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Your University of Waterloo Identity and Access Management (WatIAM) credentials provide you with login access to various University of Waterloo systems. The credentials are comprised of a an 8-character username and password.

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WatIAM usernames are generated using the following algorithm: take the first letter of the first and middle name(s) followed by the complete last name. Truncate the result (if necessary) to eight characters. If the truncated result is not unique, insert the digit 2 between the two initials and the last name, truncate if necessary to eight characters, and again test for uniqueness. If uniqueness fails, repeat the process by replacing the digit 2 by 3, then 4, ... 999 until uniqueness is achieved, skipping numbers that contain 0 or 1 to avoid confusion with the letters O and l. The untruncated result, after ensuring uniqueness in the first eight characters, is the WatIAM username.

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