User Access

How does a user gain access to my Confluence Space?

Confluence has its own User Directory. This means that the Academic Services team must create an account in Confluence before a user can be given access to any Space in Confluence. You can request access for a User by emailing us at confluence-admin@columbia.edu with the user's UNI, Full Name, and email address. If you'd like, you can also provide the group(s) they should be added to when making the initial request. If a user already exists in Confluence, you can add them as outlined in Space Permissions.

Can I provide access to my space to non-Columbia users?

As of right now, Guest users can only log in with social media accounts. Users can log in by authenticating with Facebook, LinkedIn, or Google accounts. You can request access for a Guest User by emailing us at confluence-admin@columbia.edu with the user's Full Name and the email address associated with the account they are using to log in. For example, if the user uses the email address example@gmail.com to log in to Google, they can provide that email address to us.

In the near future, we will be rolling out functionality that will allow us to provision standalone guest accounts for Confluence. We will update this page and keep our users posted when those changes occur.