Tag: Office 365
MSU IT Council receives updates on network, email, student success projects
The MSU IT Council met on October 7. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.
Data center and network planning projectsMSU IT Chief Technology Officer Nishanth Rodrigues updated the IT Council on projects to build a new data center and upgrade the campus network.
A new data center would strengthen MSU’s technology environment for academic, administrative, and high performance computing. Read Full Article →
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 hears from President Simon; discusses standards, data center, status updates
The MSU IT Council met on September 2. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.
President Simon addresses the IT CouncilPresident Lou Anna K. Simon talked to the MSU IT Council on September 2. She said that campus IT has stagnated over the last several years creating a technology deficit at MSU. Read Full Article →
MSU IT Council discusses project management, campus licensing, IT assessment
The MSU IT Council met on July 1. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.
Project managementKevin Kuss, director of IT Services Project Management Office, gave an overview of the project status reporting system. Kuss will provide regular updates of high-level technology projects at future IT Council meetings. Read Full Article →
MSU finalizes campus license agreements on select software
MSU and IT Services have finalized and expanded some recent campus licensing agreements for:
- CampusAD (IT staff/departments)
- Campus Exchange (IT staff/departments)
- Kaltura MediaSpace video storage (students, faculty, staff)
- Microsoft Enrollment for Education licenses (IT staff/departments, students, faculty, staff)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux license (IT staff/departments)
- Zoom web conferencing (students, faculty, staff)
IT Services now centrally funds and manages a Microsoft Windows 2008 Active Directory infrastructure for units on campus. 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 →
MSU to start moving students to new email service in June
Michigan State University is transitioning student email to Microsoft Office 365 beginning with new undergraduate students that start MSU in June 2015.
Returning undergraduate students (those that began with MSU prior to June 8) will transition to Office 365 in the fall 2015.
About Office 365Office 365 is hosted by Microsoft and can be accessed anywhere on desktops, laptops, and mobile devices. Read Full Article →
MSU IT Council discusses Microsoft campus licensing, active directory, council action items
The MSU IT Council met on April 1. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.
Microsoft campus licensingBarb Dawson and Rachel Zakhem from IT Services worked with Microsoft to secure a campus software agreement that will offer core services to departments and can be augmented with additional services. Read Full Article →
MSU IT Council discusses cloud storage, central email, technology purchasing
The MSU IT Council met on January 7. Below are the high-level topic summaries from the meeting.
MSU brandingHeather Swain, Vice President of Communications and Brand Strategy (CABS), explained the value of advancing the MSU brand as a Tier 1 research institution and what it means for attracting talent and funding. Read Full Article →
IT Services testing Office 365 email, calendaring in preparation for pilot
IT Services has received clearance to test Microsoft Office 365 internally, within their organization. Following this test, pilots with interested innovators will begin to evaluate Office 365 as an option for MSU departments and colleges to use for email, calendaring , and other services.
IT Services is building a team dedicated to the implementation of Office 365 and is now working directly with Microsoft consultants on the current CampusAD and authentication structure at Michigan State University in preparation of rolling Office 365 out to campus. Read Full Article →
