ITSC has adopted Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 as the platform for messaging and collaboration for faculty and staff. Microsoft Exchange offers electronic mail, calendaring, contacts and tasks in one integrated platform. You can sync data with any mobile devices running iOS, Android and BlackBerry OS. For business collaborations, Exchange supports public and private sharing of email folder and calendar data. It also provides opportunities for add-on applications.
The recommended client platform for Windows and Mac environments is Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016 for Mac, which is both feature-rich and powerful. With browser access only, web-based Outlook Web App (OWA) provides the same extensive set of features and user experience whether using Firefox, Safari, Chrome, or Microsoft Edge.
Useful features of Exchange include:
- Access to emails, calendars, contacts and tasks anywhere, anytime by:
- PC/Mac
- Full-featured web based email client – Outlook Web App (OWA)
- Smart phones (e.g. iPhone, Android)
- Sharing and Collaboration
- Using sharing of calendars, tasks, contacts and files
- Quick and easy for arranging meetings and conference rooms
- Integration of email and calendaring, with calendar notifications in your Outlook inbox
- Fully functional web access to email and calendar with Outlook Web App (OWA), enabling you to view and modify your calendar, contacts, and tasks from the same interface
- Integration of task management, allowing tasks to be delegated to other people and progress on those tasks to be received.
- Default email quota for staff users is 20 GB