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Office of the CIO

Jim Pulliam
Chief Information Officer
Bemidji State University
1500 Birchmont NE
Bemidji, MN  56601
218-755-2220

GroupWise to Exchange / Outlook Migration

We are moving to Exchange / Outlook for several key reasons:

  • Support for mobile devices is far more robust on Exchange.
  • Integration with the new student e-mail system, now on Microsoft Live@EDU, will be improved.
  • Novell continues to lose market share, and the future of the GroupWise product is in question.
  • Many other institutions have already implemented this change and have standardized on Exchange / Outlook.

Moving users from Novell eDirectory to Microsoft Active Directory is a prerequisite for moving from GroupWise to Exchange / Outlook.  Once that process is completed, we will then begin taking steps to move to Exchange / Outlook 2010.  

Updates will be provided via portal, e-mail, and other methods.