Office 365 Education Blog
Read all about Office 365 Education news, features, tips and tricks to help you stay informed.
Southern State Community College talks about their Live@edu deployment
While sitting down with Bob Snellman, IT Manager from Southern State Community College I was able to...
Author: Gabe Loshbaugh Date: 03/07/2012
Full Directory Synchronisation… Suits You…
Guest post by Office 365 Consultant, Tony Ison.If you have just jumped on-board with Office 365, or...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/05/2012
Supervision Policies for Exchange Online in Office 365 for education
Something I imagine a lot of you might be asking yourselves is whether or not there’ll be...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 03/02/2012
Updated: Webcast: Migrating to Live@edu and Office 365 for education
This Thursday, 1st March (St. David’s day, if you’re Welsh!), and again on the 6th of...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 02/27/2012
Webcast: Migrating to Live@edu and Office 365 for education
This Thursday, 1st March (St. David’s day, if you’re Welsh!), and again on the 6th of...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 02/27/2012
Calendar Delegation
Working with Office 365 you have to start using new tools to do familiar things. I was asked the...
Author: GregK Date: 02/24/2012
How to integrate Live@edu into Moodle 2.0
Moodlerooms, Inc., has developed an integration connecting Microsoft’s Live@edu services and Moodle,...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 02/24/2012
Live@edu plug-in for Moodle developed by Moodlerooms was officially released today
The Live@edu plug-in for Moodle developed by Moodlerooms was officially released today to the Moodle...
Author: jonnychambers Date: 02/23/2012
How much bandwidth do I need for my users connecting to Exchange Online?
This question was from a university in Chicago adopting Office 365 for faculty, staff, and...
Author: markga Date: 02/13/2012
Banish Attachments Forever!
Please see attached… Ok, put your hands up. Who still sends files as attachments in their email?...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 02/13/2012
Service Update: Sender Photo Enabled by Default
Here’s a preview of the new Sender Photo feature that is enabled by default for all Outlook Live and...
Author: Zion Brewer Date: 02/09/2012
Office 365 for education learning snack series: Edition II - Lync Online
Here is the second edition of the Office 365 for education learning snacks. The topic is Lync...
Author: markga Date: 02/09/2012
Read twice, send once… Delaying outgoing mail with rules.
Measure twice, cut once…“Keep it as long as you can, as long as you can”, the 6...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 02/09/2012
Updated Message and Recipient Limits - Live@EDU
Outlook Live accounts have historically been 500 recipients per day. Microsoft has recently updated...
Author: Michael Icore Date: 02/02/2012
PST Capture is now available as a free download
Just announced on The Exchange Team Blog, “Today, we are happy to announce that PST Capture is...
Author: Zion Brewer Date: 01/30/2012
SkyDrive and Office Web Apps
For schools, colleges and universities looking for a powerful tool for their students to help them...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 01/30/2012
How can I find out what enhancements/updates are made to Office 365 on an ongoing basis?
We just added a new ‘Service Update’ website to the Office 365 Wiki where you can see all the...
Author: markga Date: 01/24/2012
BETT 2012: School in a Box Presentation Slides & eBook
Reflecting on a great BETT, thanks to everyone who stopped by our stand, one of the most popular...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 01/18/2012
OWA and Client Authentication
OWA URLSo you are deploying Office 365 in a hybrid configuration. Of course you want to configure...
Author: GregK Date: 01/12/2012
Where can I find end user training for Office 365?
This was a question from a university in Nebraska moving to Office 365 for Education for faculty and...
Author: markga Date: 01/04/2012
Using Live@edu with a Windows Phone
Windows Phone rocks! Wouldn’t it be cool if you could sign into your Windows Phone using your...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 12/22/2011
Live@edu Deployment and Marketing Kits
‘Twas the night before Christmas… Can you believe it’s nearly Christmas already? It’s been a whole...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 12/19/2011
Activation & Marketing Webcast Recordings
We’ve reached the end of our webcast series for 2011. The final two episodes were all about...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 12/19/2011
Office 365, now with added HIPAA BAA
Just a quick post to highlight the fact that Office 365 now offers customers requiring a HIPAA BAA...
Author: jonnychambers Date: 12/16/2011
Unlocking Live@edu accounts and other password reset options
If you have the opportunity to take a vacation to some exotic location this holiday...
Author: Zion Brewer Date: 12/16/2011
Live@edu Frequently Asked Questions
How do I?Part of my day job is answering customer questions about all aspects of Live@edu –...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 12/07/2011
Exchange 2010 Service Pack 2 is now available!!
The long wait is over just for the holiday season. You can download the service pack...
Author: GregK Date: 12/05/2011
What firewall ports do I need open to connect to Office 365 for Education?
This was a question for a large university in Arizona moving faculty, staff and students to Office...
Author: markga Date: 11/30/2011
Deployment Webcast Recordings
We missed you!But that doesn’t mean you can’t catch up on our latest deployment webcasts...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 11/25/2011
Learn how to deploy Live@edu on our free webcast!
Only 24 hours to go! There are only a few hours to go before the second episode of our free webcast...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 11/21/2011
64-bit Directory Synchronization tool available for download from Office 365 Portal
If you are planning to deploy the Microsoft Online Services Directory Synchronization tool (DirSync)...
Author: Zion Brewer Date: 11/18/2011
Partner Event: Salford Software on cost savings using Microsoft technologies!
In partnership with Microsoft, Salford Software is hosting two events for FE and HE organisations....
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 11/17/2011
Live@edu sets a new all time high active user record, Office 365 starts blazing a trail
According to Bing, 22 million could refer to a number of things today: the approximate population of...
Author: jonnychambers Date: 11/16/2011
UK Live@edu Momentum News and Office 365 for Education Update
What a year!It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly a year since the last BETT show...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 11/16/2011
Office 365 for Education learning snack series: 1st Edition
As a team, we have decided to post some videos on various Office 365 for Education topics. We...
Author: markga Date: 11/14/2011
Introduction Webcast Recordings
Where were you?Did you miss out on our first two free webcasts all about Live@edu? Fear not! You can...
Author: jamesbmarshall Date: 11/08/2011
A few customer questions about Office 365
These are a few questions from a university in Washington state looking to move faculty, staff and...
Author: markga Date: 11/07/2011
Get a Room! Enable Room Finder with Room List Distribution Groups
If your Exchange Online (Office 365) or Outlook Live (Live@edu) users are already using Room...
Author: Zion Brewer Date: 11/06/2011
Partner Webcast: Cloud Services Prep for EDU Providers
Oxford Computer Group has scheduled a webinar that will touch on the Identity Management issues that...
Author: GregK Date: 10/28/2011
Update for Lync for Mac 14.0.1 helps connect to Lync Online
We had a few customers having some issues connecting to Lync Online from Lync for Mac...
Author: markga Date: 10/24/2011
What type of hardware do I need for a Dirsync server?
This was a question asked by a community college customer deploying Office 365 for Education near...
Author: markga Date: 10/21/2011
Partner Event: OCG European Identity & Access Summit 2011
In partnership with Microsoft and complementary technology partners, Oxford Computer Group (OCG) is...
Author: Anonymous Date: 10/20/2011
Useful PowerShell Command Builder tool to help you design PowerShell scripts for your Office 365 tenant
If you are new to PowerShell or the Office 365 specific tenant cmdlets in PowerShell, here is...
Author: markga Date: 10/17/2011
FREE Webcast Series
Between now and Christmas 2011 we’ll be running a free webcast series that we’d like you to be a...
Author: Anonymous Date: 10/17/2011
BES integration with Exchange Online in Education
We have had a lot of interest from our education customers on integration with BES in Exchange...
Author: Michael Icore Date: 10/14/2011
How can I troubleshoot ADFS issues with Office 365?
This was asked by a university in Southern California. Here are some new tools to help you...
Author: markga Date: 10/12/2011