Migrated a small Catholic elementary school this weekend. So far have been happy with the whole process - tech support literally picks up after a couple rings, no automated attendant. With that said, I still have a couple outstanding issues I am working through but support's response is pretty quick.
You can connect Outlook 2007 and higher as an Exchange server. Outlook 2003 still need to do IMAP/SMTP. There is no way to import client contacts via the OWA. You must connect to Outlook and import that way. Only real issue for those with many contacts. OWA is clean and easy to use. There is an email migration utility that you can use in the Live.edu control panel that you upload a CSV file and it will connect to your old mail server and migrate the inbox over. Somewhat successful, some users with sub-folders came over without issue, some users I get errored out that it cannot connect to their old mail (eventhough I can log in to it), and really for about 60 users, I think it moved everything over in less than 12 hours. This was with doing a couple batches. You can customize colors and layout for OWA. I didn't worry about that, they just wanted the mail server moved. Hope that helps. Brian Skibinski Technology Director Palos Heights School District 128 On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 7:43 AM, Brian Tobin <[email protected]>wrote: > Is anyone using MS's l...@edu for student or staff email? > > Brian Tobin > DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 > 901 s 4th st > DeKalb, IL 60115 > [email protected] > [email protected] > W815.754.2284 > M302.468.6246 > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > It is the mission of the Palos Heights School District 128 to educate all children as individuals, to foster a love of learning, and to prepare children for a responsible and successful future in the diversified world.
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