-hosted services, such as and not limited to myucdavis, Office 365/Microsoft Products including OneDrive, Docusign, UC Davis Canvas, UC Davis Zoom, and SISweb.

• Please download personal items before you lose access.
• Your department will lose access to shared documents you own. Please work with your local IT to transfer data to prevent work stoppages and data loss.

Change your Voicemail

Voicemail and phone service changes are managed by your department’s ATR.

• You can set a new outgoing message to refer to someone new in your department upon leaving UC Davis.
• To change or remove your name from the phone you will need to speak with your department’s ATR about reassigning the phone. They will not be able to reset the password or PIN once you leave without that order to cr-service@ucdavis.edu.  
• You can find a list of departmental ATRs on this page 

Can I extend my account access after closure?

Unfortunately, without an active faculty, staff, or student record, all UC Davis Computing Accounts begin an automatic closure process.

• If you are currently on filing-fee, this can also start the closure process since it is not an active student status.
• If you need to extend email access because you are still working on project for your department, providing transition support, assisting on a project, or need to complete a class for UC Davis , please contact your last department of hire or the department of your major to request a Temporary Affiliate Status to be temporarily sponsored.
  you can be sponsored with a Temporary Affiliate Form (TAF) by your department of hire for up to one year.
• For more information on the TAF process and where to refer your sponsor, please see the following page: https://kb.ucdavis.edu/?id=00575

I forgot my passphrase. 

If you need help resetting your passphrase, please see this page for available options including how to contact IT Express should you need additional assistance with that process:
Change your passphrase