MSU Guest Account Registration - How to Complete Your Registration

Objective

When an MSU Guest Account has been generated for you, there are steps you need to perform to complete your registration.

Guest Accounts are created for users who have signed up to participate in MSU non-credit courses, distance learners, and parents, guardians, and others invited by a student to access their information (such as MSU financial systems).

Before You Begin

Verify that you have access to your MSU Guest Registration email. This email contains both your registration email address and a temporary password. These are needed to claim your account to complete your account setup.

Steps

1. Visit auth.msu.edu and you will see the following screen.
   Sign-In Screen on auth.msu.edu

   

2. Enter your registration email and click Next.
3. You will see the following screen where you are prompted to verify your identity with a security method. Select the Password option.
   Verification Choices Screen

   

4. You will then be prompted to enter your password. Enter the temporary password provided to you in the MSU Guest Registration email and click Verify.
   Temporary Password in Registration Email Example

   

   Password Verification Screen

   

5. From there you will be asked to generate a new password for your Guest Account. Utilize the password requirements to generate your new password, then click Change Password.
   Change Password Screen

   

6. You will see the following screen.
   1. NOTE: This page allows you to register your Guest Account for future self-service password resets. If you forget your password, you will be able to recover it without contacting the MSU IT Service Desk. The email you received includes information regarding resetting your password.
   Additional Profile Information Screen

   

7. If you have a second email address that you can use for password recovery in the future, enter it in the Secondary Email box and click Finish.
   Secondary Email Address Entry Example

   

   1. If you do not have a second email address, click Skip Profile or Finish to move on.
8. You will see the following screen. This indicates that you have successfully completed the registration process.
   1. Note: The displayed tiles will be unique based on access.
   Home Screen for auth.msu.edu

   

9. You can now proceed to the webpage that requires your MSU Guest Account. Login with your full email address and the password you created.

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