Following the announcement that Google will no longer offer free unlimited data storage to higher education institutions, Northeastern will discontinue providing alumni with storage on the University’s Google Drive after October 1, 2024. This means you will need to remove all files from your Northeastern Google Drive by that date.
As a member of our alumni community, please note that while some resources will remain available to you, others will have limited access or will no longer be available post-graduation. We encourage you to download any important files or information to ensure continuity as you make the transition from student to alumni.
Alumni who graduated in August 2013 or later keep their @northeastern.edu email address, as well as access to 100GB of OneDrive storage in the Microsoft 365 (M365) Suite up to one year after graduation. Alumni who previously had an @husky.neu.edu email address in Google have been migrated to @northeastern.edu in M365. All messages sent to @husky.neu.edu addresses are forwarded to M365 mailboxes. For example, if your email address was [email protected], it is now [email protected].
Your Northeastern username and password will continue to be active for authentication purposes for your Microsoft 365 email and other systems. Following the completion of graduation requirements, your Northeastern account will be transitioned to full alumni status during the calendar year. 14 days prior to your account transition, you will receive an email from ITS.
Following this transition, you will only have access to alumni-focused services with student services being terminated, some of which may require your Northeastern credentials and password for authentication.
Log in to your Microsoft and email accounts through your browser, Microsoft Outlook, or the mobile apps with [Northeastern username]@northeastern.edu and your Northeastern password.
For any questions or troubleshooting with email, M365, the IT Service Desk is available 24/7 to support you! Call 617.373.4357, email [email protected] or click here to read any of our helpful articles regarding Alumni accounts.
Click here to learn more about what systems are available to Northeastern Alumni.
Google recently announced that it will no longer offer free unlimited data storage to higher education institutions. Because of this, Northeastern will discontinue providing alumni with storage on the University’s Google Drive. Please note that alumni will continue to have access to their @northeastern.edu alumni email and 100GB of storage space in OneDrive
This change will go into effect on October 1, 2024.
Yes, alumni will continue to have access to their @northeastern.edu alumni email account via Microsoft Outlook. A list of IT services alumni retain after graduation can be found in this knowledge article.
After October 1, 2024, alumni will not be able to login to their @husky.neu.edu Google account.
Review your data to determine whether you still need the information stored in your Northeastern Google Drive.
• If your data is essential, move all files from your Northeastern Google Drive to a new storage account by October 1, 2024. Northeastern will automatically begin removing data after this date.
• If you no longer need the data, no action is needed on your part.
Alumni have access to 100GB of OneDrive storage with their @northeastern.edu Microsoft 365 account that can be used as an alternative to Google Drive for academic files.
Visit the Northeastern Accounts page for student and alumni accounts for password reset options.
Review this guide from Microsoft for step-by-step instructions. Make sure to delete any data no longer needed prior to migration to another service.
There are no exceptions for alumni maintaining data in Google Drive. On October 1, 2024 Google accounts for alumni will be suspended.
Google Takeout is a service offered by Google that allows the transfer of all Google Drive content to another Google account. To use the service, visit https://takeout.google.com/transfer