Create a SPA account
A Special Purpose Account (or SPA) is a shared CalNet ID used for collaboration and sharing of designated systems and platforms at UC Berkeley.
SPAs, their contents/data, and the shared email account (if a SPA-owned Google account is created) are owned by the institution and your primary department.
To create a SPA account, you must be an active employee of UC Berkeley.
- Navigate to https://spa.berkeley.edu and log in with your CalNet ID and passphrase.
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Select “Create New SPA” in the upper right corner.
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Enter the desired name of your SPA following these suggested naming conventions. If the name is “example”, your SPA’s name/CalNet ID will be “spa-example”.
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Select "Yes" and then click “Create SPA”.
- You will receive an email confirmation once your SPA has been created.
To learn how to manage the direct membership of your SPA, visit Managing SPA Membership in CalGroups.
If you want to use your SPA account to create a SPA-owned, shared Google account, see Create a SPA-owned Google account. You need to do this in order to use the SPA for email, Google services, or Box.