email & calendar project
DESCRIPTION
Email & Calendar Project. Feb 28, 2008 – ISC Update – Gerrit Bos. CCS Computing and Communications Services. Progress to Date. RFP selected Zimbra Collaboration Suite Scalar Decisions Inc. as integrator Updates via project website: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Email & Calendar Project
Feb 28, 2008 – ISC Update – Gerrit Bos
CCSComputing and
Communications
Services
Progress to Date
RFP selected Zimbra Collaboration Suite Scalar Decisions Inc. as integrator
Updates via project website: http://www.uoguelph.ca/ccs/about/projects/email_cal/index.shtml Or CCS Home page -> About CCS -> Email and Calendar
Standing item at ITSIG Student involvement via ITSAC Communication via @Guelph, Ontarion Hardware Installation completed Zimbra Initial Install completed Pilot has started
Overall Project Strategy
Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) 5.0 Initial Quota: Fac/Staff 1GB, Student 500M No change to
Email addresses Production Service names outside of Pilot Non-central departmental mail
Zimbra supports: IE 6 & 7, Firefox 1.5 & 2 Pilot during W08 semester
February 26th– End March – Under way! Migrations Apr 20th -May 15th (tentative)
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
Email and Calendaring Preliminary TimeLine
H/W Install
Student Calendar Service
Pilot (Mail & Cal)
On time!
S/W InstallStaff Mail Migr
OCal Migr
Student Mail Migr
Mail Opt-In
CCS - Computing and Communications Services Gerrit Bos, Jan 22, 2008
Communications PlanOpen Houses and Training
Email Migration Strategy
WebMail to ZCS Web client Messages, Folders, Addressbooks migrated Vacation & Forwarding migrated (tentative) NOT Signature, Webmail preferences
Desktop Client to ZCS Web client Outlook (Express), Thunderbird Messages and Folders migrated Documentation for Address books, groups
Desktop client to Desktop Client Transparent as part of Migration
Help Centre and Training
Calendar Service
ZCS Calendar Service no charge for all faculty/staff/students
Oracle Calendar Users Pilot followed by migration All meetings future and previous year Open to all following migration Clinics for New, Transition, Mobility
New Service for students
Pilot Planning
User Pilot Targeted 200 users across campus Broad campus participation
Exec Offices, Workgroup(s), ITSAC ITSIG, Mobile, MAC, Accessibility Still open, but closing this week
Expectation of Active participation Survey & Feedback through Footprints