Those aren’t my words, but the words of Chris Dawson over at ZDNet Education! I couldn’t agree more. In fact, he goes on to say: “Bottom line, Microsoft’s Office 365 for Education platform really is the next generation of learning productivity tools. Check back for followups as more details crystallize around its formal launch and…
Tag: Live@Edu
2010: The Year in Review
2010: The Year in Review 2010 was an outstanding year for Microsoft, our customer and our partners since it was a year filled with great product releases, some amazing customer wins and deployments and also some tremendous partner offerings and success stories. Cloud Momentum In 2010, we saw the growth of cloud momentum…
A Tale of Two Cities – “Gone Google” and Microsoft Office 2010 twelve months later…
“It was the best of times, It was the worst of times…” the opening line of Dickens famous novel A Tale of Two Cities got me thinking about how busy the last twelve months have been for employees for the corporate campuses of Redmond (Microsoft) and Mountain View (Google). Summary A year ago, Google launched…
Three Big Wins for Microsoft Cloud Services
Today at our annual Financial Analyst’s Meeting (FAM) we announced that The Dow Chemical Co., Hyatt Hotels Corporation and the University of Georgia have each selected Microsoft cloud solutions. If you’d like to watch any of Executive keynotes, please visit the digital site dedicated to this event. Three Different Customers, One Common Strategy These three…
WPC 2010: We’re all In!
First, let me introduce myself. I’m Tom Rizzo and I work in the Online Services group here at Microsoft. You may know the Online Services team as the Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) team. Before working in this group, I worked in the SharePoint product management team and before that the SQL and Exchange product…
700,000 inboxes in the Bluegrass State are "All In" – Kentucky Dept. of Education moves to Microsoft’s cloud services
We are pleased to announce that the Department of Education in the Commonwealth of Kentucky has gone live with Microsoft’s Live@edu solution. I highly recommend you read Chuck Austin’s (Office of Education Technology, Kentucky DOE) guest blog post for more insights on their experience. With more than 700,000 people, this is the largest cloud deal in the United States! Schools in…
The University of Arizona picks BPOS
Today we are proud to announce that the University of Arizona has selected Microsoft Online as the messaging and collaboration platform for all faculty and staff. Earlier in the month I highlighted the fact that 10,000 institutions on every continent have enrolled with our Live@Edu offering in the just the last six months! Research…
Global Educators Choose Live@edu for Better Security and Privacy
Since Microsoft’s early days, we’ve been 100% committed to help educators around the world leverage technology in the classroom. Two great examples are the Unlimited Potential program, which aims to help educators use technology as a catalyst for change in emerging markets and our Imagine Cup and DreamSpark initiatives, give students free access to our…