Microsoft Student Partners

I blogged recently about an awesome initiative Microsoft has to bring Outlook / Exchange features to students.

Microsoft has now announced some great new features for this service, and is renaming it Outlook Live.

Some major new features are:

• Multiple browser support (IE, Firefox, Safari)
• Instant Messaging within Outlook Live
• Threaded conversations in Conversation View

All the Microsoft Student Partners in Australia are currently on Outlook Live so you should be hearing a lot more about it in the near future.

Checkout the official press release at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/feb09/02-1220MLiveEduPR.mspx

Checkout awesome video demo at http://edge.technet.com/Media/Introducing-Outlook-Live/

Luke
WA MSP

Microsoft LIVE@edu is a relatively new Microsoft service which allows educational institutions to gain access to a hosted Exchange plus linked Windows Live services for their students and faculty staff.

User accounts can be accessed through Powershell, APIs and using Microsoft Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007, integrating with current directory services.

Students can access their E-mail through Outlook and online via Outlook Web Access. They gain access to all the advantages of having an Exchange backend, including 10GB storage, distribution lists, calendar, global contacts list and push E-mail.

Microsoft LIVE@edu works with whatever domain name you choose and is fully brand-able and customisable.

For institutions would want to streamline their management of E-mail and associated services, Microsoft LIVE@edu should definitely be included in the list of options to consider.

Luke
UWA MSP