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Email and calendaring - Office 365
Office 365 puts your email and calendar functionality into the cloud (Exchange Online). It also combines other parts of Office 365, including Teams and OneDrive for Business.
You will continue to use email in the same way as before, using the same client as before, it's just the location of your mailbox will be in the cloud.
Benefits of Office 365
The benefits include:
- Standard quota of 50GB, extended of 100GB
- Access through the Outlook desktop app, or Outlook through the web via office.com (OWA no longer exists)
- Integration with Office 365
- Microsoft managed service with 99.9% uptime
Useful links and guides
From Microsoft:
- Outlook help centre
- Using email in Outlook on the web
- Share your calendar in Outlook on the web
- Import or subscribe to a calendar in Outlook on the web
- Office 365 Help & Training
From the DTS Knowledge Base:
- Mobile Devices - Microsoft Outlook
- Configuring the iPhone/iPad mail app for Office 365
- Spam/Junk Mail
- Allowing others to access your inbox or calendar
- Outlook - Recover Deleted Items
- Outlook - Using the Calendar
- Outlook - Automatic Replies (Out of Office)
- Mapping another user or a shared mailbox
- Sending mail on behalf of another user
- Mailman Lists
Security
Our systems stop thousands of scam emails and other malicious threats every day. However, some still get through so we have provided a section on our Knowledge Base to staying safe when working and socialising online.
Support
Microsoft has a comprehensive support section on their website which will answer most questions and queries. If not, please use the IT Self Service Portal or call (0118 378) 6262.
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