E-mail Services
In an effort to provide a reliable, functional and a unified email service, Alamo Colleges ITS will undertake an enterprise level email upgrade project. The project will involve upgrade to new hardware, new anti-spam and email application software for Alamo Colleges largest email system. In addition to providing a stable environment, the new email environment will also include several new collaborative functions and features. Upgrading to a new system is necessary to Alamo Collegesommodate the future growth at our institution and to manage the increasing number of email messages and spam.
The Email Upgrade project will be implemented in two phases. Phase I will address the infrastructure and the hardware upgrade, while in Phase II, MS Exchange will be configured with additional collaborative functions, such as, sharing of calendar, tasks, public folders and the web based client will also be upgraded to Microsoft Outlook Web Alamo Access.
Major Timelines:
Phase I
Phase II
Phase II
Decommission Server
Deployment
Training
Deployment
Alamo Collegesd.edu
May 14, 2007
April 25, 2007
June 13-14, 2007
Dec. 22, 2007
Upgrade Benefits:
- Unified Email System, Single Email Alamo Collegesount
- Common User Experience
- Collaborative Tools; Calendar, Public Folders, Tasks
- Additional Storage Space
- Upgraded Anti-spam & Anti-virus Appliance
- Web-based Email - Microsoft Outlook Web Alamo Access
- Centrally Managed Distribution Lists
- Hardware & Software Upgrade
- Global Address Lists
