LGfL Managed Email Services

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LGfL ManagedEmail Services

• Brian Durrant
• Chief Executive
• London Grid for Learning

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• StaffMail

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StaffMail

• For Staff, Governors and Admin
• Delivered in conjunction with Atomwide
• Dual Hosted (Telehouse and Park Royal)
• Fault Tolerant Resilient
• Full Exchange 2007 Functionality
• 5GB Mailbox Limit
• Max 20MB Email Size inc. attachments
• Provided free to LGfL Schools

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StaffMail Features

• Personal and shared calendaring
• Personal and shared address books
• Accessible via
• MS Outlook
• MS Outlook Web Access
• Outlook Mobile Access (compatible PDA or mphone)
  
• POP3, SMTP, IMAP protocols supported, and mail
  forwarding

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StaffMail Login Screen

• Access to StaffMail is via LGfL USO

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StaffMail Outlook Web Access
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StaffMail MailProtect

• All email scanned for viruses, spam and
  inappropriate content by LGfL MailProtect.
• Staff can control spam including access to spam
  release, email spam digest reporting, and email
  in/out reporting.

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StaffMail on-line identity domains

• By default each user will receive an email
  address based upon their USO account name with a
  domain name of lgflmail.org
• For example, John Smith may receive a USO user
  name of jsmit001.318 and an email address of
  jsmit001.318_at_lgflmail.org
• LAs may supply own domain (eg. lbwf.org) and this
  may be applied to all users in the LA
• Schools may supply their own domain name
  schoolname.la.sch.uk and to be applied to all
  of the users in the USO in their school

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StaffMail Address Books

• Each user may add and delete entries from their
  own private address book
• a school staff member will see
• all staff at their school - only
• all pupils at their school that are using
  LondonMail
• the LA shared list
• a LA staff member will see
• school lists of staff
• the LA shared list

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• LondonMail

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LondonMail

• A Microsoft Live_at_edu service, branded LGfL,
  offered as a turn-key solution for use by pupils.
  
• highly availability web-mail service for
  curriculum use
• inbound and outbound mail filtering by MicroSoft
• protects against viruses, spam and inappropriate
  content
• all inbound email also scanned for viruses, spam
  and inappropriate content by LGfL MailProtect.
• Exchange Functionality hosted by Microsoft in
  Dublin
• 5GB Mailbox Limit
• Max 20MB Email Size including Attachments
• Provided free to LGfL Schools

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LondonMail Features

• Personal and shared calendaring
• Personal address books
• Accounts will be accessible via
• MS Outlook
• MS Outlook Web Access
• Outlook Mobile Access (compatible PDA or mphone)
• POP3, SMTP, IMAP protocols supported, and mail
  forwarding

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LondonMail Outlook Web Access
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LondonMail - identities domains

• each user is allocated an email address based
  upon their existing USO or new USOlite account
  name
• John Smith receives jsmit001.318 and an email
  address of jsmit001.318_at_lgflmail.net
• As a Becta Accredited Internet Services Provider
  LGfL supports email address anonymity. As a
  requirement of accreditation, LGfL enables LAs
  and schools to reduce the risk to pupils by
  providing by default email addresses that protect
  pupils' anonymity
• An LA may choose to supply their own domain
  (lbwf.org) and this may be applied to all users
  in the LA

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• MailProtect

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MailProtect

• Used in conjunction with LGfL StaffMail and
  LondonMail services
• MailProtect uses email filtering technology
  provided by Email Systems
• Dual Hosted (Telehouse and Park Royal)
• Fault Tolerant Resilient

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Service Documentation

• The most current versions can be found on the
  LGfL Support website (http//support.lgfl.net)
• LGfL Managed Microsoft Exchange Email Service for
  Staff (StaffMail)
• LGfL Managed Microsoft Exchange Email Service for
  Pupils (LondonMail)
• LGfL Email Content Control (MailProtect)
• USO Service Description
• USO Service Datasheet
• USO Service Pricing

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Timelines

• 020 8255 5555 Support Number Now!
• StaffMail pilot users 17 March 2008
• StaffMail first LA 31 March 2008
• LondonMail test users 21 April 2008
• LondonMail pilot schools 2 June 2008
• LondonMail first LA 24 July 2008
• MailProtect 17 March 2008
• Full Production All Services 3 September 2008

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Migration from _at_mail

• LGfL _at_mail will cease service 31.10.08
• Contact lists will be migratable
• If full migration is required, use Synetrix Email
  Hosting sync utility

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Future

• StaffMail RIM (Blackberry) Access
• LondonMail Shared Contact Lists

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Finally.

• New
• low-cost LGfL
• support number

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020 82 55 55 55

• Local call on 020 82 55 55 55
• Same as 08700 63 64 65 (but cheaper!)
• 08700 63 64 65 still operational
• Help desk for StaffMail and LondonMail Services
  are via Option 3

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Microsoft Dublin Data Centre
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LondonMail USO-lite

• LGfL USOlite accounts may be provisioned for
  certain individual services, such as LGfL
  LondonMail. Where these have been provisioned,
  the account is restricted for use only with those
  designated services
• In the event of non USO account holders
  subscribing to multiple services that are
  supplied complete with a USOlite account, then
  the user may be able to use the same credentials
  for each service. USOlite accounts cannot access
  LGfL Shibboleth services such as Premium Content
• Should a users account be upgraded from USOlite
  to a full USO account as part of a school or LA
  USO purchase, the user will be able to retain
  their -lite on line identity, with its
  functionality simply being upgraded automatically
  as part of the process
• USOlite accounts cannot be upgraded individually

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Microsofts European Mega Data Centre at Grange
Castle, Dublin

• Previous slide -Rendering of the finished data
  centre
• 250 million mostly automated plant
• Total building footprint - 570,000 square feet
• 18.9 acre site

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Similar Microsoft Data Centre under Construction