• Invite the recipient to use your cosign-protected web resource
• Invite the recipient to create a Friend guest account
• Direct the recipient to your web page about creation of the account

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Sending an Invitation

1. Use your web browser to connect to the invitation creation page (https://friend.weblogin.umich.edu/friend/invite/).
2. Log in with your uniqname and UMICH Kerberos password.
3. Fill in the required information for your invitation. You will need to indicate:
   • The e-mail address from which the invitation should be sent. Your own e-mail address will appear in this field. You can change it to a group address if you wish.
   • The URL to which you want the invitation recipient(s) directed after creation of the Friend Guest account.
   • The e-mail address(es) to which you want to send invitations. You can send multiple invitations.

   You can also provide some text to be added to the default invitation text if you wish.

4. Click the Next button.
5. You will be asked to confirm the information you provided.
   • Click Edit if you want to make changes.
   • If the information is correct, click Invite to send the invitations.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Friend Invitations

Who is eligible to send Friend invitations?
Anyone with a uniqname and UMICH Kerberos password can send a Friend invitation.

To whom can I send Friend invitations?
To anyone with a non-University e-mail address (that is, their address must not end in @umich.edu).

What happens if I send an invitation to someone who already has a Friend account?
Instead of receiving an invitation to create a Friend account, that person will receive an invitation to use their existing Friend account to visit and log in to your web site. Here is the text of the message the person will receive:

Greetings from the University of Michigan,
<If you provided text for the message, it will appear here.>

<e-mail address of sender> has invited you to use your U-M Friend guest account to access a protected U-M web resource located at:

<URL you provided>

Your login is your entire e-mail address including the part after the '@' symbol. If you forgot your password, you can reset it by visiting:

https://friend.weblogin.umich.edu/friend/account/

By using this service you agree to adhere to U-M computing policies and guidelines.

U-M Friend Accounts

Do the invitations expire?
Yes. The account-creation link in the invitation message is only good for 24 hours. If the recipient clicks the link after it has expired, the account creation process will fail. The recipient can still create a Friend account by following the instructions in How to Set Up a Friend Account for Guest Access to U-M Computing Resources (S4316).

One of my recipients did not receive the invitation I sent. What happened?
Most likely, the message was caught by the recipient's anti-spam filters. Ask the recipient to check his or her Junk, Spam, or other spam-catching folder to see it the message is there.

What does the standard invitation message say?
Here is a sample message:

FRIEND ACCOUNT INVITATION

<If you provided text for the message, it will appear here.>

<e-mail address of sender> has requested that your e-mail address be used as the account name for a new University of Michigan Friend guest account. If you would like to continue the account creation process, please visit the following link:

<Create Friend Account>

This new account will grant you access to a number of web-based resources at the University of Michigan. By using this service you agree to adhere to U-M computing policies and guidelines.

Note: if the creation link is not clickable please continue by visiting:

<actual URL is provided here>

What message will my recipient(s) receive after they create their Friend accounts?
Here is a sample message:

FRIEND ACCOUNT CREATED

Thank you for creating a new U-M Friend guest account. You were invited to use the U-M web service located at:

<the URL you provided will appear here>

Because <sender's e-mail address> invited you, please contact him or her if you have trouble logging in or accessing the web service.

You can also visit the following URL to log in with your new Friend account:

http://weblogin.umich.edu/

Your login name is: <recipient's e-mail address>

Your password is whatever you just set it to; you can change it to a new password by visiting:

http://friend.weblogin.umich.edu/friend/passwd/

If you forget your password at any point, you can reset it to something you know by visiting:

https://friend.weblogin.umich.edu/friend/account/

Questions about access to specific protected web sites at the University of Michigan should be directed to the maintainers of those sites. You may find it helpful to keep this message for future reference.

One of my recipients says he or she didn't receive the welcome message after creating a Friend account. What happened?
Most likely, the message was caught by the recipient's anti-spam filters. Ask the recipient to check his or her Junk, Spam, or other spam-catching folder to see it the message is there.

Sending the invitations is nice, but I'd like to skip that step and have an invitation automatically generated when someone is authorized to use my web service. Can I do that?
Yes. A group in ITS can work with you to set that up. Send e-mail to cosign@umich.edu to get things started.

Do people have to receive an invitation in order to create a Friend account?
No. People can create an account without an invitation by following the instructions in How to Set Up a Friend Account for Guest Access to U-M Computing Resources (S4316).

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Additional Resources

Also, visit ITS's Information System to obtain ITS computer documentation and other resources. A list of relevant documents follows:

• Responding to a Friend Guest Account Invitation (S4336)

• How to Set Up a Friend Account for Guest Access to U-M Computing Resources (S4316)

• Using Web-Authenticated Resources (Weblogin Using Cosign) at U-M (S4307)

We welcome your comments; please send e-mail.

ITS's Online Help Desk provides a variety of computing help resources.

For further help with Friend guest acount invitations, send e-mail or phone (734) 764-HELP.

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