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Getting started with UMS for faculty and staff

To get started with Unified Messaging Service (UMS) at Indiana University Bloomington or IUPUI:

  1. Send your name, username, campus telephone number, and campus to your telecommunications coordinator, who will pass on your request with the account number for billing.

    • IUB:

      At Indiana University Bloomington, if you do not know who your telecommunications coordinator is, complete this online form. Select faculty or staff, and click Continue. Click No, and then Continue again. From the menu for the service you're interested in, select the name of your department. Your coordinator's contact information will then appear.

    • IUPUI:

      At IUPUI, if you do not know who your telecommunications coordinator is, phone 317-274-3004.

  2. UITS consultants on your campus will provision your account. You will receive an email confirmation with instructions for setting up your account. If you have any questions, contact a Telecommunications Consultant at 812-856-2287 (IUB) or 317-274-3004 (IUPUI).

  3. The first time you access the system, you will be prompted via the user tutorial to record your name and greeting, and to choose a new passcode. For access information, see Telephone numbers for UMS and Using UMS from off campus

To change your settings for UMS, visit:

https://umsweb.iu.edu/

For information about available options, click Help on the upper right.

For help learning how to use UMS, view the UMS Voicemail Training Video, or print the UMS Wallet Card of common shortcuts.

If you have questions about your UMS account on an office phone, contact a Telecommunications Consultant at 812-856-2287 (IUB) or 317-274-3004 (IUPUI). Campus housing residents at IUB and IUPUI, contact Campus Housing Telephone Services at 812-855-4455. (This call is free from any campus phone at either campus by dialing 5-4455.) To report trouble with UMS, call 812-855-2111 (IUB) or 317-274-3004 (IUPUI).