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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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titleWhat to expect with Migration
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titleWhen is the migration happening?
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Saturday, March 31st (7:00AM - 1:00PM)

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titleYour mailbox will be briefly unavailable while it is in transit
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Your mailboxes will be offline for several hours during the Migration window. If you are try to access your mailbox during this time, you will receive a message that your mailbox is inaccessible.

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Once the mailbox move becomes locked for move completion (during the migration window), you may see a disconnect notice informing you that your mailbox location is no longer valid or that your credentials are invalid.

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titleNew incoming email will be held in a queue while your mailbox is moved and will be delivered to your mailbox once its migration complete
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The Office 365 Exchange servers always receive mail in an incoming queue before delivering mail to the appropriate mailbox. At the point when your mailbox is unavailable during its migration, the server will simply hold your incoming email in this queue until your mailbox becomes available once again. Once your mailbox becomes available, your incoming queued mail will be delivered to that mailbox.

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titleHow will I know when the migration is complete?
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We will provide migration updates on the Migration Home Page.

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titleWhat Is Being Migrated
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titleThe following WILL be migrated automatically for everyone (data delivered and stored on the server).
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  • Email Messages (*w/ exception of "Personal Folders" or "Archived Mail" - see below)
  • Calendars
  • Contacts
  • Distribution Groups
  • Permissions (i.e. Shared Calendars, Mailboxes, et al)
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titleWhat Items are Stored Locally on Your Computer
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NOTE: These items are stored locally on your computer. They will be automatically linked to your new Profile, but you will have to set the default for them (ex: If you go to configure your signature - The current one will be there, but the setting of when to use it will require an action on your part)

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  • Email Signatures (personalized signatures for your email messages)
  • Out of Office Reply Settings (Automated replies)
  • Forwarding Settings (Office 365 account automatically goes to another email account, such as your Gmail account)
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NOTE: The following items are stored locally on your computer but require you to import them into your profile. (*Inbox Rules only if they were exported and saved as a file)

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  • Inbox Rules
  • Personal Folders (Copies of emails on your computer, not on the server)
  • Archived Mail (Similar to Personal Folders)
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  1. Exit out of Outlook completely.
  2. Open Microsoft Word (open either a blank document or any word document on your computer)
  3. Go to FIle > Options > Advanced
  4. Scroll down to "display"
  5. Check the box Disable Hardware Graphics Acceleration
  6. Exit Microsoft Word.
  7. Try creating yournew Profile again.
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Note: You may be prompted multiple times to re-enter your credentials (even if select Remember my credentials).

Note: If there were any emails that were in your Trash (deleted from Inbox but not deleted from your mailbox), they will show up. Because they were deleted but your Trash wasn't emptied, they were migrated with your account. They are NOT duplicates or anything nefarious. Simply delete them again and then empty your Trash. It is a bit annoying we know.
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titleGeneral FAQ's
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titleDo I have to be migrated?
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Yes.

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titleDoes this migration affect everyone?
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Yes. This migration affects everyone with an @mccombs.utexas.edu address: Faculty, Staff, PhD Students, Full-time MBA Students.

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titleWill my email change?
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No. You will continue to use your current firstname.lastname@mccombs.utexas.edu to send and receive email after the migration.

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titleWill I continue to log into my computer the same way?
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Yes. You will continue to log into your computer using your EID and EID password.

Warning

Exception: Apple users (MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, et al) - your computer log on may vary. Please continue to log onto your computer, Post-Migration, the same way.

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titleCan I use my current Outlook client after the migration?
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Yes. You will continue to use your current Outlook client after the migration (or other desktop client - i.e. Apple Mail, etc...)

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titleWill I have to reconfigure anything ?
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Yes. ALL desktop, laptop, and mobile device email clients must be reconfigured with a NEW profile, after the migration to reconnect with your mailbox.

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titleWill the steps be different for Windows and Mac OS computer and mobile devices?
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Yes. Please see the following guides:

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titleWill the steps be different for Windows 7 and Windows 10?
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No. The interface may be slightly different, but the How-To Steps are essentially the same.

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titleWill shared mailboxes still function the same way as they do now?
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Yes. All permissions will be migrated.

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titleDon't see your question here?
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For technical questions, you have not seen answers to on this page, please see the below Microsoft support pages for further information on the below topics.

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CONFIGURE


SUPPORT


HOME

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