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Students: Prepare for Life After UT


Life After Graduation, Image of students clapping in cap and gown at a graduation ceremony.

Congratulations Grads!  With graduation just around the corner, you may be wondering what you will have access to (and for how long) once you leave UT.

We have put together a list of the most popular IT services; access to these services is based on your official “Left UT” date (typically graduation). 

NETID

After one calendar year, your NetID and all access granted by your NetID will be deleted. If interested in an alumni email account, read on for details.

UT EMAIL AND TRANSITIONING TO AN ALUMNI ACCOUNT

You have one year to sign up for and transition to your alumni email account. OIT will send you information about your next steps; check your email periodically for instructions. You can learn more about alumni email at oit.utk.edu/alumni.

MICROSOFT 365 ONEDRIVE

You can retain access to Office 365 OneDrive and other Office 365 online apps for one calendar year. At the end of this year, you will lose access to the files stored in your UTK OneDrive, and Microsoft will delete them. OIT recommends backing up and transferring your files to another third-party service.

MICROSOFT OFFICE PROPLUS

Once you have left the University, your Microsoft Office ProPlus subscription will end, and access to the desktop suite will be unavailable. After this time, you can enroll in other available consumer or commercial offers from Microsoft or other third-party retailers.

GOOGLE DRIVE AND APPS

Access to the Google Apps, including Drive, will be available for one year.

ADDITIONAL APPS

Information about the retention of the other popular OIT services, such as Canvas, MyUTK, Apps@UTK, the OIT Labs, and Web Surveys are available in the  OIT’s Knowledge Base article, Leaving UT: IT Checklist for Faculty, Staff, and Students.