On Wednesday, December 14, 2016, improvements to Office 365, the university’s platform used to host e-mail, documents and other Microsoft applications, will be finalized. All Barry students, faculty and staff accounts unite on a single platform that broaden collaboration and communication.
IMPORTANT CHANGES TO EMAIL/ONEDRIVE FILES
Current and recent students:
As accounts are migrated, please be aware of the following:
- There will be a brief period of downtime in which you will not be able to access Office 365, email, or OneDrive for Business files during the actual migration.
- Your password will continue to be the same.
- The way your email/username looks will NOT change
- @mymail.barry.edu OR @law.barry.edu.
- ANY EMAIL RECEIVED PRIOR TO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 17 2016 will not be migrated.
- Contacts and calendar appointments will not be migrated.
- OneDrive for Business files will notbe migrated.
- You still have access to any email, contact, calendar item received prior to Thursday, November 17, 2016. To access it you can export any items using the desktop version of Outlook.
- You still have access to any files within OneDrive for Business uploaded prior to Thursday, November 17, 2016. To access those files, you can download the OneDrive for Business sync client.
- You have until June 30, 2017 to access any email(s) and file(s) that were received before Thursday, November 17, 2016.
Former students and alumni:
- Former students and/or alumni will also be affected as described above.
What are the benefits?
The Division of Information Technology is currently engaged in improving the university's platform that hosts email, documents, and other Microsoft applications by consolidating them into a single environment. Some of the benefits include:
- Office 365 – mail, calendar, and contact sharing and visibility of the global address list (university directory)
- OneDrive for Business file storage – cloud storage to easily share files and collaborate on documents with instructors and classmates.
- Skype for Business – chat, video, and presentation sharing.
- Microsoft Office 365 apps (Sway, Forms, Class Notebook, etc) – full sharing and sending within the same organization.
Help videos, documentation, and support will be available. If you need further assistance or have questions you can contact the IT Support Desk.