Yesterday Microsoft launched the next generation of Office 365, but did you know this included Office 365 Education as well? We first launched Office 365 for education last June and since then we’ve heard inspiring stories from our customers including Kilmarnock College and the University of West London about how they’re succeeding with Office 365…
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Where can I get some Office 365 deployment training?
Step by step ADFS training video The folks at TechNet have just released a new Office 365 Jumpstart video training series which can greatly assist you with your Office 365 for Education deployment in areas including ADFS, Dirsync, UM, Exchange Hybrid, archiving, and SharePoint Online. The sessions have excellent information and contain over 11…
What are Office Web Apps and can I use my iPad with Office 365 Web Apps?
Office Web Apps are a part of two Microsoft cloud service offerings: Microsoft SkyDrive (standalone at http://skydrive.live.com and a part of Live@edu) and Microsoft SharePoint Online. With Office Web Apps, you have the ability to create, view and edit the following Office documents within your Safari, Firefox, or IE browser: Word Excel PowerPoint OneNote You…
Where can I go to find Office 365 help documentation?
I was asked by a university in northern California evaluating Office 365 where they could find help reference files: Where is the main Office 365 help site? There is a main Office 365 help main page where you can search and drill into various Office 365 topics. Visit the main Office 365 help site here….
What is the difference between Exchange Online Unified Messaging and Exchange 2010 on prem Unified Messaging?
This was a question asked by a large university in Ohio moving towards Office 365. Diagram showing non-SIP based PBX connecting to Exchange Online Unified Messaging The good news is Exchange Online UM is almost the same in functionality to the Exchange 2010 on premises UM offering. It offers the following capabilities: Call answering…
How much bandwidth do I need for my users connecting to Exchange Online?
This question was from a university in Chicago adopting Office 365 for faculty, staff, and students. Prerequisites The first data point you need to gather before you can determine client bandwidth required for Exchange Online is what is your mailbox usage profile? Are your users light, medium, heavy, or very heavy email users? How…
How can I find out what enhancements/updates are made to Office 365 on an ongoing basis?
We just added a new ‘Service Update’ website to the Office 365 Wiki where you can see all the updates added to the service in chronological order. This is useful to learn what new features and capabilities are being added to Office 365 service and when they were added. What are some of the…
Where can I find end user training for Office 365?
This was a question from a university in Nebraska moving to Office 365 for Education for faculty and staff. Here are some links you can provide to your end users or you can download the recorded sessions and host them on an intranet site: Office 365 Training materials Office 365 Jump Start…
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)…
Partner Webcast: Cloud Services Prep for EDU Providers
Oxford Computer Group has scheduled a webinar that will touch on the Identity Management issues that need to be addressed for cloud services, including Live@edu and Office365. Friday, November 11th, 2012, 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Duration 30 minutes. Registration Link: http://www.oxfordcomputergroup.com/news/events/webinar-cloud-services-prep-for-edu-providers-278.php Webinar Description: Cloud Services Prep for EDU Providers This 30 minute webinar is intended…