Live@edu is coming soon!  It is the future of student collaboration. It is hosted by Microsoft and offers many benefits.

E-mail

• It will use your same Walsh email that you use today
• 10 GB inbox, 20MB attachments!!!
• Spam and virus filtering
• Forwarding, POP3 and Outlook Connector for access on a mobile phone or desktop client
• Folders to organize email
• Optimized Outlook experience
• Integrated Directory with faculty/staff on Exchange
• Shared calendars and contacts
• Message Tracking

Collaboration Tools

Office Live Workspace

• Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta is your online extension of Microsoft Office
• Password-protected online storage for 1,000+ documents
• Extension of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• No more flash drives or sending documents to yourself as e-mail attachments
• Collaborate with others, even if they don’t have Office

Windows Live SkyDrive

Students can store documents online so they can access them from any computer and share with others

• 5GB password-protected online storage
• Create private, shared, and public folders
• Store your documents online and access from other computers

Microsoft SharedView beta

Share your desktop with up to 15 other users.

• Give a presentation
• Share control with other students to edit a document together in real time

Windows Live Spaces

Students can set up a space for group projects, campus clubs, or personal pages

• Link to documents stored in your SkyDrive
• Share your space with the world or with those you select from your contact list
• Create blogs
• Group discussions

Communications
Windows Live Messenger

The world’s #1 IM client lets students do more than just chat

• Group chat with up to 15 others
• Search Encarta Online
• Used Shared folders, share documents too large to send as attachments
• Send SMS messages from Messenger interface

Windows Live Alerts

Students can receive SMS alters on their mobile phones

• E-mail, IM, and mobile alerts – students choose which
• General info alerts – breaking news, weather info, sports scores and more
• Custom alerts to select members of the campus community

Mobile

Live@edu services are accessible via mobile phones.

• Windows Live Spaces, Hotmail, Messenger are WAP-enabled
• Receive e-mail on mobile phone through POP3
• Windows Live for Mobile allows push e-mail to Nokia and Windows Mobile Phones.