Each time you change your Deakin password, you will also need to update the password for the Deakin services you are using on your mobile device(s) (for example email, Wi-Fi). If you don't update your details, your account may be locked, as your mobile devices will continually try to use your old password. Please close Outlook prior to changing your password for the same reason. |
If you have a newer Mac (from late 2020 onwards) or your computer has been erased and rebuilt (re-imaged), you log into your Mac using Jamf Connect. This uses your Office 365 login credentials and Multi-Factor Authentication.
When you change your password, your computer will require your old password in order to unlock and update your Mac's password to your new one. You must remember or keep a note of your old password, otherwise you can be locked out of your computer. |
You can change your password whether you're on-campus or off-campus. You do not need to connect to the Cisco AnyConnect VPN.
When you change your password, it may take up to an hour to propagate fully through all of Deakin's systems.
Your password must comply with Deakin's password requirements for complexity and length. |
If your Mac does not use Jamf Connect, you log in with the classic macOS username and password boxes.
Your password can be changed off-campus by connecting to the Cisco AnyConnect VPN. For instructions, see: Cisco AnyConnect (VPN) – Installation & Usage Instructions (macOS).
Once a secure VPN connection has been established, complete the following instructions, under On-campus, to change your password.
When you change your password, it may take up to an hour to propagate fully through all of Deakin's systems.
Your password must comply with Deakin's password requirements for complexity and length. |
When you change your password, it may take up to an hour to propagate fully through all of Deakin's systems.
Once your computer login password has been changed, you may need to update it in other locations as well.
Repeat step 7 until all Deakin-related passwords have been updated.
What are Deakin's password requirements?