SSO

 

Each member of the University with a University Card has a Single Sign On (SSO) account, which is often referred to as an Oxford Account. Your SSO username is usually of the form abcd1234, which represents a code from your initial Department or College when joining the University - even if you move roles within the University this *will always* be your SSO Username. 

Most SSO Services will require you to log in in the following format with your SSO Password:

SSOUsername@OX.AC.UK e.g. abcd1234@OX.AC.UK 

Before being able to use your Single Sign On Account and the attached services, you will need to activate the account. To do so you need an Activation Code, and your University card barcode number. If you have not been supplied by these details please get in touch with your Line Manager, HR Officer or write to Gardens & Museums IT (it@museums.ox.ac.uk).

  1. access the Web Authentication Service (Webauth)
  2. select ‘Activate a new account’
  3. choose a password for your Oxford SSO account (read the security advice about choosing your passwords)
  4. set a security question and answer in case you ever forget your password

Visit the Single Sign On Account page for more comprehensive information and how to manage your Oxford Single Sign-On account if you ever need to change your SSO password.

Your Oxford Single Sign-On (SSO) account entitles you to use a number of University resources, the most pertinent being:

  • Nexus365
  • Webauth Self-Registration

 

The University of Oxford email service is called Nexus365, which is part of the Microsoft 365 Platform. You will have been registered automatically for an account as soon as you were issued with your University Card and said account should be available within 48 hours of your University Card having been created.

Nexus365 is a full collaborative service offering Email, Calendar and OneDrive File Storage of up to 5TB.

Nexus365 can be accessed in two ways, being via a Web Address or through configuring an Email Client on your computer, preferably Outlook (please note Outlook configurations do not provide access to OneDrive). Instructions are provided on how to access Nexus365 in the document titled: ‘Nexus365 – How to get access’.

 

Self-Registration offers a number of options when you log in with your SSO details. From here you can change your SSO and Remote Access Password, and also manage certain Nexus mailbox settings, including your Preferred email address and any Email forwarding you wish to set up.