Re: Experience outsourcing student email to Live@edu

["Moore, Frank" <moorefx () LONGWOOD EDU>]

Linda, 

We went to Live@edu about two years ago. We went live in September 2008, I believe. It went fine until Microsoft had 
some server issues in November of 2008 and student e-mail was problematic (for about 40% of the student body) for a 
week or so. Since then it has worked just fine for us. We went with Live because we are an exchange campus for faculty 
and staff and wanted something similar for our students. We will not be outsourcing faculty and staff e-mail in the 
foreseeable future as we do not want institution data (especially confidential data) residing on non-institution 
servers. If you would like the contact information for the person who led the Live implementation please feel free to 
contact me off line. 

Best, 

Frank

F. X. Moore III, Ph.D.
Vice President for Technology, CIO and Chief Privacy Officer
Longwood University
201 High Street
Farmville, VA 23909

(434) 395-2034 [voice]
(434) 395-2035 [fax]

http://www.longwood.edu

Do not ever e-mail your password to anyone.
IITS will never ask for your password

-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Linda 
VanHorn
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 4:09 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Experience outsourcing student email to Live@edu

Tufts is evaluating Live@edu vs Google for student email. We'd like to 
hear from schools with Live@edu experience (good or bad) in the areas of 
security, privacy and contract negotiations.  If you'd rather  talk with 
us privately, please email me offline.


Regards -
Linda VanHorn, GCIH
System/Security Analyst, Information Security
Tufts University UIT / 617-627-5580
linda.VanHorn () tufts edu