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Guideline for Student Email and FAQsFAQsThe following are frequently asked questions regarding Universiti Teknologi MARA's migrationto Office 365 for student email:1. What is Office 365? Office 365 is a cloud-based set of products including desktopapplications (Microsoft Office suite) and server products (including Exchange e-mail,SharePoint collaboration, and Lync instant messaging). For now, only the Exchange e-mailwill be implemented at Universiti Teknologi MARA.2. What does "cloud-based" and "in the cloud" mean? Cloud computing, or being "in thecloud," means that a third-party (in this case, Microsoft) provides the applications via theInternet and stores the data on their servers.3. Is my information safe "in the cloud"? Multiple copies of your data are stored forredundancy purposes. The data is encrypted when accessed from the server. The endresult is an online service that has the equivalent reliability and security as an on-campusserver.4. Are all Universiti Teknologi MARA campuses moving to the same system? All campusesare moving to the Office 365.5. Is a different password required to open the email account in Outlook and the Office 365web client? No.6. When sending an attachment, does the file size increase? Yes, attaching a file will increasethe size of the message. Messages are limited to 25 MB, including the message text andthe sum of all attachments. Files can expand by up to 30% when sent.7. Can you run two email accounts at the same time in Outlook? Yes, in Outlook, multipleaccounts can easily be setup and they can be accessed simultaneously.8. What are the software requirements for Office 365? Your computer must meet thesoftware requirements recommended by Microsoft. For more information, please referhttp://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=296592&clcid=0x409.Prepared by : Administrator Emel Pelajaremelpelajar@salam.uitm.edu.my26 Ogos 2013For : JPIT InfoTech