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EDUCAUSE Live!September 19, 2007
Walter Harp, Group Product ManagerMicrosoft
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• With Windows Live @ edu, schools can provide students– E-mail that is fast, safe, and easy to use– 5 Gb of storage– A familiar interface– SPAM filtering– Virus scanning and clean up– Forwarding (optional)– POP3– Outlook Connector– More…
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[email protected]@wharton.upenn.edu
Plus, a variety of future services…
Windows Live IDs provide students with access to a variety of compelling services, current and future.
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Mobile access to school e-mail
Study break :^)
Share & access files anywhere
Blog, share photos, create gadgets and RSS feeds
Real-time sharing and collaboration
Send IMs & SMS, video conversations, emoticons
< shh! :0) >
Why do schools outsource student messaging and collaboration?• Provide students more• Keep pace with innovation without
the expense• Divert scarce resources to higher
value-add activities• Strengthen online connection to
alumni
Why do schools not outsource?• Locally hosted services = greater
control• Perceived risk of taking an important
dependency on an outside entity• Preference for “better” or “best”
messaging and collaboration solutions
Common questions & concerns• Privacy (e.g. FERPA compliance)• ADA / Section 508• Administration of subpoenas & investigations• Intent – is there a “catch?”• Plan B – what’s my exit strategy?• Maintaining a singe credential model (e.g. SSO)• Student acceptance
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Windows Live Users Worldwide
Hotmail >300 Million
Messenger >280 Million
Spaces >90 Million
US University Student Web-mail Usage as of Aug 2007Source: comScore, Inc.
Web-mail Unique Visitors (000)
Yahoo! 7,213
Hotmail 4,011
AOL 3,214
Gmail 1,968
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Thank you!
For more information about Windows Live @ edu, please contact your Microsoft account manager or [email protected]. We also invite you to visit http://get.live.com/edu or to see what other schools are saying at http://get.live.com/edu/schools.
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