The Ensemble Project Employee Assembly April 15, 2009.
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The Ensemble Project Employee Assembly April 15, 2009
Transcript of The Ensemble Project Employee Assembly April 15, 2009.
The Ensemble Project
Employee Assembly
April 15, 2009
Ensemble is…
A university project to deliver new email, calendar, and related services
– Faculty and staff:Email and calendar provided through Exchange starting Sept. 2009
– Students:Email, etc. provided via Google Apps Educa-tion Edition as of April 2009, plus Microsoft Live@edu with Exchange Labs expected fall 2009
Why?
– Difficult to use with iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.
– Multiple calendar systems make scheduling meetings hard
– Some units already using Exchange, others requesting it
– (students) Most students already forwarding email to external services
– (students) Provide much larger mailbox size and features that students want
Ensemble is shaped by…
• Cross-campus task force recommendations
• Cross-campus Executive Steering Committee, project advisory groups
• Needs assessments – students, faculty, staff
• Specific requirements – campus units
• Exchange pilot
Ensemble is governed by…
• Executive Sponsor: Polley McClure, VP Information Technologies
• CIT Sponsoring Directors: Rick MacDonald, Steve Schuster, Jim Lombardi
• CIT Project Managers: Chris Lyons (lead), Greg Menzenski, Tom Parker
• Executive Steering Committee
• Advisory Groups
Email – faculty and staff
• Delivered through campus-wide Exchange system
• Starting September 2009; migration through April 2010 (estimated)
• Can use current email client or switch to Outlook (Windows) or Entourage (Mac)
• Changes required for everyone:– Updating a setting in your email client
– Using Outlook Web Access instead of Cornell WebMail
Calendar – faculty and staff
• Delivered through campus-wide Exchange system
• Integrated with email; better mobile device support
• Available after email is migrated
• Oracle Calendar will remain primary calendar until most users are on Exchange, then it will be retired
• Changes required for everyone:– Using Outlook, Entourage, or Outlook Web Access instead
of Oracle Calendar
– Re-booking future meetings
Students
• Cmail, powered by Google Apps Education Edition, to replace Cornell postoffice accounts for students– New students get Cmail with their NetID
– Current students to be offered Cmail in late April
• Includes email, calendar, and collaboration features
• No advertising while enrolled at Cornell
• Email address is still [email protected]
• Expect to add Microsoft Live@edu with Exchange Labs as another choice in fall 2009
More information
• blogs.cornell.edu/ensemble
• www.cit.cornell.edu/ensemble
• Overall project lead & Faculty/Staff Rollout lead: Chris Lyons – CPL7, 4-7431
• Exchange & Student Services:
Greg Menzenski – gm228, 5-8256
• Active Directory: Tom Parker – jtp5, 5-7521
