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OTS Workshops + Microsoft Excel Fundamentals

Upcoming OTS Training Workshops Wednesday, February 24th WordPress for Faculty/Staff: Small Scale Web Publishing – 2:00pm-4:00pm – Cook 404A Thursday, February 25th Panopto – 2:00pm-3:30pm – Cook 404A Thursday, March 3rd Blackboard Instructor Creating Assignments and Tests – 10:00am-11:00am – Cook 404A Friday, March 4th WordPress for Faculty/Staff: Small Scale Web Publishing – 10:00am-12:00pm – Cook 404A Monday, […]

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Office 2016 for Office 365 is coming in February

In February 2016, Microsoft will be making upgrades to Office 2013. OTS does not have a role in this upgrade, but wants to make Office 365 users aware of this upcoming change. This is only for personal devices where Office 2013 was installed through Office 365. TU computers will not be affected. Here is what […]

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Why should you use Office 365?

Office 365 is a Web-based platform that pairs Microsoft Office applications with cloud storage. This means Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, OneNote and other applications are available for free to all current Towson University students. Watch this brief video of TU students explaining the benefits of Office 365, and how to use it during your academic […]

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Faculty and staff email quotas are increasing by more than 200% this summer with Office 365

The Office of Technology Services (OTS) will be migrating all faculty, staff and student employee mailboxes to Office 365 during June and July 2015.  As a result, all mailboxes will have a 50 gigabyte quota (a 200x increase) and a new Outlook Web App experience. About the migration: OTS will move all faculty/staff mailboxes within each department at the same […]

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Skype for Business is Now Available for Students, Faculty and Staff

Skype for Business is now available to students, faculty and staff.  Skype for Business is part of the Office of Technology Services’ (OTS) ongoing Office 365 project. What is Skype for Business? Skype for Business replaces Lync and offers instant messaging, presence, voice and video calls and meetings. To get started: Review the Skype for […]

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Get free file storage accessible from anywhere!

OneDrive for Business online file storage is now available to students, faculty and staff. OneDrive for Business is part of the Office of Technology Services’ (OTS) ongoing Office 365 project. What is OneDrive for Business? OneDrive for Business is personal, web-based file storage for faculty, staff and students, enabling you to synchronize files across all […]

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5 Questions With…Tom Alcide: Office 365

OTS Training is pleased to present episode 5 in our “5 Questions With” video series. In this episode, Associate Director of Systems Operations Tom Alcide joins us in the studio to discuss Office 365 and how it will benefit the TU campus, including: How to increase your email storage Why Office 365 will make it easier […]

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Microsoft Office 2013: Upgrade NOW

As of today, only slightly more than 50% of campus computers have been upgraded to Microsoft Office 2013. All departments must upgrade to Office 2013 by April 2015. The upgrade is necessary for departments to access forthcoming software from OTS, including Office 365. This new software will bring huge increases in convenience, flexibility, mobility, sharing and the amount of […]

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Office 365 is Coming to Campus – What it Means for You

The Office of Technology Services is pleased to announce the Office 365 Project. Microsoft Office 365 is a set of cloud-hosted collaboration and fully-integrated office suite applications. Office 365 combines document sharing, email and calendaring, common Office applications and social-networking tools into a single, web-based platform. This means more storage space, new services and mobile […]

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