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Announcing important news about the Outlook Live R4 upgrade timeline, service updates and new features coming soon to Live@edu. You'll begin to see these updates in early December 2009.
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Important news about Outlook Live R4 Upgrade
We've extended the required date for the R4-specific versions of PowerShell and Outlook Live Management Agent (OLMA) -- formerly known as Exchange Labs Management Agent (ELMA) -- for Identity Lifecycle Management (ILM) from January 29, 2010 to March 1, 2010.
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Administrator accounts will be upgraded to R4 in early December; at which time you can begin testing the new version of these tools and also create new R4 mailboxes. If using Exchange Control Panel (ECP), any new mailboxes that you create will automatically be created on R4. If using PowerShell / OLMA to create mailboxes, please upgrade to new versions of these tools, otherwise mailboxes will be created on R3. Existing end user accounts on R3 will begin to migrate to R4 in December and should be completed by the end of March.
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How do I know if I have been upgraded to R4?
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Sign in to Outlook Web App and check the color scheme. It's blue in R3 and yellow in R4. The first administrator account (the one created during enrollment) is always upgraded first. After that, end users can verify their upgrade by the change to yellow in Outlook Web App. Administrators currently can't track what percentage of their users have been upgraded, but users can easily tell by the change in color.
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Sign in to http://outlook.com/ecp with your administrator account. Do you see the new Administrator Roles tab? If so, you're on R4!
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Additional resources
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Make sure to also check the "What's New" in R4 Blog Post on Outlook Live Answers for updates.
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Downloads
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Service Management Portal
We've improved the Service Management Portal (SMP) and made it easier to navigate. We've also added some exciting new features:
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Reports are now only one click away. Now you can easily access domain summary and trend reports on service usage and activated accounts.
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Manage IP safelists page - Now there is a single source for submitting requests to add and delete IP addresses for your gateway servers and internal mail servers to your safelist. Get more information about IP safe-lists.
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Help gadget - Located in the upper-right corner of the SMP, the Help Gadget makes it easier for you to connect to the resources you need. From self help and how-to topics, to the community and development tools, to the Live@edu Support team.
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Service status updates - From within the SMP, you can now easily check the status of LiveIDs and Outlook Live, so you are always aware of the health of the service.
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Now you can search and find the information you need with just one search from within the Service Management Portal. Resources include:
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Outlook Live help articles
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Windows Live and Hotmail help articles
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Developer tools from Codeplex
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Office Live help articles.
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As part of the upgrade, the SMP will undergo maintenance on Monday, December 7, from 8:00 AM - 2:00 p.m. PST. and will be intermittently available during these times. Please note: this does not affect your Live@edu services such as e-mail, storage, and collaboration, or the Windows Live Admin Center.
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Community
The Live@edu Community is expanding beyond Outlook Live Answers and will link to other Live@edu services. The new community will launch in early December at www.microsoft.com/liveatedu/answers. Please note the community is only available in English.
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Find partners in the Microsoft network to help you with your Live@edu deployment. These third-party firms have expertise in areas that can help you take your Live@edu deployments to the next level.
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