Staff Council recently looked into login name changes because a number of staff members have inquired about changing their logins due to personal name changes. The good news is that employees can likely change their logins if they have had legal name changes; OIT and UIS will determine on a case-by-case basis if an individual login can be modified.
Types of logins that may be changed by OIT include Identikey, Desire 2 Learn, Office 365 and Google Docs logins. UIS handles the finance system and HRMS logins. Login name changes can be performed when a university affiliate's name has been changed officially with the university or when the randomly generated login is offensive. However, login name changes are complex. Those requesting a login name change will not have access to IT services while the login name change is being performed (around an hour and a half) and the change could result in some loss of email (although rare).
When the login name change is complete, that person will need to activate their account again in CUIdM and set a new password. Login name changes must to be scheduled in advance for business hours Monday through Thursday. They cannot be performed on Fridays or the day before a holiday.
The current format for CU-Boulder logins is the first two letters of the given name and first two letters of the surname plus four random numbers. Some individuals currently have an older style login name based on the first initial and your former last name. This style of login name is no longer available.听You can find more information here.