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September 24, 2014

Office 365 @ NIUProject UpdateJohn Kearsing

Agenda

Lync & OneDrive For BusinessProject Planning UpdateMigration Topics

Archives25 MB limit

OneDrive for Business and Lync

•October 1st: Soft Opening• ITPC (An IT Planning Committee) is getting first look at the tools and documentation.•One month to build knowledge and prepare.•Get BAA\HIPAA agreement signed.•Open to NIU October 31.

Online Training Materials: OneDrive

Lync Materials

PROJECT PLANNING UPDATE

SCOPE

IN SCOPE

OUT OF SCOPE

• Replace GroupWise with Exchange/Outlook

• Migrate messages, address books, contacts, calendars, groups, resources, and archives

• Replace GroupWise IM with Lync

• Retiree Email

• Student Email

• Home drive migration to OneDrive

John Hancock

STUDENT ADVANTAGE ROLLOUTAUGUST 2014

MIGRATION CYCLE

SCHEDULE SAMPLE

SCHEDULE SAMPLE

SCHEDULE SAMPLE

MIGRATION TOPICS

Archives: They will be migrated

Our Challenge: No consistency in location of archives

Proposed Solution: Archive Uploader

Large file Server, pre-populated with User folders

Proposed Solution: Archive Uploader

Web front end – https://migrate.niu.edu

Proposed Solution: Archive Uploader

• Browse to, and upload archives

Proposed Solution: Archive Uploader

• Archives on central server can be imported by Quest Migrator

25 MB Message Limit

•Attachments exceeding 25 MB will not import into Exchange, but the message will.•Messages exceeding 25MB will not import.•Once on Exchange, sending attachments larger than 25MB will require using OneDrive for Business to create and share a hyperlink to the document.•Preparation instructions are being developed.