Exchange 2010 Upgrade

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Updates: Upgrade to Exchange 2010 for Outlook Web Access!

As of Monday, June 21st at noon, Faculty/Staff have been upgraded to Exchange 2010. Everyone should now have 2GB of quota space (increased from 100MB), in addition to the new features in OWA. We will be monitoring performance for the next week to work out any issues that may arise.

If you are experiencing any problems, please contact the ITS Help Desk (914) 773-3333.

How will I know if my mailbox has been upgraded?

  • Go to http://email.pace.edu and login
  • The following are all indications that your mailbox is now on Exchange 2010
    1. In the URL address line you will see email.pace.edu/owa and NOT legacy.pace.edu/owa
    2. Size quota will show as 2 GB
    3. In the upper left hand corner of the page you will see Outlook Web App instead of Outlook Web Access
    4. The title bar will be gold, not blue

Please refer to Dates To Remember and System Compatibility pages for any further questions.

Information Technology Services (ITS) will be moving to Exchange 2010 this summer. What does this mean for for faculty and staff? It will bring some new and exciting features to Outlook Web Access (OWA). It will also increase your quota from 100MB to 2GB! This upgrade will not require any changes to be made by you. 

Note: This upgrade and featured enhancements will apply to all Pace Faculty/Staff accounts as well as Pace Law School students (all other student accounts will not be affected).

If you are using Outlook Client, business will continue as usual. If you access your mail via the Web (email.pace.edu) you will begin seeing gradual changes beginning with the login screen similar to the one below. 

OWA 2010

Note: Students will also see the above new login screen, however, all other features will not be affected. 

Many of the new features will allow for OWA to work similarly to your Outlook client. Some of the highlighted features are below:

Conversation
Your messages can be grouped, displayed, and sorted by topic of conversation, which allows a you to see the entire message thread.
 
Single Page of Messages
All message are on one page.  You will not need to advance through pages to view your messages in a folder.
 
Favorites
Users can create a shortcut to a folder to the Favorites section.
 
Attach messages to messages
Users can attach a message from their mailbox to a new message.
 
Filters
Users have access to a set of predefined filters to quickly search the contents in folders.
 
View Shared Calendars
The new version will allow for users to view shared calendars giving the ability to check schedules and availability of users.
 
Firefox and Safari
Users will be able to access the premium versions through Firefox and Safari in addition to Internet Explorer.
 

To read more please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/en/us/outlook-web-access.aspx

Documentation on OWA 2010
You can find instructions to use email and calendar for OWA 2010 by clicking here.

Stay tuned for future announcements regarding the upgrade!