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Microsoft 365 Project Update

Updated October 21, 2025 @ 12:30 PM

CURRENT STATUS

  • Working with our vendors and partners to plan the deployment of Microsoft 365.
  • Initial product deployment: Teams, One Drive and Office Suite
  • Timeline Target 1st QTR

Frequently Asked Questions

Once TEAMS is rolled out for TTUHSC will we be discontinuing ZOOM?

  • Zoom is a vital tool in delivering education and communication services to TTUHSC and there are no plans to discontinue ZOOM services.
    • Our classrooms are being converted from the legacy Polycom conferencing system to ZOOM ROOMS
      ZOOM Phone provides our cloud-based phone service.
    • The addition of TEAMS to our services provides additional choices and flexibility for communicating with our coworkers and partners. 

Which conference or chat application should I use?

  • IT recommends that you continue to use ZOOM for internal TTUHSC communications and use TEAMS as appropriate with TEAMS based external partners.
    • ZOOM scheduler, AI Companion, DOCS, and Tacks have become a part of many business processes at TTUHSC.
    • The addition of TEAMS will provide you with the full feature set used by external partners who use TEAMS as their primary communication system. (Such as TTU) 

Once we have OneDrive will we be required to move our content from BOX?

There is currently no plan to discontinue BOX as a storage option for TTUHSC.  The rollout of OneDrive will provide an additional resource for data storage. More information regarding storage limits and best practices will be published at a later date.

Stages of Microsoft 365

CheckDeactivated TTUHSC Office.com download site
COMPLETE


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Global Address List Separation
COMPLETE

migrateMigrate to Exchange Online
COMPLETE


Financial IconDeployment of other M365 Services
FUTURE DATES TBD

 

Thank you for your patience during the execution of this exciting project!

 

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