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Visitor & Temporary Access

Visitors and guests of the University of Missouri-Columbia are eligible for University telecommunications and IT resources when sponsored by a University department as outlined below.

Visitors

A Visitor to the University of Missouri-Columbia is defined as:

  1. Any nonaffiliated individual with a need for network access for a period greater than 30 days OR
  2. Any nonaffiliated individual with a need for one or more of the following Telecom & IT Resources regardless of the duration of requested access to:

The Visitor's sponsoring department is responsible for the processes required to obtain Visitor access to University resources.

Requesting Services for Visitors

Nonaffiliated individuals will be required to have a University Employee ID (EmplID) and Courtesy Appointment (a non-paid appointment tracked in PeopleSoft) in order to be granted Visitor status. A department can acquire an EmplID and Courtesy Appointment via a Personnel Action Form (PAF). PAFs for Courtesy Appointments are processed through MU's Payroll Office.

Once an EmplID has been assigned by the Payroll Office, the department may request University Telecom and IT Resources in the same fashion as employee requests for these services.

SharePoint account requests may follow the process outlined on the SharePoint Outside Users page.

Cancellation of Services for Visitors

When the nonaffiliated individual has left campus or no longer needs access to University Telecom & IT Resources the sponsoring department must terminate the Courtesy Appointment via a PAF. Once the termination PAF has been processed the accounts and other services will be discontinued via the standard employee account deletion process.

If a Visitor's access needs to be restricted prior to processing a termination PAF, the sponsoring department's IT Professional can contact Information Security & Account Management at accounts@missouri.edu to request the accounts be locked.

Temporary Access

Wireless Network Access:
For short-term use of Internet access only, guests may use Mizzou Wireless - Guest service. No account is required to access Mizzou Wireless - Guest. Note that Mizzou Wireless - Guest is a shared and limited service.

Computing Sites Access:
Temporary access to the University's computing sites must be requested by a sponsoring department.

Requesting Temporary Access

Temporary access for MU Computing Sites does not require a University EmplID, but a full user name and account expiration date are required. A sponsoring division/department can obtain guest access for one or more guests through the temporary access request form.

Cancellation of Services

Computing Site access is terminated automatically according to the account expiration date provided by the department. If a guest's access needs to be restricted prior to the expiration date, the sponsoring department's IT Professional (or departmental contact for group guests) can contact Information Security & Account Management at accounts@missouri.edu to request individual temporary accounts be locked.

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Revised August 11, 2009