What other services are included in Live@edu?
The offering, from the university perspective primarily includes hosted, branded e-mail, but once a student/alumni has an active ID they have access to the whole set of Windows Live services. For example, if my institution issues Joe Student the e-mail address joe.student@panthers.contoso.edu, Joe can use that e-mail address to authenticate on a number of Windows Live services, all of which are opt-in and free unless noted otherwise. Here are just a few: • Office Live Workspace: English language for now, additional languages in mid 2008. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officelive/FX102412601033.aspx?ofcresset=1 • Windows Live Messenger: Great for audio and video conversations with friends, family, and colleagues; multi-user IM functionality for study groups, and so much more… For more info, please visit http://get.live.com/messenger/overview. • Windows Live Spaces: So many ways to use this within a higher education environment. For example, students can create e-profiles for prospect
