This article explains how Minnesota State students and employees can check, set, or change their primary email address.

Your primary email controls:

• The email address that appears as your “From” address
• Which institution is set as your default
• Where you receive important notifications
• What shows on your Contact Card in Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, and other Microsoft apps

If your preferred email is already listed as your primary email, you do not need to make any changes.

Only one email address can be set as your primary email and default institution.

After you update your primary email, it may take up to 24 hours for the change to appear in all systems

How to Change Your Default Primary Email Address

1. Go to https://starid.minnstate.edu and select Sign in to Profile.
2. Log in using your StarID and StarID password.
3. Select the Office 365 Contact tab
4. You will see one or more contact cards based on your affiliation:

• Employee Contact (employees)
• Student Contact (students)
• Both (if you are both an employee and a student)

1. Select the card(s) you want to update:

• Select New Employee Contact Card (to update your employee email)
• Select New Student Contact Card (to update your student email)

1. Choose your new primary email address. This selection also sets your default institution.

Important: After you update your primary email, it may take up to 24 hours for the change to appear in all systems.across Minnesota State and Microsoft 365 applications.