utahtech.edu email information
What happens if someone emails my old email alias after the change?
Everyone’s utahtech.edu email address will continue to receive emails until June 30, 2025. Emails will show up in your inbox as if there was no change. Your utahtech.edu email will also show up in your same inbox. You will not be able to send email from your utahtech.edu email address after June 30, 2022.
What will my new email address be?
The Rebranding Committee has determined that there are advantages to everyone using a consistent email address format going forward. With this in mind, all UtahTech.edu email addresses will follow the naming convention of firstname.lastname@utahtech.edu. If you do not typically go by your legal first name, then you can contact Human Resources to set a preferred name. If a preferred name is set, then your email address will be preferredname.lastname@utahtech.edu. If there are multiple people with the same name, then a number will be appended onto the end of the newest person’s email address to ensure uniqueness. You can check to see if you have set a preferred name by going to https://banner.utahtech.edu. Look for the “Preferred First Name” field.
What if I don’t go by my legal first name and only my mother calls me that, what will be my email address?
Email HR and have them enter your preferred name into Banner. This will change your email address to preferredname.lastname@utahtech.edu. You can check to see if you have set a preferred name by going to https://banner.utahtech.edu/. Look for the “Preferred First Name” field.
What if I don’t want firstname.lastname@utahtech.edu as my email address?
The Rebranding Committee has determined that there are advantages to everyone using a consistent email address format going forward. With this in mind, all UtahTech.edu email addresses will follow the naming convention of firstname.lastname@utahtech.edu. If you do not typically go by your legal first name, then you can contact Human Resources at hr@utahtech.edu to set a preferred name. If a preferred name is set, then your email address will be preferredname.lastname@utahtech.edu.
What will students' email address be?
Students will continue to have a @dmail.utahtech.edu email address until August. Starting in August all students will be given a utahtech.edu email address. They will follow the same naming convention of firstname.lastname@utahtech.edu or preferredname.lastname@utahtech.edu. Notification will be sent to students in the upcoming weeks to notify them of the change.
How long will students have a utahtech.edu email address?
Student email accounts will remain active for 2.5 years after their last enrolled class, at which time their accounts will then be deleted.
How long will faculty and staff have a utahtech.edu email address?
They will have it as long as they are employed with the University.
What if two people have the same name, what is their email address?
The email policy will add a number to the newest email address created.
When will my new email address be active?
May 16th, 2022
How long can I send emails from my @utahtech.edu email address?
Until June 30th, 2022.
Dmail Information
What about people’s Dmail address and Google account?
Unrelated to the name change, Google changed their terms of service and no longer provides unlimited data to educational institutions. This is forcing us to make some changes in how we use Google services. We will no longer be using Google to provide any email services going forward. All current Dmail accounts will remain accessible until June 30, 2024 to give individuals time to migrate any emails they wish to keep. Starting in August, all students will be provisioned a utahtech.edu email address. The Dixie.edu Google Workspace will continue to be accessible until June 30, 2025.
I use Google services with my university account, how do I access Google services?
There will be two Google Workspaces going forward. To access the Dixie.edu Workspace, use your Digital-ID@utahtech.edu to log in. To access the new UtahTech.edu Workspace, use your Digital-ID@utahtech.edu to log in. The Dixie.edu Workspace will be discontinued after June 30, 2025, so all content will need to be migrated prior to that time.
What about all my data in the old Dmail Google workspace?
We will be provisioning a new Google Workspace for the UtahTech.edu domain and we will be sunsetting the current Dixie.edu Workspace after June 30, 2025, which will result in the need to migrate content from the old workspace to the new. We recognize that this will be a significant pain point for a number of you and the decision wasn’t made lightly. Unfortunately, due to Google changing their Terms of Service, and because of some architectural decisions that were made a number of years ago that have made management of the platform problematic, the difficult decision was made to sunset the old and start with a new Workspace. You’ll want to migrate all of your content to the new UtahTech.edu Workspace. Instructions
How long will people have access to the Utahtech.edu Google Workspace?
As long as the person is employed or enrollment eligible.
Do I need to transfer my stuff to the new UtahTech Google Workspace?
Yes, the Dixie.edu Google Workspace will be deleted July 1, 2025. You will want to migrate your content by following the instructions here.
Sign On Information
What is my new login?
Your Digital-ID or DNumber will not change. Where you previously used your Digital-ID@utahtech.edu username, you will use your Digital-ID@utahtech.edu username.
What if my Digital-ID@utahtech.edu didn’t work?
First try your Digital-ID@utahtech.edu and see if it works. Some systems will take some time to change to the Digital-ID@utahtech.edu account.
What is Single Sign ON?
Since the name change requires us to change our application authentications to the Digital-ID@utahtech.edu, we will change the applications to use a modern authentication provider. This new authentication provider will enable campus to utilize Single Sign On. Right now, you have one account to log into them all. This means most systems use your Digital ID and password and requires a new login prompt for each new application. With Single Sign On, you sign in once and then all the supported applications will automatically sign you in. This change will also allow you to log into these applications without a password. More to come on this functionality after the name change. This change will take place over the next year.
I signed into an application, but it still shows my Digital-ID@utahtech.edu, why is that?
It depends on the application. If it is an application installed on your computer, then you’ll want to configure the application for your new username. Instructions on how to do that for some common applications can be found at our How-To.
If it is an app hosted by a 3rd party vendor, this will take some time as we work with those vendors to move over to use the new usernames and the new authentication system. We will work on these integrations over the next several months.
DNumbers
What happens to my Dnumber?
DNumbers are not changing. All individuals will use the same DNumber they have always used. The “D” stands for Digital. So your DNumber is your Digital Number, or your Digital-ID.
Website Information
What happens to utahtech.edu pages?
URL’s that reference utahtech.edu will automatically be redirected to utahtech.edu.
When will the new website be up?
Web Services will be working hard over the next few weeks to update Dixie State University and DSU references on the thousands of web pages that are on the website.
It is anticipated that the updated website will be ready on May 16th. References to the old name within linked documents, such as PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, etc., will need to be updated by the content owner following the May 16th reveal.