Microsoft Education in the Cloud

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  • Blog Post: Full Directory Synchronisation… Suits You…

    jamesbmarshall
    Guest post by Office 365 Consultant, Tony Ison. If you have just jumped on-board with Office 365, or are looking to migrate over once general availability has been announced, then here is a little gem that you might find useful. Currently under Live@edu if your tenancy requires a full directory synchronisation...
    on 5 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: Georgia State University Switches to Microsoft Office 365, Saves $1 Million in Operating Costs

    jonnychambers
    Great news from Georgia! GSU has rolled out Office 365 as a replacement for their legacy GroupWise environment and users are now enjoying anytime, anywhere, any device access to their email and other collaborative services. I urge you to check out the case study, here are a few choice quotes: ...
    on 28 Aug 2012

  • Blog Post: Decommissioning Exchange 2010 servers in a Hybrid Deployment

    jamesbmarshall
    Often customers I speak to like the idea of a hybrid deployment in order to keep their staff users on their local Exchange servers, while taking advantage of Exchange Online in Office 365 for education for their students and maintaining a rich co-existence between the two environments. With the continued...
    on 28 Dec 2012

  • Blog Post: Office 365 for education–get your free trial today!

    jamesbmarshall
    Making changes to the way you work, or more importantly the way your staff and students work, is a big deal in any institution. Being able to test, develop and trial changes is vital to rolling out any new services successfully. For this reason we’ve made getting your hands on Office 365 for education...
    on 2 Jul 2012

  • Blog Post: Live@edu Upgrade: Are your details up to date?

    jamesbmarshall
    If you’re anything like me then you’re excitedly waiting to find about when you’ll be able to get your Live@edu tenant upgraded to Office 365 for education. Hot on the heels of the upgrade portal I talked about recently , I have some more information to share. In order to make the upgrade process smooth...
    on 1 Jun 2012

  • Blog Post: Read twice, send once… Delaying outgoing mail with rules.

    jamesbmarshall
    Measure twice, cut once… “Keep it as long as you can, as long as you can”, the 6 Ps* – whichever adage you use to prevent making a mistake there’ll always be that time when you let one little thing slip. Maybe it’s accidentally hitting send on a email to your boss telling them what you really think of...
    on 9 Feb 2012

  • Blog Post: Where can I find end user training for Office 365?

    markga
    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...
    on 4 Jan 2012

  • Blog Post: Welcome to Office 365 for education

    jamesbmarshall
    Starting today, Microsoft Office 365 for education is available , providing the world’s best productivity, communications and collaboration experiences to schools at no cost.    “ The cloud and online learning are key trends transforming education today. Office 365 for education delivers a...
    on 27 Jun 2012

  • Blog Post: Partner Event: Salford Software on cost savings using Microsoft technologies!

    jamesbmarshall
    In partnership with Microsoft, Salford Software is hosting two events for FE and HE organisations. With cost savings still a concern for many, the theme of the events is delivering efficiencies through Microsoft technologies. “ Make it efficient, effective and exciting using Microsoft Technologies ”...
    on 17 Nov 2011

  • Blog Post: What firewall ports do I need open to connect to Office 365 for Education?

    markga
    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...
    on 30 Nov 2011

  • Blog Post: TechEd presentation on Office365 for education

    jonnychambers
    Courtesy of Mr. Andy O'Donald...check it out! Andy covers off on: What is Office 365 for education Admin Portal demo Office 365 for education scenarios End user demo The Live@edu to Office 365 upgrade Office 365 service update strategy Very buzzed! Jonny
    on 22 Jun 2012

  • Blog Post: New Lower Prices For Office 365

    jamesbmarshall
    Yesterday Kirk Koenigsbauer , Corporate Vice President of the Microsoft Office Division product management group, made an announcement about some changes we’ve made to the pricing for Office 365 for enterprises, and Office 365 for education. “As we rapidly add customers, the cost to run Office 365 becomes...
    on 15 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: Skype is Replacing Messenger for Instant Messaging and Presence

    jamesbmarshall
    Have you seen the good news?  Skype and Messenger are coming together.  Soon millions of Messenger users will be able to reach their Messenger friends on Skype.  By updating to Skype, Messenger users can instant message and video call their Messenger friends plus a whole lot more. ...
    on 7 Nov 2012

  • Blog Post: How much bandwidth do I need for my users connecting to Exchange Online?

    markga
      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...
    on 14 Feb 2012

  • Blog Post: Questions about ADFS and Single Sign On (SSO) with Office 365 for Education

    markga
    I had several ADFS and Single Sign On (SSO) questions from a large university in northern California proceeding with Office 365 for Education for faculty, staff and students. What servers do I need to accommodate single sign on (SSO) aka Federated ID? The following on premises servers are needed...
    on 23 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Managing Office 365 for education using PowerShell

    jamesbmarshall
    PowerShell is cool – at least I think it is! We’ve been talking about using PowerShell to manage Live@edu since the early days of Exchange Labs , and several times since. As more and more customers complete the upgrade from Live@edu to Office 365 for education I thought it would be a good time to talk...
    on 23 Jan 2013

  • Blog Post: Welcome and Let’s talk about UM in the Cloud

    GregK
      Hi! Thanks for coming. My name is Greg Katz and was also part of the three man team the UC Amigos in Education and responsible for post at 3 UC Amigos . Though it’s sad to leave such a great following Mark Garcia and I are excited to share our knowledge and customer experiences on our new blog...
    on 30 Aug 2011

  • Blog Post: Assessment for Learning with Lync Online!

    jamesbmarshall
    As a technical guy, I spend most of my days talking to customers about how they can deploy Office 365 for education, or answering questions about what the service can do. In this guest post, our resident star Mandeep Atwal talks about how schools are actually using Lync Online in the classroom. Today...
    on 21 Jan 2013

  • Blog Post: Updated: Webcast: Migrating to Live@edu and Office 365 for education

    jamesbmarshall
    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 be...
    on 27 Feb 2012

  • Blog Post: Two Accounts after Live@edu to Office 365 Upgrade

    jamesbmarshall
    Check out this video explaining the two accounts users will have after their institution upgrades from Live@edu to Office 365 Education.
    on 18 Mar 2013

  • Blog Post: Snow Day? Try Office 365 for education on for size!

    jamesbmarshall
    If you’re in the UK (other countries are available) you’ll probably look out of your window this morning and see something like this: Teachers and pupils up and down the country tune into their local radio stations eagerly awaiting news of school closures, crossing fingers and toes that theirs is on...
    on 18 Jan 2013

  • Blog Post: Configuring Lync Custom Statuses To Support Assessment for Learning

    jamesbmarshall
    In our last post our guest contributor Mandeep Atwal talked about using Lync client to support assessment for learning strategy in the classroom. I thought this was a great post as Lync Online is part of Office 365 for education and users can use Lync client on the desktop to communicate with others...
    on 22 Jan 2013

  • Blog Post: Scripting License Assignment in Office 365 for education

    jamesbmarshall
    As more and more education institutions take advantage of Office 365 for education’s powerful capabilities a question that comes up is: how can you script license assignment for your staff, students and alumni so that you don’t have to manually go through the process each time you enroll new users? Thankfully...
    on 13 Aug 2012

  • Blog Post: Curious Greg builds a lab Part IV

    GregK
    Today Curious Greg is going to Houston to visit the Johnson Space Center. Before he leaves he wanted to share the final configuration pieces to the hybrid lab. When we last left the lab we configured our virtual directories. Today we will start with address policy. From the on-premises hybrid server...
    on 11 Oct 2011

  • Blog Post: Office 365 for education learning snack series: Edition II - Lync Online

    markga
    Here is the second edition of the Office 365 for education learning snacks.  The topic is Lync Online:   Office 365 for Education Lync Online learning snack   Next learning snack topic is Exchange Online archiving and compliance.
    on 9 Feb 2012