Every new RA arrives eager to get started, but first there are a number of hurdles to get over.

Activate your Partners User ID

You must do this step first.  Your Partners User ID will be needed to access your email, log into PeopleSoft, and access the Partners network. Before you can activate this User ID, your paperwork from orientation must be processed by HR.  (It can take a few hours after orientation before your User ID is ready to be activated, so if you receive an error message you might need to wait.)

1. Go to https://myprofile.partners.org/ and select “New User”.
2. Select the option “click here for password self-service,” and fill in the form.
3. The system will issue your Partners User ID, which will look like your initials followed by a number (such as “dap47”).
4. You must choose a password and some challenge questions. Your password must be at least 8 characters long and have letters and numbers.

Verify your Partners email

1. Go to the web site partners.org/email and log in with your new user ID and password. If you can log in, your email is set up!  It could take 10 to 30 minutes after you activate your User ID for this to work.
2. Head’s up: Although you log in to email using your Partners User ID, your email username will be different. Usually it’s your first initial plus your last name (e.g. sfreud@partners.org).  The best way to find you email address might be to send an email to someone in the office then ask them who it’s from!  :-\

Request a mclean.harvard.edu email address

Initially you are issued an ‘@partners.org’ address, but you should set up an ‘@mclean.harvard.edu’ address.  Unless there is a specific reason to do otherwise, use your McLean email address for all correspondence.

1. Make a note of your partners.org address before you start. You’ll need to know it later.
2. To activate a McLean email address, call the IS Helpdesk at 617-726-5085 or submit an IS service request at http://helpdeskselfservice.partners.org/. Ask them to create a “mclean.harvard.edu” address for you, and to make it your primary email address (use the word ‘primary’ in your request).
3. When the McLean address gets set up, your default ‘From’ and ‘Reply-to’ name In Outlook will switch to be your mclean.harvard.edu address (within a few hours).
4. Head’s up: Technically your @mclean.harvard.edu address is an alias for your @partners.org address. An email message sent to either address goes to the same inbox.

Once you have your address set up, ask Dave to add you to the standard distribution lists for LATN, CDASR, and the MIC (the actual names are mcl-latn, mcl-cdasr, and mic-plus, respectively).

You’ll need to subscribe to the ‘McLean Research List’ yourself using the form at http://researchlistweb.partners.org/list/w/mcl-research/subscribemcl-research.html.

Set up Outlook on your PC

• To set up Outlook on your work PC, contact Dave
• Create a personal signature (a ‘sig’) that will be added to the end of your email
• We also have a shared mailbox for recruitment: neurolab@mclean.harvard.edu. You or one of the other RAs must contact the IS Helpdesk to request access to it.