What is the students.tntech.edu domain?
The students.tntech.edu domain is where all student email accounts WERE housed before 2020. If your email address has the extension of @students.tntech.edu, your email account is in the old student email tenant, but if your email address has the domain of @tntech.edu, your account is in the current email tenant and will not be purged due to this shutdown.
What is going to change?
Starting February 2020, the students.tntech.edu domain is going away. Impacted accounts are those accounts with the extension of @students.tntech.edu. ITS will purge all final remaining accounts at midnight Wednesday, October 19, 2022. If you want to keep any emails, files, etc currently in your students.tntech.edu inbox, ITS suggests that you store it elsewhere so as not to lose any contacts, important information/documents, or access to other accounts that depend on your @students.tntech.edu account. If you want to retain any of this information, please take action before October 18, 2022. Retrieving data from your account after this date will NOT be possible.
NOTE: ITS will not assist with the migration of any data beyond the help articles provided. It is the account owner's responsibility to migrate their data. After October, 18, 2022, all data will be deleted.
How can I save my emails?
To save your emails, you need to manually forward them from your @students.tntech.edu email account to a separate email account. You can do this by following the instructions below.
- Make sure you have another email address to which you can send these.
- Log into your @students.tntech.edu email at https://outlook.com/students.tntech.edu.
- Select the emails that you desire to move
- Forward the emails from your TN Tech email to your non-TN Tech email.
NOTE: Forwarding rules are not allowed per Policy 802 Email Use. Our suggested size is to send emails in sets of 25 emails or less so that your forwarding is not flagged as spam.
What if I use my @students.tntech.edu accounts for other things?
You may have purchased software while at TN Tech that is linked to your @students.tntech.edu account. You may also be using the @students.tntech.edu account for programs outside TN Tech. Below is a list of some common items that will be affected.
- If you use the Library Database system or ILLiad, the Inter-Library Loan system, you will lose access to this. Only current students, faculty, and staff can access this information.
- If you have your @students.tntech.edu account linked to a Microsoft product, like Microsoft Office, Windows operating system, OneDrive, or Teams, please check out one of our related articles for "Replacing Microsoft Products after leaving TN Tech."
- If you have been using your TN Tech account for LinkedIn Learning, please check out our related article for "LinkedIn Learning Outside of TN Tech."
- If you are using the @students.tntech.edu account for Handshake, you may want to set up a free Handshake account. Please read our related article, "Making and Accessing a Free Handshake Account."
NOTE: Also, be aware that if the @students.tntech.edu account is your backup email for a password reset for a different account or service, you will need to change where your password reset emails are received.
What if I have more questions?
If you have any questions, you can contact our IT Help Desk via email at helpdesk@tntech.edu or via phone at 931-372-3975 during campus office hours.