Introducing

ConnectJamie Sonsini

Office of Information Systems & TechnologyJanuary 2013

What is Connect?

• Microsoft Office 365 at UCSB

Services in the Microsoft “cloud”

Services and Support at UCSB

Phase 1 – H1 2013

Phase 2 – To Be Discussed

IT Planning GroupCalendar Work Group

October 2010

The Road to Here

Report to IT BoardOctober 2011

Proof of Concept Group

January 2012

Report to IT BoardJuly 2012

Who Will Use Connect?

• All-InUse Connect for Email & CalendaringMigrate Email to Connect

• Calendar-OnlyUse Connect for Calendaring (only)Use Departmental Email Service

• Cross-CalendarAdministrative Services, Student Affairs &

Communications Services

Who Will Support Connect?

• Departmental Support – Tier 1End User Training & SupportWorkstation Client Installation & Configuration

• Central SupportTier 2 - Support for Tier 1Tenant Administration*

* Sharing U-Mail Tenant Administration

Campus Coordination

• Connect Governance Grouphttps://it.ucsb.edu/groups/cgg

• Connect Technical Coordination Grouphttps://it.ucsb.edu/groups/ctcg

• CONNECTTECH-L Listserver List90 Subscribed

Connect Features

Contacts

Calendar

Tasks

Email

Connect Accounts

• Account StoragePlan 1 - 25 Gigabytes ($0/Year)Plan 2 – Unlimited Storage ($25/Year)

• Suggested System LimitsInbox folder: 100,000 itemsSent Items folder: 100,000 itemsDeleted Items folder: 100,000 itemsCalendar: 10,000 itemsContacts: 10,000 items

Connect Email

Email to All-In User

Jane.Doe@ucsb.edu

Jane@Dept.ucsb.edu Connect Inbox

Connect Email

iPhone, Android, Blackberry Email

Email Limits

• Email Message: 25 MB

• Max Number of Recipients/Email: 500

• Max Number of Recipients/Day: 10,000

• Message Send Rate: 30 Messages/Minute

Connect Calendar

What’s A Calendar?

VS

Oracle Calendar Exchange Calendars

Initiating a Meeting

Note: Always Schedule with @UCSB.EDU Address

Checking Free/Busy

Calendar Sharing

Cross-Calendaring

Publishing Your Calendar

iPhone, Android Calendar

Calendar Migration Plans

• Individual Calendar Data Migrated to…ConnectStudent Office 365 (U-Mail) Local Exchange Calendars

• Resource Calendar Data Migrated to…ConnectLocal Exchange Calendars

Connect Contacts & Tasks

Connect Contacts

Connect Tasks

From Here…

• Updating our Web Site

www.connect.ucsb.edu

• More presentations

Next Topic: Calendaring and Scheduling with Connect

• Technical Presentations

Next Topic: Email & Calendar Migrations

Questions?