An important part of preparing to deploy Office 365 for education services is making sure that all the system requirements are met for the machines used by administrators and users to connect. There are minimum levels supported and recommended for client operating systems (PC or Mac), browser versions (IE, Firefox, Safari or Chrome) and Microsoft Office versions (2007, 2010). …
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Is your IT environment ready for Office 365 for education?
If you’re looking at deploying Office 365 for education this summer a question you need to ask yourself is: is your IT environment ready for Office 365 for education? Are you running compatible operating systems, or versions of Microsoft Office? The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) toolkit can help with find out exactly that kind…
Webcast: Migrating to Live@edu and Office 365 for education
This Thursday, 1st March (St. David’s day, if you’re Welsh!), and again on the 6th of March, we’ll be running a webcast where you can learn about some of the different methods and tools there are to aid your migration to the cloud! The webcast will cover both services at a high level and there’ll…
Updated: Webcast: Migrating to Live@edu and Office 365 for education
This Thursday, 1st March (St. David’s day, if you’re Welsh!), and again on the 6th of March, we’ll be running a webcast where you can learn about some of the different methods and tools there are to aid your migration to the cloud! The webcast will cover both services at a high level and there’ll…
Live@edu Deployment and Marketing Kits
‘Twas the night before Christmas… Can you believe it’s nearly Christmas already? It’s been a whole year since I started writing for this blog and what an exciting year we’ve had! As many of you break up for the holidays you’ll probably be looking forward to mince pies, roast turkey and the ubiquitous afternoon nap…
What firewall ports do I need open to connect to Office 365 for Education?
This was a question for a large university in Arizona moving faculty, staff and students to Office 365. Here are the ports from the deployment guide (note: these are subject to change so refer here to the latest Port and IP list): *SMTP Relay with Exchange Online requires TCP port 587 and requires TLS….
64-bit Directory Synchronization tool available for download from Office 365 Portal
If you are planning to deploy the Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization tool (DirSync) for synchronization from Active Directory to Office 365, then we have some important news for you. There’s a 32-bit DirSync client AND a 64-bit DirSync client available for download at the Office 365 Portal! Download the Directory Synchronization tool (DirSync)…
What type of hardware do I need for a Dirsync server?
This was a question asked by a community college customer deploying Office 365 for Education near Seattle. Dirsync server syncs AD user objects, groups, contacts to Office 365. User objects are synced as MSO IDs and all mail enabled objects are synced to Exchange Online. What server hardware do I need for…
FREE Webcast Series
Between now and Christmas 2011 we’ll be running a free webcast series that we’d like you to be a part of! Over three sessions we’ll be talking about what Microsoft Live@edu is, how you can deploy and migrate to it, and how you can promote it at your institution. There will be lots of opportunities…
Dynamic Distribution Groups–Part 2
Now you see me… Now you don’t! In part one of this blog-couplet I talked about how you can very simply create a dynamic distribution group using a little bit of PowerShell. We also looked at how you can test to make sure that the right people will get an email when you send a…