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Microsoft Transition: for ALL Douglas College employees
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL AFFECT ALL DOUGLAS COLLEGE EMPLOYEES The final stage of the Microsoft Transition is coming to a close. Our strategy involves copying your H: Drive personal and shared department files over to a new storage area network using a two stage process. During stage 1, CEIT copied H: drive files over to … Continue reading
Accessing GroupWise Archives inside Outlook
After Microsoft AD Network has been added to your computer, follow these steps to access your Novell GroupWise archives from within Outlook client. Step 1: Create a New Folder in your Cabinet. I called mine, GW ARCHIVES. IMPORTANT: When you are finished creating the new folder, you need to select the folder. Step 2: Choose: … Continue reading
Microsoft Transition – Phase 4
For those following the progress, the Microsoft Transition is currently entering “Phase 4 – Staff Migration”. You may be scratching your collective head wondering, “Staff migration to what, exactly? I thought we were done with all this.” True, we all moved to Microsoft Outlook from Novell GroupWise, but that was just part of the larger … Continue reading
Your Outlook Username and Password are now more powerful
What you have come to know and love as your Outlook username and password are actually your Microsoft Network credentials. One username and password – three different services: Computers in Student Accessible Areas, Outlook email, and wireless services. With all student accounts moving to Microsoft on August 20th, Douglas College employees needed a way to log … Continue reading
Microsoft Network Login – Students First
A very busy and productive summer for the Microsoft Transition team here in CEIT. Phase 3 – Student and Lab Migration is complete. All students will now use their Microsoft Network credentials with the default username being their nine-digit student number and their password being their birthday (DDMMYY). Students must change this password on first … Continue reading
Outlook Migration satisfaction survey
Thanks to the almost 200 people who have already completed our satisfaction survey. As CEIT shifts our collective focus away from the initial Outlook migration and on to general Outlook support, we would like to get your thoughts and perspective on the Outlook migration project. Click here to take this short anonymous survey We will … Continue reading
Day 1 Migration
Overall the weekend migration of email Contacts, Calendars, and two months of email between March 1 and April 28th has been successful. For some Douglas College employees, this stage of the migration is ongoing. CEIT is aware of the users who have not succesfully migrated. They are being re-migrated. How do I know if my content is … Continue reading
Migration Recap: GroupWise to Outlook
Migration Timeline We are now approaching Stage 2 of the migration as shown above. In stage 1, CEIT moved 4 months (Nov. 1, 2011 – Feb. 29, 2012) of your email over to Outlook. On April 27th at 6 PM there will be a GroupWise email blackout. CEIT will begin the migration of the last … Continue reading
What happened to the folder you shared with me in GroupWise?
In this GroupWise example, Jamie Michael has shared the email folder “Generic accounts” with Tim Paul. When GroupWise migrated to Outlook, all sharing was lost. In Outlook, Tim Paul, will see the folder, but it will have only one email inside. The email will inform Tim that he will need to contact the owner, Jamie, and have her re-share the … Continue reading
Outlook Workshops Receive Warm Reception
CEIT Outlook workshops have received a warm welcome from the College community. We started offering our workshops on April 17 and most of them have been full. The participants have included faculty and staff from various areas around the College, such as Commerce and Business, Registrar’s Office, Facilities, HR, CFSC, Health Sciences, Senior Administration and … Continue reading
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