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Outlook group on Yammer
The Outlook Yammer Group: have you joined yet? When the College introduced a new email program a year ago – Microsoft Outlook, CEIT tried to make the initial transition as smooth as possible by providing a wealth of training and information through workshops and online resources. As people became familiar with Outlook there was less … 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
Sharing in Outlook – Removing Groupwise artifact
Before sharing a contacts or mailbox folder through outlook client BACKGROUND During Douglas College’s migration from GroupWise to Outlook, some permission artifacts came through unintentionally, for some of the college community. These artifacts should be removed before you share folders. TO REMOVE UNWANTED PERMISSIONS Before sharing, the Originator and Recipient(s) must remove unwanted people … 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
Douglas College issued laptop users (New Process)
Douglas College issued laptop users Please contact the Help Desk at 604-527-5330, or helpdesk@douglascollege.ca if you are having problems with your Outlook installation.
Blackberry Users Re-Sync your Contacts
To re-sync your contacts to your Blackberry: Go to Outlook on your workstation. (not OWA) Go to Contacts Find the contact folder that was previously used to sync to your BB. It may be called Blackberry or you may have synced it to your frequent contacts or another personal folder. Select the folder, to open … 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
Mobile Devices – Outlook
On Monday, April 30th, we will be using MS Outlook for access to our mail system. There will be POP3 and IMAP access to that system and we will publish the settings for that on Monday morning for our client base to configure their personal devices, tablets, laptops and so on. The reason we aren’t … Continue reading
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