Register for an account on the Broadcom Support Portal and Communities
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Register for an account on the Broadcom Support Portal and Communities

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Article ID: 145581

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Issue/Introduction

Learn how to create or register for a new Basic User Account, which provides general access to the following:

Note: The Basic User Account does not provide access to additional features such as Case Management, Downloads, or Licensing until you upgrade your access. Select one of the division links below to follow the corresponding process: 


IMPORTANT: End-users with pre-approved email domain-to-company associations (e.g. BSN and Semiconductor end-users) are presented with the Company attribute, allowing their profile to be auto-upgraded to an Enterprise Profile without the need of a Support Site ID (see step 6 below).

For BSG (Broadcom software group) Effective 08/29/2024 In the event a particular site ID has no users registered, when the first site access request to this site ID is APPROVED, the requester will also be auto-granted the User Administrator & Product Administrator role.

Resolution

To create a Basic User Account:
  1. Navigate to the Broadcom Support Portal 
  2. In the upper-right corner, click Register
  3. Enter your email address, complete the captcha, and click Next

    NOTE: DO NOT REGISTER/CREATE AN ACCOUNT WITH A NON-CORPORATE EMAIL (like Gmail, yahoo, etc.), SHARED EMAIL ADDRESS, OR DISTRIBUTION LIST (PDL).
    Use of a shared email account or a distribution list (PDL) is a security risk and a violation of the Terms of Use for the Broadcom support portal.



  4. In your email application, check for the Verification Code sent to your email address.



  5. Enter the Verification Code and click Verify & Continue.



  6. Enter your basic information, accept the Terms of Use, and click Create Account



    Note:
    End-users with pre-approved email domain-to-company associations (i.e. BSN & Semiconductor end-users) will be presented with the Company attribute allowing their profile to be auto-upgraded to an Enterprise Profile.

    Your profile has been created and registered successfully.

  7. After completing the Basic User Account registration, click Yes, I want to build my profile to build and upgrade your account to unlock additional services. This provides full access to Case Management, Product Downloads, Entitlements, and other account features.


Additional Information

Follow the steps in this article for the following issues:

Activation Failure

  • Failed Broadcom account activation
  • Broadcom account activation unsuccessful

Expired Activation Link

  • Expired Broadcom account activation link
  • Activation link expired for Broadcom account
  • Unable to activate using provided link
  • Broadcom account link already used
  • Previously used or expired account recovery link

VMware Activation

  • Broadcom account activation for VMware users

General Activation

  • How to activate your Broadcom account
  • Steps to activate Broadcom account

Email Link Issues

  • Error from expired email link for Broadcom account activation
  • Activation error from email link post-VMware acquisition