Another organization has picked BPOS, this time it’s the University of Arizona. Over the past few weeks we have mentioned several institutions including the University of Massachusetts making the cloud transition due to security concerns and lack of support surrounding previous cloud providers.

The University of Arizona has 18,000 faculty and staff that needed a better solution to their “replace our antiquated systems.” The University of Arizona Information Technology Services site wrote, “Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) will modernize and revolutionize the way we collaborate and communicate on campus with a robust and feature-rich product.” BPOS will be offered free of charge to all departments and colleges while supporting multiple platforms including PC, Mac and Linux.

The Microsoft News Center covers the story in greater detail here. You can also find a great summary from the Why Microsoft Blog. The University of Arizona has set up a BPOS updates site for anyone interested in the migration status for the University. We look forward to hearing about the BPOS experience from the faculty and staff at the University of Arizona.

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