How To Reset Your Password

This knowledgebase article will offer step-by-step instructions on how students can reset their passwords through myBU. This password will allow students to access Canvas, myBU, and school-affiliated Microsoft applications and websites.

1: Resetting your password

  • Go to myBU and select "BU Password Reset"



2: Verify your BU email address

  • The link will take you to the Microsoft Online Password Reset, where you need to enter your email and perform a reCAPTCHA.
  • Select "Next"



3: Choose a method to verify your identity. 

  • After selecting your preferred method, either enter the verification code sent to you or answer the security questions. Once completed successfully, you will be prompted to enter a new password.



Once changed your new password can take up to 30 minutes to fully propagate across all BU systems.
Creation date: 10/27/2022 4:13 PM      Updated: 6/28/2023 11:07 AM