Frequently Asked Question

This FAQ is based on this tutorial of the Informatikdienste (only available in German).

After the so-called Mail2UPN migration, the login changes for several services that require a user name in the e-mail address format. Instead of hmuster@campus.unibe.ch you log in now as hans.muster@unibe.ch. See below for more details about the different user name types and formats. The terms are the same as used by the Informatikdienste to allow to distinguish the different account types.

sAMAccountName

The sAMAccountName is not affected by the Mail2UPN migration. Two formats exist: If for example a user with name Hans Muster starts in 2021, he would get a username like hm21h35t. If he has an older legacy account, it would be something like hmuster. The sAMAccountName is also used in combination with the domain name in the format campus\sAMAccountName. Before the migration we called this the campus account name.

User Principal Name (UPN)

The UPN is the same as the primary e-mail address und usually has the format firstname.lastname@unibe.ch

Legacy User Principal Name (Legacy UPN)

Before the Mail2UPN migration, the UPN was based on the sAMAccountName in the format sAMAccountName@campus.unibe.ch (hm21h35t@campus.unibe.ch or hmuster@campus.unibe.ch). If your institute is not yet migrated, use this format to log in to services that require the campus account in the e-mail address format.

Switch edu-ID

The Switch edu-ID is an account that is independent of the university. It uses the e-mail address specified by the user during account creation.

List of username formats per service

The campus username format is service dependent. In the list below, e-mail refers to the UPN in the format firstname.lastname@unibe.ch or to the legacy UPN in the format sAMAccountName@campus.unibe.ch.