• Groupwise is at its end-of-life

• To improve communications, functionality and reliability

• To reduce risks surrounding IT infrastructure

• To reduce operational costs

• To reduce our carbon footprint

We will be joining our students in the Microsoft cloud, moving directly to Office365 for Education - a service accessed via the Internet and hosted by Microsoft on their premises.

• All staff

• Eligible affiliates

NOTE: This project does NOT affect Students. However, Microsoft has announced that in 2013, all student email accounts will be migrated from Live@edu to Office365 for Education. This migration will be a joint responsibility of IT Services and Microsoft, and will be managed under a separate project.

This move will be a step-by-step process and will include the following stages:

• "Current state' review, including email policy

• Clean-up and conversion of inactive mailboxes for retention

• Develop solution for non-migrateable data (eg. data libraries)

• Gather business requirements for the new solutions

• Develop email, calendar and contacts migration plan

• Build and test approved solutions

• Pilot migration and assessment

• Migrate remainder of all mailboxes

As at May 2013, the project schedule key dates are outlined below, however this may vary as a result of outcomes from the pilot.

March - May 2013

• Build and test the solutions

May - June 2013

• Pilot user migrations

June - September 2013

• Full migration of remaining users

May - September 2013

• Read all relevant emails and regularly check this site for updates

• Attend training on new solutions

• Be aware of migration dates and support arrangements

• Support this change with your patience and enthusiasm