Student Email

This summer ITS will be redesigning the student email system and hosting it at Microsoft Live@Edu, which will provide 99.9% uptime.  The new Live@Edu email systems will provide students a very cost effective, robust email and calendaring service that fosters improved electronic commmunication for students and faculty. Here are some of the features of the Live@Edu email:

• "Email for Life" account  
• 5 GB inbox, 10 MB attachments
• Spam and virus filtering
• Interface that's more like Outlook
• Forwarding, POP3 and Outlook Connector for access on a mobile phone or desktop client
• Shared calendars
• Folders to organize email
• Shared calendar and contacts
• Anywhere access
• Password-protected online storage for 1,000+ documents
• Extension of Microsoft Office
• No more flash drives or sending documents to yourself as e-mail attachments
• Collaborate with others, even if they don't have Office
• 5 GB password-protected online storage
• Create private, shared, and public folders
• Store your documents online and access from other computers
• Live@edu services are accessible via mobile phones
• Windows Live Spaces, Hotmail, Messenger are WAP-enabled
• Receive e-mail on mobile phone through POP3
• Windows Live for Mobile allows push e-mail to Nokia and Windows Mobile phones

See this site from more information: http://get.liveatedu.com/Education/Connect/

*Important note:
Current students that want to retain email from the old email system will be able to transfer email from their old email accounts to the new accounts until October 15^th, 2008.  During that time, students will have access to both accounts, but new email will only be delivered to the new email system.

The JMLS Help Desk will be able to provide assistance to students in transferring email between accounts beginning August 1st.

Faculty and Staff Email

This summer ITS will be replacing the faculty and staff email servers with new servers running the latest version of Microsoft Exchange (2007).  The new version of Exchange features improved uptime with enterprise-class availability and reliability; increased anti-spam and anti-virus protection; improved collaboration and productivity by making it easier to find and share data, documents, and schedules from anywhere; increased attachment size and the ability to provide unified communications- e-mail, voice mail, fax, calendars, and contacts can be accessible from a variety of clients and devices.

Exchange 2007 has improved web mail access that includes the following features: (for a more a more detailed look at the web mail features, see this site( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997437(EXCHG.80).aspx ):

• New integrated search and advanced search capabilities.
• Improved message view. This includes grouping and sorting features, message flags, and conversation view.
• Improved browsing and searching of Contacts and Address Book information.
• Enhanced calendar viewing. This includes meeting booking improvements and color categories.
• Integrated reminders.
• Always up to date mail delivery.
• Advanced Out of Office scheduling and enhanced Out of Office management.
• Mobile device management.
• Improved experience for limited vision users

ITS has started work on the new servers and estimates a completion date sometime in late June or early July.

LegalEase Single Sign On
ITS is working with Administrative Computing to make life a little easier for students and faculty.  This summer, students and faculty members  will only need to remember one login ID in order to login to the JMLS network, the email or in to LegalEase.  Users will be able to use their network/ email login ID and password to gain access to LegalEase. Now that is easy. 

Returning students will still need to remember their "student ID number" in order to take tests and resolve issues with the Register's office, the Business office and Financial Aid office.  In the fall, the Registrar's Office will provide stickers with the "student ID number" available for returning students to place on their existing ID cards.

New students will be issued IDs with the "student ID number" imprinted on the card.

High Definition                               
Recently, you may have noticed something catch your eye in the second floor lounge.  That probably was the new plasma screen monitors and high definition satellite programming.  ITS and Media Services are working on some more new and exciting additions to the 2^nd floor.  Stay tuned.

ITS Department
The ITS department offices and the Help Desk will be moving to the 2^nd floor, right next to the Student Lounge.  JMLS will begin construction on a new department for ITS in May; this department will house all the ITS team members in one place, so you will no longer have to search for support.  We expect that this new, high tech department will be completed over the summer and will be ready for the Fall semester.