Environment
U-M Slack (Enterprise Grid)
Issue
- Am I eligible for a U-M Slack account? Who has access to U-M Slack?
- Who is eligible to be a member of U-M Slack? Who is eligible to be a guest?
Resolution
The following information is applicable across the Ann Arbor, Flint, Dearborn, and Michigan Medicine campuses.
| Group |
Group Members |
Members and Workspace Creation/Admin |
Guests |
| Eligible |
- Students (from matriculation to either graduation or end of student status - they must have a Student role in MCommunity to qualify)
- Faculty (including emeritus faculty, lecturers, and intermittent lecturers)
- Staff (including temporary staff)
- Sponsored affiliates with regular uniqnames and UMIDs (i.e., Type-1 Sponsored Affiliates, strong identities)
|
Yes
All people in this group can be members of U-M Slack and create workspaces and/or be admins of workspaces.
|
No
People eligible to be members must be members and cannot be guests in any U-M Slack workspace.
|
| Ineligible: Long-term U-M Individuals |
|
No*
If anyone in these groups is participating in university business and therefore needs member access to a U-M Slack workspace, they should be sponsored by their department as a Type-1 Sponsored Affiliate, which will move them to the Eligible group above.
* There is a very small population of alumni and retirees with legacy access.
|
No
If someone in one of these groups needs to be a guest, they must use a non-UMICH email address.
|
|
Ineligible: U-M Groups and Short-term Individuals
|
- MCommunity groups
- Shared Accounts
- Sponsored affiliates with regular uniqnames, but their UMID starts with "99" (i.e., Type-2 Sponsored Affiliates, long-term guests). Example: nemcard, 99011234
- Sponsored affiliates with uniqnames starting with "um" followed by numbers (i.e., Type-3 Sponsored Affiliates, weak identities, short-term guests). Example: um955555
- U-M Friend accounts
|
No |
No. |
| Other U-M Emails |
- Subdomain emails, such as @med.umich.edu or @eecs.umich.edu
- Other U-M domain emails, such as @umflint.edu
|
No
Use your @umich.edu email address to become a member if you are part of the Eligible group. Otherwise, use a non-UMICH email address to become a guest.
|
No
Use your @umich.edu email address to become a member if you are part of the Eligible group. Otherwise, use a non-UMICH email address to become a guest.
|
| Non-UMICH Email Addresses |
- Non-UMICH emails, such as @gmail.com or @msu.edu
|
No |
Yes
You can invite an unlimited number of single-channel guests to your Slack workspace. Support for multi-channel guests is currently unavailable.
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Additional Information
- If a Slack workspace is desired (and you are not eligible for U-M Slack), anyone may create a free, personal workspace using a non-UMICH email address.
- After losing and regaining an eligible role, it can take 24-48 hours for U-M Slack access to be restored.
Need additional information or assistance? Contact the ITS Service Center.