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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: March 10, 2016
Technology Support Center
support@oit.gatech.edu
404-894-7173
Summary Sentence:
By the end of the spring semester, students using Zimbra (also known as MyGaTech) for email, calendar, and contact purposes will need to choose a substitute.
Full Summary:
By the end of the spring semester, students using Zimbra (also known as MyGaTech) for email, calendar, and contact purposes will need to choose a substitute.
Office 365By the end of the spring semester, students using Zimbra (also known as MyGaTech) for email, calendar, and contact purposes will need to choose a substitute. Zimbra will not be available after June 30, 2016.
To ensure that students will have the time and opportunity to choose a new solution before the June 30 deadline, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) is providing a number of resources including a self-service website to help make this transition as seamless as possible.
While students will be able to choose any new email solution, students who migrate to the Georgia Tech-provided Office 365 will benefit from the following:
Students electing to use a substitute other than Office 365 should understand that third-party email solutions are not supported by OIT. Additionally, such solutions may not be the best choice for interacting with faculty and staff on campus because of issues such as the inability to use a Georgia Tech email address, and the potential problem of some faculty and academic advisors not accepting email from a non-Georgia Tech mailbox due to security risks.
To get started with the email transition from Zimbra, go to http://emailtoolbox.gatech.edu/eform/submit/self_migrate. Click on the link to request a new Office 365 mailbox prior to moving email from Zimbra.
For assistance, contact the Technology Support Center at support@oit.gatech.edu. (Add “MyGaTech/Zimbra Migration Assistance” to the subject line.)
