NetID

Every active employee, student, and faculty member is assigned a NetID, which is used to access various computing resources. Use the New Password Reset Tool to Set/Change your NetID Password or find your NetID.

What is NetID?

Every active employee, student, and faculty member is assigned a NetID, and you use your NetID* and NetID Password to sign into many campus services.

To get started with your NetID, set your NetID Password (and find your NetID) in the NEW Password Reset Tool

*NetID/NetID password is different from your SOLAR ID/SOLAR password, which is only used to sign into SOLAR.

Setting/Changing Your NetID Password/Passphrase

Use the NEW Password Reset Tool to find your NetID and set/change your NetID Password

  1. Go to mypasswords.stonybrook.edu

  2. Click Go To Reset Tool, and then enter your SOLAR ID (the 9-digit number on your Stony Brook ID card)

  3. Select and complete 2 authentication methods, and then create and confirm your NetID password

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