Use Multiple Browsers

Microsoft 365 relies on cookie settings to know whether it needs to request a login or not. Browsers store and access their own cookies; Safari does not use Edge's cookies and vice-versa. 

If you log in to Office online with your Ithaca NetID using Safari, Safari's cookies know who you are when you check your Outlook email on the web. But if you try to use Edge to check your NetID email, you need to log in -- Edge does not have a cookie set for your account.

You can leverage this functionality to easily manage a dual NetID/CWID situation. Pick one browser that you will use exclusively with your NetID, and a different browser for your CWID.

Examples

Only use your Chrome browser to access WCM applications:

• WCM Outlook Calendar and Email
• WCM Teams
• Any files shared with your WCM identity
• Any WCM sites that require a login or are Weill specific
  • Box
  • WCM OneNote
  • WCM OneDrive Panopto
  • WCM Directory
  • ITS Teams Lists

Only use your Edge browser to access Ithaca applications:

• Ithaca Outlook Calendar and Email
• Ithaca Teams
• Any files shared with your Ithaca identity
• Any Ithaca sites that require a login or are Ithaca specific
  • Ithaca Login Links
  • C2C Online Reservation System
  • Concur
  • E-Shop
  • Ithaca Box
  • CU Learn
  • Lyris E-list Management
  • Workday
  • Ithaca Zoom

Use Browser Profiles

Browser profiles accomplish the same task as multiple browsers by letting you set up separate workspaces in one browser. Profiles are almost like clones of the browser; logins, history, bookmarks, and cookies for one profile stay unique and separate from another profile. 

You can create a NetID profile and a CWID profile, and then easily switch between the two depending on what account you need to use.

Follow the instructions from the following vendors to set up profiles on your browser.

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Safari (Mac)
• Safari (iPhone)
• Firefox

Incognito/Private Window

Browsers allow you to open a new window without using (or saving) browsing history, cookies, or site and form data. This lets you log in with a different ID without using a new browser or setting up a profile.

Look for New Private Window, New Incognito Window, New InPrivate Window (et cetera) under your browser's File menu.

Managing Calendars

It is strongly recommended that you maintain only one calendar. This means you should block access to a second calendar that might exist on the other campus. Forwarding invites can help, but this is one of the most precarious problems of dual identity – getting invited to meetings you never see.

This is even more complicated if you have a delegate managing your calendar, as that person will also need dual identities.

Managing Multiple Email Addresses

Your Weill and Ithaca emails each go to their respective Outlook mailboxes. If you don't check both regularly, you might miss important or timely emails. You can prevent this through email forwarding. 

To set up forwarding:

1. Log in to Outlook on the web with your secondary account. 
2. Find the gear icon in the upper right. 
3. Select Forwarding. 
4. Turn forwarding on.
5. Put your primary account in the Forward my email to: box.

Set a Teams Status Message

Let people know which account you regularly use, so messages don't sit waiting for replies. Open Teams on your secondary account and set your status message (Microsoft Support article)

Your status message on your secondary account then advises people how to contact you for a prompt reply. For example: “I don’t regularly use Teams with my Weill account. Please message me at NetID@cornell.edu.”