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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student@sas.upenn.edustudent@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 ed-desk@microsoft.com. 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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