Reminder: One username begins today

Identity 3.0 migration begins at 1 p.m. today. | Read more.

Beginning today, you will use one username across the university and Minnesota State systems. 

  • Employees will sign in with StarID@minnstate.edu. 
  • Students will sign in with StarID@go.minnstate.edu.
  • If you are both an employee and a student, use the employee sign in for work tasks and the student sign in for classes and student activities. 

Your StarID, password, and email address are not changing. Your current password will continue to work after the migration. You can continue to manage your password through the Minnesota State StarID Self-Service portal.

Be prepared

  • Make sure you know your StarID and password.
  • Confirm whether you will use the student username, the employee username, or both.
  • Beginning today, You can start using the employee username now. Beginning October 27, system updates will require you to use it your username.
  • If an application asks you to sign in again, enter your full username: StarID@minnstate.edu or StarID@go.minnstate.edu.
  • If an application or personal device has saved your old username, update it when prompted.
  • Reconnect each phone, tablet, laptop, or other device to standard campus wireless, using your employee or student username.


The username works for these systems:

  • Campus and lab computers
  • Printers
  • Wireless
  • Microsoft 365
  • D2L Brightspace
  • Zoom and Kaltura
  • Workday
  • eServices
  • Other campus applications and Minnesota State services


For additional guidance, read Identity 3.0 Migration: What MSUM Students and Employees Need to Know

Get help at the Help Desk  

Monday-Thursday | 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.    
Fridays | 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. 
Saturday & Sunday | 1 to 5 p.m.   
Location: Livingston Lord Library Room #122 
Phone: 218.477.2603 
Email: support@mnstate.edu