Microsoft Live@edu
Microsoft Live@edu is accessible through popular web browsers for Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. It is available at no cost, and it helps IT departments:
- Reduce IT infrastructure costs, such as maintenance.
- Spend less time maintaining email systems and more time on strategic initiatives.
- Offer common, familiar tools for students to communicate and collaborate with peers and faculty.
- Keep data safer.
- Meet high student expectations, including anywhere access to people and information.
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The Kentucky Department of Education deployed Microsoft Live@edu to more than 700,000 people and expects to cut $6.3 million in costs in one of the world's largest cloud rollouts.
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"With our Microsoft Exchange Server messaging environment … we recognized that creating and managing nearly 3,000 accounts … would be a lot easier with Live@edu than with Google Apps for Education."
Jeff Cimmerer Director of Technology, Pittsford Central School District University builds online, on-campus communities with hosted services
"Kaplan students use Microsoft Office. Google would complicate their lives, and because we are a for-profit university, it wasn’t free. With Live@edu, we saved hundreds of thousands of dollars a year."
Ron Lockhart Vice President, Academic and Application Support, Kaplan Higher Education Teachers enjoy email and collaboration, school saves money
"We briefly considered Google Apps for Education, but when we saw Live@edu, it was the obvious choice. It is tightly integrated with Microsoft Office, which students not only are using while they are in school but also will be using in college and work."
Ryan Kusuda Instructor of Programming and Computer Technology, Kalani High School | |  | |  |
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Preparing students for the future
Microsoft Live@edu offers educational institutions free hosted, co-branded communication and collaboration services for students, faculty, and alumni. With 10 GB of email storage, it’s the no-cost Microsoft Outlook Live email service built on Microsoft Exchange 2010. Microsoft Live@edu provides the familiar and reliable Outlook Web Access (OWA) co-branded with a school’s name and logo, helping students build lifelong ties to their educational institution. And with 25 GB of additional file storage, Microsoft Live@edu is more than just email—it includes access to other services that enhance the school’s ability to collaborate and communicate, including calendars, document sharing, instant messaging, video chat, mobile email, and more.
Benefits
- Save time and money. Microsoft Live@edu is a no-cost, hosted service that can reduce ongoing maintenance costs and system updates.
- Prepare students for the next step. Whether that next step is graduate school or the working world, Microsoft technologies can help students develop better time management skills, as well as a personal portfolio to showcase their great work.
- Recruit and retain students. Provide students anytime, anywhere, any device access to the latest technology tools and services. With Outlook Live email, students receive a school domain email address that they can use today, and continue to use when they are alumni. The Windows Live ID gives them seamless access to other Windows Live services as well.
- Build on what you already have. Microsoft Live@edu easily integrates with existing Microsoft investments and programs, providing you with the choice and flexibility to combine on-premises and hosted solutions. And with built-in protection from viruses, spam, and phishing attacks, your school can move into the cloud while maintaining students’ and faculty’s online privacy.
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Kalani High School Teachers enjoy reliable e-mail and collaboration while school saves money Hoover City Schools School district uses online communication to improve teacher-student collaboration  Enroll with Microsoft Live@eduOnce you’ve enrolled, there are four phases to customize and launch the Microsoft Live@edu services for your institution. This site walks you through each of the phases and corresponding deployment steps. | Videos and Webcasts | |
 Using Live@eduLearn how much more Microsoft Live@edu is than just email and calendaring. Explore how Microsoft Office Web Apps, Windows Live SkyDrive, instant messaging, blogs, and wikis can benefit the end users in your education institution. Introduction to Live@edu and Office 365Learn about Microsoft Live@edu, the Microsoft platform for delivering email, calendaring and communication, and collaboration services, and find out more about the additional software as a service (SaaS) offerings included in Office 365 for education. Live@edu deploymentExplore Microsoft Live@edu deployment best practices and case studies, and participate in a Q&A session with Microsoft specialists about successful deployment of Microsoft Live@edu in your education institution. Cloud services and accessibilityDiscover the benefits of Microsoft Live@edu and Microsoft Office 365, which bring together cloud versions of the most trusted Microsoft communications and collaboration products in the Microsoft desktop suite for education institutions of all sizes. Working together - Anytime. Anywhere.Collaborate across your campus, your city or the nation with cutting-edge collaboration solutions like Microsoft Live@edu and Microsoft Office Web Apps. Keep your students, educators, and staff connected—regardless of platform, device, or location. |
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