User information
If you need to change password for your PC, Mac, webmail, mit.au.dk etc. please follow the instructions below.
You will also find instructions for editing personal data and finding your AU ID.
Change password
How to
AU Staff MAC
If you have an employee Mac, you must change the password directly in the system settings on your computer.
Remember: When you have changed your password, you need to type your new password on all your devices (Including: Phones and Tablets) for services like: Eduroam and Email.
AU Staff PC
If working on an employee PC please change password directly on the device, while on AU's network.
Remember: When you have changed your password, you need to type your new password on all your devices (Including: Phones and Tablets) for services like: Eduroam and Email.
- Just press CTRL + ALT + DEL, and choose "Change a Password"
- Enter your current password followed by the new password twice.
All others should change password through mit.au.dk
If you do NOT use an employee PC or Mac, we recommend that you change password via mit.au.dk.
- Log on to mit.au.dk
- Press 'Change password' under the title [dit navn]
- Type ind a new password
- Retype the new password
- Finish by clicking the box 'Change password'
Remember: When you have changed your password, you need to type your new password on all your devices (Including: Phones and Tablets) for services like: Eduroam and Email.
Guides
- Change password on Windows 10
- Change password on Mac
Rules for passwords
- A password must contain at least twelve characters
- A password must contain combinations of at least three of the following categories:
- Uppercase letters (A-Z)
- Lowercase letters (a-z)
- Numbers
- Special characters - A password to an AU system may not be reused
- Do not use user personal information as part of a password
- A password is strictly personal
- You are not allowed to use passwords which gives you access to services at Aarhus University somewhere else
Forgotten your password?
If you have forgotten your password, use NemID to log on to mit.au.dk. On mit.au.dk you are able to change your password.
How to look up AU ID in Outlook
For all employees with an au-email-adress AU ID can be found in the Outlook address book:
If you know the AU ID and want to know who it belongs to, you can do a search as follows (remember to select the "more columns"):
If you know the person's name and want to find the AU ID search for the person's name in the address book and open the contact sheet. AU ID is registered under "alias":
Editing personal data
- How to edit your display name.
- How to edit your personal website.
- For additional corrections in your personal data, please contact your local master data editor.
What is employee master data?
Employee master data is used for e.g. employee administrative systems, employee lists on AU's websites, in PURE and on your personal website.
When you have a registered email address at AU you also have a personal website. You can find your personal website by searching your name on www.au.dk/en/findperson.
Your personal website will as a minimum include the following:
- Name
- Unit
- Address, building number, room number
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Function title
Your name will generally be your full name (as stated in the civil registration register). You can change it (remove any middle names which you do not use etc.) by changing your display name.