Office 365 - Apps, Email, & More
Office 365 will come in a few specific flavors, here is a brief description of the functionality available to subscribers of the service:
- Office 365 is a cloud-based email solution. Your Test account will come with a first.last@tufts.edu format, but you will always need to authenticate to the cloud portal (portal.microsoftonline.com)
- Email will share calendaring and global contact lists, but things like calendar delegation and sharing will have special rules between mailboxes "On-Site" at tufts and those "In the Cloud." From an email address, and mail delivery perspective the average user will be unable to tell the difference between an on-site and cloud-based account.
- Configuration of accounts for sending and receiving email is the primary difference between on-premise and cloud-based email.
- If a cloud account tries to log in on-premise, or an on-premise email account tries to log on in the cloud, the login will fail.
Apps
- Office365 allows individuals to download office productivity apps to their mobile devices, tablets, as well as full office suites on up to five computers
- Members of the Tufts community, once activated and licensed, will be able to visit the microsoft online portal (portal.microsoftonline.com) and perform the following tasks
- Use a Microsoft cloud-based Sharepoint 2012 drive
- Download and install office productivity suites (depends on the device) on the mobile device
- Download and install office suite (windows/mac)
- Authentication for apps will be driven using your Tufts Username and Tufts Password
- Apps can be delivered to the phone via SMS (a link is sent) or device via email. They are also available in the major app stores (iTunes Appstore, Google Play Store, etc.)