No, your e-mail address will remain the same as it is currently. It will use your current email and password and you do not need to worry about signing up for a new account!
No, as part of the mail service migration we will be copying your existing e-mail messages into the new M365 environment.
Yes. Mail migrations do not impact access to Google services. That said, now is a good time to review your Google usage due to their recent change of services and pending quota adjustments. Visit our site, Google Storage Migration | Kent State University to learn more.
The following things are able to be transferred:
While the following objects are not:
During the Fall semester, students can volunteer to migrate their email. During the Spring 2023 semester, your account will be converted on a schedule to be announced later.
No. The University plans to migrate all previous emails, contacts, and mail rules currently in Gmail to Microsoft 365.
This change makes collaborating in the Microsoft 365 suite easier. Sharing files in Google Apps will work the same as before.
Contacts that you have in your Google account will be copied as part of the Mail Migration process.
Canvas includes robust integrations with the Microsoft 365 suite. This move will enable additional collaboration options and make working in Canvas easier.
Additionally, many Fortune 500 companies, and other employers in the Northeast Ohio area use Microsoft 365 services, so becoming familiar with the platform Is another way to make Kent State University students workforce ready.
Lastly, having faculty, staff and students on a common platform gives us an opportunity for a more-secure environment and to work more efficiently.
Yes, you can continue to collaborate on the Google platform as you always have. We also encourage you to leverage the collaborative tools that are available within the M365 suite as well.