Outlook Web Access Brings New Look and New Features to myMiami E-mail This Summer

With summer just around the corner, change is in the air. This summer the university will move its aging e-mail system to a new, robust Exchange e-mail and calendaring system we are calling muConnect. What does that mean for you?

Each e-mail account will be moved from the current e-mail server to the new muConnect Exchange server, according to a migration schedule currently under development. Currently we anticipate that student accounts will move in early July. Specific dates will be announced on myMiami as soon as they are finalized.

When your account is moved, your Miami e-mail will appear in Outlook Web Access (OWA) via a link on the myMiami portal. If you have any questions about your e-mail over the summer after the migration occurs, please contact the IT Services Support Desk at 513-529-7900 or supportdesk@muohio.edu.

If you choose to use a desktop e-mail client, we recommend you use Outlook 2007 for Windows or Entourage for Mac. Outlook is a part of Microsoft Office for Windows; Entourage is a part of Microsoft Office for the Mac. If you don’t already have Microsoft Office, you can purchase it at a greatly discounted rate through Miami’s Microsoft agreement.

You will need to configure Outlook or Entourage to access the new Exchange server; instructions will be provided in the Miami Knowledge Base (found at http://kb.muohio.edu or under “Favorite Links” in myMiami).

If you are interested in training on Outlook or Entourage, please follow the training link on the muConnect web site (www.muohio.edu/email) to learn about the variety of training resources available. You can also find up-to-date project information, on the muConnect web site.