Tag: Microsoft licenses
MSU to migrate all undergrad students to Office 365 by end of November
MSU Information Technology started migrating new MSU undergraduate students in June to Office 365 email from MSU Legacy Email. Currently, more than 35,000 accounts have been migrated to Office 365.
Sophomores were migrated to Office 365 email in September, juniors were migrated in October, and seniors will be migrated by the end of November. Read Full Article →
MSU IT Council discusses Office 365 email, active directory, licensing agreements
The MSU IT Council met on June 3. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting. Read Full Article →
Any Windows 2003 systems or services need to be upgraded by July
On July 14, 2015, Microsoft will end support and no longer provide security updates for the Windows 2003 operating system after that time.
IT Services is migrating all systems and services under our purview currently running Server 2003 onto newer, supported operating systems before July 14. We need your cooperation to migrate MSU systems and services you oversee before July 14 as well. Read Full Article →
MSU providing Microsoft software licenses to departments
MSU is providing Microsoft licenses for departmental use under an Enrollment for Education Solution (EES).
A schedule for student use and personal use for faculty and staff of Microsoft Office products will be determined in the future.
Department useAll MSU departments can obtain use licenses on department-owned machines for:
- Office Pro Plus
- Office for Mac
- Windows OS Upgrades
- Windows Server
- Exchange Server
- SharePoint Server
- Lync Server
Licenses are based on the current version of the software, though it’s possible to downgrade to a previous version. Read Full Article →
