Prerequisite : You receive your login credentials from the management assistant of your department!!

User account format, email address and display name:

• Account name for Office365 and other cloud applications (Teams, Outlook, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint, ...)
• {partoflastname}nn@imec.be e.g. jansse23@imec.be
• Account name for Secure Access portal and domain services (SAP)
•  {partoflastname}nn e.g. jansse23
• e-mail address
• {firstname}.{surname}@imec.be e.g. jan.janssens@imec.be
• display name :
• firstname.surname@imec.be (imec-university) e.g. jan.janssens@imec.be (imec-UGent)
•  

First logon to office.com:

Tip : research members have mostly already an office 365 account from their university. To avoid conflicts open another browser for imec or create another browser profile.

• Go to Office.com Tip : bookmark this URL !
• Select Sign in
• Enter your full account name {partoflastname}nn@imec.be (not your email address !!)
• Click Next
• Enter your received password
• Click Sign in
• a wizard to configure Multi Factor Authentication will popup. Follow the instructions to configure and enter your mobile number for future use of MFA.
• Now you should be logged into office 365

Change your (initial) password:

• In office.com select the settings/gear icon  in the upper richt corner
• Select Change your password to create your personal:
• Your password...
• ... has to be at least 8 characters long
• ... includes at least one character from three of these four categories:
• Uppercase characters (A to Z)
• Lowercase characters (a to z)
• Numbers (0 to 9)
• Symbols (for example: !, $, #, % etc.)
• ... doesn’t include three or more consecutive characters from your login or full name
• ... isn’t linked to any publicly known data (for example: telephone number, date of birth of your children/wife/husband/ etc.)
• ... has to be aligned with the Password History of 24 – this means that you can’t use the same password again until it has been changed at least 24 times 

imec Teams:

• The main imec collaboration tool
• can be accessed from the local installed microsoft teams app or using your internet browser (same log in method as for office.com):
• home.imec.be
• teams.microsoft.com
• Very important link to become familiar with the tools and apps è imec Teams Help Portal. Here you find info about the specific apps and knowledge articles.

Secure Access:

• access port to your imec administration tasks like:
• imec Time
• Travel Request
• SAP Self Service
• ...
• in your internet browser go to secure-access.imec.be (bookmark !!)
• Click Proceed
• Enter your account name as username (e.g. jansse23)
• Enter your password
• Sign in
• Enter your Multi Factor Authentication code or accept in your MFA app
• Click Proceed

Employee Center:

• ICT and HR help portal
• KBA's 
• accessible from the imec teams app => Tools => Quick Links => Employee Center
• Search for KBA's or log an incident
• accessible from secure-access.imec.be
• direct link : imec.service-now.com/sp
• sign in with your imec account (e.g. jansse23@imec.be)