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Migrating to Office 365. Why Migrate?. Mailbox size (quota) will increase from 500mb to 25 GB. This is a 50-fold increase in capacity. The web interface (webmail.umb.edu) will be significantly improved. Mac users will now be able to use Outlook, which is the email client in Office 2011.
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Why Migrate? • Mailbox size (quota) will increase from 500mb to 25 GB. This is a 50-fold increase in capacity. • The web interface (webmail.umb.edu) will be significantly improved. • Mac users will now be able to use Outlook, which is the email client in Office 2011. • You will have access to Word, Excel and other Office applications online. • Your email address and password will not change.
Migration Process • About 400 users have already been moved, including all of the IT staff. • We are working to schedule other departments to migrate. We try to migrate departments together. • The migration takes one night, approximately 6PM to 6 AM. A whole department may take three nights, but each user will only be down one night. • Our goal is to migrate everyone by the end of the calendar year.
What to Expect • Upgrade to Outlook 2007 or 2010. Microsoft is phasing out support for Outlook 2003. Desktop support can help with that. • Clean up your mailbox. It should be less than 100 MG to facilitate a smooth migration. • Save files to a personal folder (PST). • We are working with department IT people and the desktop staff to assist with the mailbox prep. • We are offering classes to show people how to create PST’s. • We will send a SWAT team to the department before and after migration to troubleshoot.
Office 365 Web Client • Webmail.umb.edu
More Information • http://www.umb.edu/it/getting_services/email/office365 • Office 365 Classes • Friday October 19th in P2 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am • Friday October 26th in P2 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am • More to come • Salina Allen-Sharpp is coordinating scheduling.