University card
Your university card is created by the Card Office, and is managed by your unit or department. If your university card has not been created, has expired, or has been cancelled by your department, you will not be able to access any university offered resource. See University card and IT services entitlements.
You will be asked for your university card number or Oxford username when contacting the Service Desk.
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Also known as your Oxford username, Single Sign-On (SSO) is automatically set up the day after your university card is created.
It needs to be activated before use, and is used to access:
To activate your SSO for the first time, or manage your SSO password, please visit our WebAuth pages.
Remote Access account
Your Remote Access account is used to log in to eduroam. To create it, please visit the self-registration pages.
Remote Access is wholly dependent on the active status of your university card. It cannot be offered if your university card has expired or has been cancelled.
The username for your Remote Access account is your Oxford username with @OX.AC.UK after it. For example, it will need to be entered as follows: abcd1234@OX.AC.UK (where abcd1234 is your existing Oxford username)
CONNECT account
CONNECT is part of the Managed Desktop Service and is the account you will use to log into your PC or laptop. This account also controls access to various network resources that make up the CONNECT service.
The CONNECT remote desktop service provides access to a fully managed and secure Windows desktop environment that you can access from any device, anywhere, any time. Your department needs to be signed up to use the service and there is a per-user annual service charge.
A CONNECT account must be requested by your line manager, and we ask for 5 working days to create it.
