Introducing Connect Jamie Sonsini Office of Information Systems & Technology January 2013
What is Connect? Microsoft Office 365 at UCSB Services in the Microsoft “cloud” Services and Support at UCSB Phase 1 – H1 2013 Phase 2 – To Be Discussed
The Road to Here IT Planning Group Report to IT Board Calendar Work Group October 2010 Report to IT Board October 2011 Proof of Concept Group January 2012 Report to IT Board July 2012
Who Will Use Connect? All-In Calendar-Only Cross-Calendar Use Connect for Email & Calendaring Migrate Email to Connect Calendar-Only Use Connect for Calendaring (only) Use Departmental Email Service Cross-Calendar Administrative Services, Student Affairs & Communications Services
Who Will Support Connect? Departmental Support – Tier 1 End User Training & Support Workstation Client Installation & Configuration Central Support Tier 2 - Support for Tier 1 Tenant Administration* * Sharing U-Mail Tenant Administration
Campus Coordination Connect Governance Group https://it.ucsb.edu/groups/cgg Connect Technical Coordination Group https://it.ucsb.edu/groups/ctcg CONNECTTECH-L Listserver List 90 Subscribed
Connect Features Email Calendar Contacts Tasks
Connect Accounts Account Storage Suggested System Limits Plan 1 - 25 Gigabytes ($0/Year) Plan 2 – Unlimited Storage ($25/Year) Suggested System Limits Inbox folder: 100,000 items Sent Items folder: 100,000 items Deleted Items folder: 100,000 items Calendar: 10,000 items Contacts: 10,000 items
Connect Email
Email to All-In User Jane@Dept.ucsb.edu Connect Inbox Jane.Doe@ucsb.edu
Connect Email
iPhone, Android, Blackberry Email
Email Limits Email Message: 25 MB Max Number of Recipients/Email: 500 Max Number of Recipients/Day: 10,000 Message Send Rate: 30 Messages/Minute
Connect Calendar
What’s A Calendar? Oracle Calendar Exchange Calendars VS
Initiating a Meeting Note: Always Schedule with @UCSB.EDU Address
Checking Free/Busy
Calendar Sharing
Cross-Calendaring
Publishing Your Calendar
iPhone, Android Calendar
Calendar Migration Plans Individual Calendar Data Migrated to… Connect Student Office 365 (U-Mail) Local Exchange Calendars Resource Calendar Data Migrated to…
Connect Contacts & Tasks
Connect Contacts
Connect Tasks
From Here… Updating our Web Site More presentations www.connect.ucsb.edu More presentations Next Topic: Calendaring and Scheduling with Connect Technical Presentations Next Topic: Email & Calendar Migrations
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