Let’s Talk Discussion Forum
September 24, 2014
Office 365 @ NIU
Project Update
John Kearsing
Agenda
Lync & OneDrive For Business
Project Planning Update
Migration Topics
Archives
25 MB limit
OneDrive for Business and Lync
• October 1st: Soft Opening
• ITPC (An IT Planning Committee) is getting first
look at the tools and documentation.
• One month to build knowledge and prepare.
• Get BAA\HIPAA agreement signed.
• Open to NIU October 31.
Online Training Materials: OneDrive
Lync Materials
PROJECT PLANNING UPDATE
SCOPE
IN SCOPE
• Replace GroupWise with
Exchange/Outlook
• Migrate messages, address
books, contacts, calendars,
groups, resources, and
archives
• Replace GroupWise IM
with Lync
OUT OF SCOPE
• Retiree Email
• Student Email
• Home drive migration to
OneDrive
John Hancock
STUDENT ADVANTAGE
ROLLOUT
AUGUST 2014
MIGRATION CYCLE
SCHEDULE SAMPLE
SCHEDULE SAMPLE
SCHEDULE SAMPLE
MIGRATION TOPICS
Archives: They will be migrated
Our Challenge: No consistency in location of
archives
Proposed Solution: Archive Uploader
Large file Server, pre-populated with User folders
Proposed Solution: Archive Uploader
Web front end – https://migrate.niu.edu
Proposed Solution: Archive Uploader
• Browse to, and upload archives
Proposed Solution: Archive Uploader
• Archives on central server can be imported by Quest Migrator
25 MB Message Limit
• Attachments exceeding 25 MB will not import
into Exchange, but the message will.
• Messages exceeding 25MB will not import.
• Once on Exchange, sending attachments larger
than 25MB will require using OneDrive for
Business to create and share a hyperlink to the
document.
• Preparation instructions are being developed.