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Format

Use this format to log into sites and services like:

Your first initial + (maybe a number) + your last name + @royalroads.ca

like: dbrown@royalroads.ca or d1brown@royalroads.ca

This is NOT used as an email address at RRU

(technically called a User Principle Name (UPN), this is the long form of your Academic Account)

Your first initial + (maybe a number) + your last name

like: dbrown or d1brown

(technically called a Security Accounts Manager (SAM), this is the short form of your Academic Account)

  • RRU Library while you are enrolled in a credit program

  • MyAdmin where you can you can pay bills, order transcripts, view grades, order a bus pass, upload documents, manage your email forwarding and update your personal email address.

  • If you need to reset your password

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titleClick here if you received a new RRU computer

If you have been provided with an RRU computer, there can be some initial setup required. We recommend the follow steps in this order:

  • After you have logged in for the first time we recommend you wait about 4 minutes to allow the computer to configure the network and check for updates

  • After the 4 minutes has passed, we recommend that you first open Microsoft Word. It should prompt you to login. You need to use your UPN username. (You might get an error after setting up your Office account. Ignore this error)

  • Close Word, and open Outlook

  • It should connect and show your email. Please allow a couple of hours for everything to sync.

  • Now open Microsoft Teams and log in to Teams. (UPN again). On the confirmation screen, remove the check mark beside “manage this device” and click the link in the bottom right (“…only this device…”) and you should be logged in.

  • Now open Microsoft OneDrive and log in. (UPN again, see a pattern?). On the confirmation screen, remove the check mark beside “manage this device” and click the link in the bottom right (“…only this device…”) and you should be logged in.

  • OneDrive will sync your old desktop (if you had one) with your new desktop. Allow a couple of hours for all files to be sync’d. If you are a brand new staff/faculty, the sync should take less then a minute.

  • If you require additional links or software, please confer with your supervisor.

RRU resources are available on RRU laptops as long as their is an internet connection, regardless of their location.

Please note that these laptops reboot automatically every Wednesday to install updates and refresh resources.

Setting up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) (must read!)

Royal Roads University has adopted Microsoft 365 MFA for Webmail, Remote Desktop (for staff only) and Office 365 (Currently only for people outside Canada, but soon coming to all accounts August 2024). This means you will eventually need MFA to access any Microsoft resource as well as any resource that use Microsoft to authenticate like Avanti, Zoom and many others. In the near future MFA will also be required to log into Moodle.

MFA uses a mobile device to “authenticate” your account. The Microsoft Authenticator application uses minimal data (~<2mb over 3 months) and does not access your personal or private information on your device.

You only have to set this up once and it will work for all the applications listed.

As this procedure is a little longer, we have setup a page all it’s own. Please go here for detailed instructions to setup MFA.

Please do not delay setting up MFA.

Email address (must read!)

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When your account was created, we automatically created an email address for you. With few exceptions, you rarely use your email address to log in to RRU resources. Email addresses at RRU are in the format: preferred-name.last-name@royalroads.ca and may contain a number, like “douglas.1brown@royalroads.ca”.

With few exceptions, you rarely use your email address to log in to RRU resources.

This looks similar to your Academic Account except that your name is spelled out. Many people confuse these two.

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Mobile device - You can setup your email account on a mobile device using the default mail application or using your own email software. You can find instructions to setup this account here.

Webmail access - In order to access this webmail account you must first setup MFA. Once you have MFA setup, you can now log into RRU Webmail at https://webmail.royalroads.ca. (You will also use your long format of your Academic Account (d1brown@royalroads.ca) to log in to this account, not your email address)

Please note that the max file size your RRU email account can send/receive is 20mb uncompressed regardless of you access your email. Also note that PDF/JPG/ZIP documents are compressed so anything over 12-15mb (total) of these file types will probably be too big.

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titleClick for Bonus Info: Is your personal email address a Hotmail, Outlook, MSN or Live.ca address?

One thing I recommend. We are aware that some RRU email going to Hotmail, Outlook, MSN and Live.ca accounts, including RRU passphrase reset and academic account activation emails, are going directly into SPAM folders or not arriving at all for staff/faculty and students that are using Microsoft email accounts like Live.ca, http://Outlook.com and http://Hotmail.com among others. If you are concerned you are missing an email, please check your Junk Email folders. 

We also strongly suggest that you add “http://royalroads.ca ” domain to the Safe Sender's list in your account. 

Please see this page for instructions.

Additional Resources

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titleOffice 365

Office 365

We offer you a copy of Office 365 that you can install on up to 5 computers. This license is subscription based and only works while you have an active account at RRU.

You will also use your long format of your Academic Account (d1brown@royalroads.ca) to access this account.

You can find information to set this up here - About Office 365 for RRU Staff, Faculty and Students

We also offer an online version of Office 365. You can access this online version of Office 365 at https://www.office.com/.

MFA must be setup to access this service outside Canada (and after August 2024) inside Canada.

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titlePrinting on Campus

Printing on Campus

When on campus, you can print to any RRU printer from any RRU computer. You cannot print from a personal laptop.

To Print:

  • Log in to any RRU computer with your SAM account and password

  • A printer should be setup by default. (The printer name is the physical location of the printer). If you do not see an printer, you can install with these instructions. Or you can contact Computer Services at the phone number listed below

  • You have unlimited printing, however you will see the amount of printing during the fiscal year in the PaperCut print balance window. This is for informational purposes only. Costs or printing can be found here.

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titleRemote Desktop

Remote Desktop

Remote Desktop is a tool you can use to connect to RRU resources on a personal computer that would not normally be available to you. As with Webmail, you MUST first setup MFA, and then you can configure Remote Desktop on your personal computer.

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