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Office 365: Frequently asked questions

Posted on by Rebecca Gould

By Information Technology Services

Office 365 is K-State’s soon-to-be new collaboration service that integrates email, calendaring, notes, and task management (and discontinues Zimbra email/calendaring). This information and other frequently asked questions have been posted to K-State’s Knowledge Base at FAQs about Office 365.

  • What’s the mailbox size limit in Office 365?
  • What’s the size limit for email messages?
  • How do I know if I have too much email to migrate to Office 365?

More information about Office 365 is available on K-State’s Office 365 website.

Office 365: What will Office 365 email and calendar look like?

Posted on by Rebecca Gould

By Information Technology Services

So what will Office 365 look like? Check out the following for a glimpse of the Office 365 email system that will be implemented at K-State:

For more information, see K-State’s Office 365 website.

July IT happenings include email cleanup, Office 365 testing, Zoom videoconferencing

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

Email cleanup of Zimbra inboxes should be foremost on every K-Stater’s to-do list, with the impending transition from Zimbra to Office 365.  For tips and how-to, see: Office 365: Information for cleaning out your Zimbra mail.

Office 365 email testing and support is under way for K-State’s upcoming move away from Zimbra central email and calendaring.  Stay tuned this month for important notices that will affect all K-Staters.  Continue reading “July IT happenings include email cleanup, Office 365 testing, Zoom videoconferencing” →

Start cleaning out your webmail before migration to Office 365

Posted on by Cathy Rodriguez

The university will migrate email and calendaring to Office 365 this summer. What can you do now to start preparing for the move? Reduce your mailbox size as much as possible by deleting emails you no longer need. Cleaning out your mailbox will make for a smoother transition for everyone.

To see how much space your account is using on the server, place your mouse over your name in webmail and it will display the amount of space you are using.

Webmail inbox size

 

 

 

 

Mousing over folder names will display the amount of space a specific folder is using.

Before deleting messages, Information Technology Services encourages everyone to review K-State’s Retention of Records policy. For any questions regarding data retention, contact the university archivist Cliff Hight (chight@k-state.edu). More information about the migration plan and process will be shared with the K-State community in the coming months, through K-State Today, IT News, Twitter, Facebook and K-State’s Office 365 website.

From CIO Ken Stafford: Microsoft 365 to replace current university email system

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

By Ken Stafford

Dear Colleagues and Students,

In July the university’s email system will switch over to Microsoft 365, a full-featured email client used by professionals around the world. Among the enhancements you are likely to see are improved reliability, enhanced security and spam and phishing protection, more robust calendar features, and compliance with federal data locations and security — a necessity for K-Staters working with federally funded grants.  Users who forward their email to open systems like Google, Yahoo and Hotmail will still be able to forward email to such systems.  Continue reading “From CIO Ken Stafford: Microsoft 365 to replace current university email system” →

Options for resolving blocked email issues

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

By Rebecca Gould

K-State has had email blocked by Hotmail, MSN and Live365 off-and-on since September 2012, which is more than any other email service provider. Information technology services has experienced limited success following established procedures in having these blocks removed.  Continue reading “Options for resolving blocked email issues” →

Report from Email Upgrade Committee is available online

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

from Rebecca Gould

The Email Upgrade Committee submitted its report to Ken Stafford, CIO, in late December. The report (PDF format) is available online for review by K-Staters. The committee decided to collect more in-depth information about calendar functionality from users. This information was used to determine if necessary and critical features were available in Google Apps for Education and Microsoft Office 365. Committee members are in the process of comparing the functionality to both solutions and will meet with university administration soon to discuss their findings.

Email upgrade committee analyzing survey results and finalizing report

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

By Melissa Morris

The email upgrade committee is finalizing its report. The committee has received positive and negative feedback about the survey of email options sent to all Kansas State University faculty, staff and students. One of the purposes of the survey was to educate the campus about the available options. While the timing for the survey was not ideal, the committee’s report is due on Dec. 20. The committee members wanted feedback to be as inclusive as possible of the K-State community.   Continue reading “Email upgrade committee analyzing survey results and finalizing report” →

Email upgrade committee hosting calendar function demonstration

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

By Melissa Morris

The email upgrade committee will have a demonstration of the calendar functions in Google Apps for Education and Microsoft 365 from 1:30-3 p.m. today in the Big 12 Room at the K-State Student Union.

Seth Galitzer, computing and information sciences, and David Williams, housing and dining services, will be presenting the calendar functions. To ensure adequate space, please RSVP and provide any questions that you would like to see addressed in the presentation to https://surveys.ksu.edu/TS?offeringId=202278.

(Editor’s note: Reprinted from K-State Today’s article published Dec. 12, 2012.)

Email upgrade committee hosting calendar function demonstration

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

By Melissa Morris

The email upgrade committee will be hosting a demonstration of the calendar functions in Google Apps for Education and Microsoft 365 from 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in the Big 12 Room at the K-State Student Union.   Continue reading “Email upgrade committee hosting calendar function demonstration” →