IT NEXT

About the Project

The two-year project will refresh critical components of the university’s IT infrastructure in four phases.

1. Phase 1 Wired IT Network Replacement: Network building switches in network equipment rooms across the university.
2. Phase 2 Wireless IT Network Replacement: Wireless Access Points (WAPs) throughout the university. Phase 2 will boost wireless capacity and coverage across the university.
   
3. Phase 3 Telephone System Replacement: Phase 3 upgrades the university’s phone system to an Internet-based Voice-over-IP phone system for increased stability, ease-of-maintenance and scalability. This step includes upgrades to all desk and phone lines.
   
4. Electrical Upgrades: The Office of the University Architect and P+D+C will assess and complete any necessary renovations and electrical upgrades in network equipment rooms to accommodate the new equipment as part of the overall project.

• The migration of content in more than 12,000 active Box at UC accounts began August 16. 
• Account owners will receive a daily status update and an official notice of completion via email from office365project@uc.edu.
• Sharing permissions will remain intact after the migration, except for external or non-UC collaborators, which you will need to re-add manually.
• Your Box account will be switched to “read only” mode, so you can still retrieve files, and so any links to Box documents will continue to work after the migration.

All current students, faculty, and staff members get access to OneDrive via their Microsoft Office 365 account. 

• Visit the OneDrive article in the IT@UC Knowledge Base for tips to set up your OneDrive account. 
• The Staff Success Center offers free Microsoft Office 365 trainings to UC faculty, staff, and student employees.
  Select one of the following links, and sign-in to SuccessFactors Learning. (NOTE: The recommended browser for SuccessFactors is Mozilla Firefox.)
  • OneDrive
  • Outlook              
  • Teams

• Online training for OneDrive and Teams is also available through Lynda.com:
  • OneDrive for Business Essential Training 
  •  Microsoft Teams Essential Training

• For questions about Microsoft Office 365 training, email the Staff Success Center.

What’s new in Office 365?

• 100 GB Outlook mailbox
• 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage
• Easy document collaboration and sharing from any Office application
• 5 installations of Office Professional Plus applications for your work or personal computers
• 5 installations of Office Mobile apps for iOS and Android mobile devices
• Microsoft Teams for informal, team-based collaboration – Instant Messaging, document sharing, co-authoring, video/audio calling and more, all in one place!  (View the Interactive Demo.)
• Built-in Accessibility tools
• Workflow automation with Flow
• Digital storytelling with Sway
• And much, much more!

How do I get Office 365?

All of the new Office 365 tools will become available to you automatically and are accessible in any modern web browser.

• Log in via https://mail.uc.edu or https://portal.office.com to start collaborating 
• Connect your Office 2016 desktop/mobile applications to your account for an even more connected, collaborative experience

How can I learn more about the new Office 365 tools and features?

• View the Office Training Center for an overview of what each application can do, and how it integrates with the rest of the Office 365 suite. 
• View the Staff Success Center Website for details on additional educational opportunities–including instructor led classes, eLearning, and more.

• August 2019 – Migration of files from Box at UC to OneDrive
• Fall 2019 – Intranet pilot project begins