What Will Happen to the HPCC Account if You Are Not Affiliated with MSU

Many users asked what will happen to their access on HPCC after they leave or are no longer associated with MSU. Will they still have access to their HPCC accounts and the data stored there? 

The answer to this question depends on the affiliation of the MSU NetID. For HPCC account holders who have MSU NetIDs affiliated with MSU, their account will not be deactivated. However, if the NetID becomes unaffiliated with MSU, we will email the user that the account will be closed. The user can ask their HPCC account sponsor to contact the MSU ID office (https://idoffice.msu.edu/contact) and renew the NetID to become affiliated with MSU. The sponsor may need to work with their department to go through the process of Department-Sponsored NetID and pay a very minimal fee. To find out more details about Department-Sponsored NetID, please refer to the website: https://netid.msu.edu/other/dept.html

After the MSU NetID is renewed, the HPCC account sponsor can let us know and we will reactivate the HPCC account. Please note that we do not delete data stored on the HPCC. We simply move them to a different storage space. When a HPCC account is reactivated, the user is able to use HPCC as before.