IT Services

When you start to be as a new staff member or student in at Metropolia and you get your own will receive a Metropolia account ID. First thing is to activate that new account. Before activation, user can't receive any Metropolia IT-services. So, you must first activate your account. You must first activate your account. Your account will be functional only after activation.

The purpose of  Activation the activation is , that you personally accept the rules of Metropolia and yourself take account to your own responsibilitythe account usage policy and start using your account.

1)    Start a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.
2)    Fill Type in your the browser's address bar: activation.metropolia.fi

3)    Press the Return key on the keyboard.

4)   The In the browser window you may receive see the message "secure Secure connection failed" or some other security-related alert. If that happens , you have to accept the certificate.  Inrformation For information about How how to accept the certificate? You can find by clicking , click here.

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5)    When After accepting the certificate is approved, you will see the text appears on the screen "Metropolian Metropolia Account Activation" . Then you can see shown below the fields of your on the screen. Below the text are fields for username and password.
6)    If you are a new student, you have received an accountpaper from your Student Affairs Office. If you belong to a new staff, you have received  accountpaper from your Personnel Secretary of your Degree. From Accountpaper you can find your own account and password. Take out this paper and look for the entries "Username" and "Password".

7)    Write your username to "User ID".
8)    Write your password to "password".
9)    Click the box that appears "Login" button.

10) After logging in you must accept valid orders and regulations.

Read the two rules. First click on the text "Information system operating rules pdf" in blue pdf link. Rules will open with Acrobat Reader software, which you can close after reading the document. Use the same procedure as "Email the operating rules pdf" case. Read carefully, both documents, because by clicking "I agree" button, you agree to abide by their contents.

 
11) Next, Create a password, which you will remember in future. This password is used to log in Metropolian workstations, and all services. The password must be at least 8 characters. Characters can be uppercase or lowercase letters or numbers. Special characters like ä, ö, å and ü the letters, where causing problems, so they should not be used. Once you've found the password, type it in the lines "New password" and the "Confirm new password". Then click on the mouse to "Change Password" button.

12)    Your account is now activated. Exit by clicking "Exit" link in right upper corner.