Changing Your Email Password using Outlook Web
Access:
Follow these steps to change your email password:
- Open Internet Explorer and access your email using
Outlook Web Access. The URL is
http://webmail.snhu.edu.
- Login using your username and password. If you
are unsure of how to log into Outlook Web Access, click here
to see the tutorial.
- Once logged into your email, look for the Options
button in the lower left hand corner of the window.
- Click the Options button and the Options frame will
open in the right-hand side of your browser window.
- Scroll to the bottom of the Options frame and you will
see a section labeled Password with a Change Password button.
- Click on the Change Password button.
- A new window will open. Fill in all the fields
and click OK. The field information is:
- First field is for the SNHU Domain - type SNHU
in the field.
- Second field is for your username. This is
required for security purposes. Type the part of your email address
that is in front of the "@snhu.edu" in this field. For example,
if you are faculty/staff and your email address is
j.doe@snhu.edu, you would enter j.doe in
this field. If you are a student and your email address is
john.doe@snhu.edu, you would enter
john.doe.
- Third field is for your old password (your date of
birth). Type your date of birth in MMDDYYYY format into this field.
- Fourth field is for your new password. Enter a
new password that is at least 7 digits long.
- Fifth field is to confirm your new password.
Retype your new password in this field.
8. You are done.
Some notes about Passwords on the new system:
- You will be
required to change your password every 180days.
- You cannot
change your password more than one time per day.
- To maintain security you cannot alternate between two
passwords when
you change. You must enter a new and unique password each time you
change.