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Great news! Due to overwhelming popularity of the class, CaTS is offering an additional Microsoft Lync 2013 training session before the end of the year. This additional session, called Microsoft Lync 2013: Instant Messaging and Video Conferencing for University Needs, will be held on December 18 from 2:00 – 3:30pm. During this session, our instructors will guide you through the Lync software and show you how to chat, share files, and use Lync as both a remote location meeting tool and as a way to interview prospective employees or students.

**Please note that this training session will be recorded and seating is limited!**

To register for this classe, visit the following website:

https://www.wright.edu/information-technology/support-and-training/works...

To learn more about Microsoft Lync visit http://wright.edu/information-technology/services/microsoft-lync. If you’ve got any questions about Microsoft Lync or our training sessions, please give the Help Desk a call at (937) 775-4827 or toll free at 1-888-775-4827.

Recently, some users at Wright State began receiving emails from
Microsoft recommending a new service for email called “Clutter”. Clutter
attempts to remove items from your Office 365 inbox that you are likely
to ignore and places them into their own folder. If you receive an email
about Clutter and click on the link to sign up, you are taken to a log
in screen that then asks for your Office 365 log in information. If you
are already logged in to your Office 365 account, then you will be taken
directly to a page allowing you to enable Clutter.

At this time, CaTS has not used or tested the Clutter service, and we
are not sure of the impact this service will have on your email inbox.
Also, please note that Clutter is not turned on by default for your
account; you must take action to do so. As we obtain more information
about this service we will keep the university updated.

If you have already enabled Clutter and would like to disable it,
here’s how:

1) Log in to your Office 365 account either through WINGS or by going
out http://outlook.wright.edu
2) Click on the gear icon in the top right corner
3) Click on “Options”
4) Click on “Mail” and then “Automatic Processing”
5) Click on “Clutter” and choose whether to enable or disable the service
6) Click “Save”

If you have questions, please direct them to the Help Desk at (937)
775-4827 or toll free at 1-888-775-4827.

Microsoft OneDrive for Business Coming Soon

On July 14, all university faculty, staff, and students will have access to another new service from Microsoft called OneDrive for Business.OneDrive for Business is a cloud storage solution for your files and work documents, and is accessible with any web browser. Along with OneDrive for Business, you will have access to the Office Web Apps, which are web versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.

OneDrive for Business, accessible through your Office 365 account, comes with 25 GB of free storage space, which will soon be increased to 1 TB (terabyte). Your files can be kept private or you can share them with others. You will also have the ability to collaborate with others on a document.

Please remember that as you begin using OneDrive for Business, you should not store any files or documents that contain sensitive university data. If you do so, you will be in violation of University Policy 11300, which is the university’s IT Security Policy. See section 11300.03 for further information.

To learn more about OneDrive for Business, visit our OneDrive for Business Help & Training website.

If you have questions about OneDrive, please contact the CaTS Help Desk at (937) 775-4827 or toll free at 1-888-775-4827. You can also reach us via email at helpdesk@wright.edu.

Reminder: Microsoft Lync Also Available

CaTS also wants to remind you that the Microsoft Lync service was recently made available to all faculty, staff, and students of Wright State. Lync is a communications systems that provides voice and video chat, instant messaging capabilities, computer screen sharing, and more.

There are different versions of Lync, depending on your operating system or mobile device, with each one having some difference in features offered. If you would like to learn more about Lync, what versions are offered, and to see how it works, check out our Lync Help and Training website.

The Scheduling Assistant within Outlook allows you to invite groups of people to a meeting without having to contact them individually via email. For an excellent description and tutorial on using the Scheduling Assistant, visit the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's website, located at http://www.uwec.edu/Help/email/MicrosoftOutlookSchedulingAssistant.htm