We get asked a lot where this office is by lost students…so here’s the new correct answer: The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships (OFAS) will temporarily move to University Plaza Suite 100 on June 7. To assist with the move, the office will be closed beginning June 6 at 3 p.m. and should reopen by 10 a.m. on June 8 at the University Plaza. OFAS plans to return to 218 Kerr in early July. For emergency financial aid or scholarship situations during closure students or staff can contact OFAS at financial.aid@oregonstate.edu.
RICH & ANNA’S COLORADO RIVER ADVENTURE
Come to Waldo 400 at noon on June 9th for a Colorado River slide show (about half an hour worth of pictures and videos). All RO staff are invited! Here is a photo that maybe gives a bit of flavor of the trip.
As a preview of what you’ll see…that’s Rich in the back with the Beaver colors on!
HOT WEATHER ALERT!
As you have most likely heard, it’s going to get HAWT this weekend. Click here for more details on how to stay safe in the heat. Bulletin – Hot Weather
O-HELP OREGON HAZARD EXPLORER
Assess your risk when the Cascadia subduction zone earthquake hits with a new tool designed by OSU’s College of Engineering, as part of the Cascadia Lifelines Program (use Google Chrome as your search engine for best results): http://ohelp.oregonstate.edu/
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
Thanks to everyone who was able to join us to celebrate Rich & Debbie’s retirement on June 1st. It was an amazing turnout of great folks from across campus and beyond!
In this edition of the Making Oregon podcast, we go behind the scenes of a business incubator whose purpose is to find and develop successful start-ups, equipping them to become profitable businesses. We’ve all heard the buzz about incubators, but in this podcast we’ll find out what do they really do, what kind of businesses they help, and how they improve the odds of startup success.
Our guests are Mark Lieberman, Chief StartUp Officer, and Anna Walsh, Operations Manager, for the Oregon State University Advantage Accelerator. The OSU Accelerator operates in partnership with state-funded RAIN Corvallis, (Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network).
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
I can’t recall seeing a more attractive group of RO staffers, like…ever. Thanks for posing for a group shot everyone! GO TEAM!
Amanda was at the NSF Large Facilities Workshop in Washington DC earlier this week as was able to snap this shot of the memorial…a fitting tribute on this Memorial Day weekend!
As you may have noticed, we have a very busy interview schedule next week for the new Asst. VP in ORI as well as the new Associate VP for Operations. Meeting requests have been sent for the AVPR and first of the ORI candidates. Debbie will be sending out materials on the other 3 ORI candidates early next week:
ASSOCIATE VPR, OPERATIONS- SCHEDULE
Candidate 1- Roy Haggerty- Monday, May 23
Research Office interview- 11-11:45am, Location: MU 222, Council Room
Campus Forum- 12-1pm, Location: Burt 193
Candidate 2- Staci Simonich- Thursday, May 26
Research Office interview- 11-11:45am, Location: MU 221
Campus Forum- 12-1pm, Location: MU 222, Council Room
Candidate 3- Phil Mote- Tuesday, May 31
Research Office interview- 11:10-11:50, Location: MU 222, Council Room
Campus Forum- 12-1pm, Location: MU 222, Council Room
ASSISTANT VP- ORI- SCHEDULE
Candidate 1- Shannon Lunt- Monday, May 23
Campus Forum- 1:30-2:30pm, Location: MU 208, La Raza
Candidate 3- Bill Dale- Thursday, June 9
Campus Forum- Timing TBD
OSRAA UPDATES
B306 REMODEL: The moving company will remove furnishings from B306 on 6/13, and the carpeting will be replaced 6/14 through 6/16. Whatever will be moving back into B306 will be delivered back on 6/17. Hopefully cubicle installs will happen at this time as well. Julie has reserved the conference room in Snell Hall so that B306’ers can use that as workspace during the week of 6/13.
RETIREMENT PARTY NEWS!!: Lin Reilly’s retirement reception will be held on June 15, from 2:30 – 3:30 in MU 213. All RO staff please try to swing by and toast Lin!
HIRING: OSRAA will be hiring a Grant and Contract Officer instead of another Senior Grant and Contract Officer. Zach will lead the Search Committee, so he will be putting a Search Committee very soon.
OFFICE 365 ROLLOUT
CN is rollout out Office365 starting 5/19 PM. The first phase will include machines with Office 2010. A few weeks later, the other machines will be upgraded, including Macs. Be sure to leave your machines on at night to receive the automatic update Things to know:
1) New interface: Some features and options will be in different locations. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-s-new-and-improved-in-Office-2016-for-Office-365-95c8d81d-08ba-42c1-914f-bca4603e1426
2) Cloud service for sharing and syncing documents. Also- this is an online version that can be used by multiple devices, such as your phone or tablet. Similar to Google drive, you can upload, sync and share Office documents: http://main.oregonstate.edu/office-365 . If you would like a demo of these features for project management, backup or other uses, please let Stephen know.
3) Trust Center settings: the new version is locked down a little more. If you have problems running or accessing files, you can manually adjust your settings: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Add-remove-or-change-a-trusted-location-7ee1cdc2-483e-4cbb-bcb3-4e7c67147fb4 . Note: we’ve found you must restart the application (Excel, Access, Word) after you’ve made changes for the updates to take effect.”
4) According to CN: “The Office 2016 installation will NOT remove your Office 2010 desktop and taskbar shortcuts, so please replace them with Office 2016 shortcuts prior to launching any applications” Please contact Stephen at stephen.hotard@oregonstate.edu if you have any questions or need assistance on any of the above.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
I’m sure you are all still coming down from the sugar high last Friday at Susan E.’s celebration…thanks to those of you who helped coordinate this explosion of deliciousness!
The Faculty Staff Fitness Try-Athalon will be Friday, June 3rd from 11:30am-1pm. The swim portion of the event will take place at the Langton Pool and the run and walk portion will take place on Student Legacy Park (across from Dixon Recreation Center). The event itself will be a 20 minute relay. This is a great opportunity to get outside at lunch with your coworkers and have some fun. We still need 3 walkers. The cost is $10 to support the program. Please follow this link here to register.
REMINDER: RSVP FOR DEBBIE AND RICH’S RETIREMENT PARTY!
If you haven’t already, please take a moment to RSVP here for Rich and Debbie’s retirement party on June 1 at 4:30 in the MU Lounge!
SAVE THE DATE AND DRESS PRETTY- 5/24 ALL STAFF MEETING
Everyone should have the upcoming All Staff Meeting Tuesday, May 24 from 10:30-12pm in MU 206 on their calendars and we hope to see you there. Please note that at 11:30 we are all going to gather in the quad (if weather permits) if not on the MU indoor steps and have a GROUP PHOTO taken! What will YOU do to stand out in the photo?? Some of you may recall Rick Spinrad enjoyed wearing his bright orange pants for such events. Feel free to get creative with your outfit…only requirement is that you are, in fact, dressed.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
The OSRAA hallway between B306 and 308 has become a reality…go take a look if you haven’t already!
FROM CELIA FERES-JOHNSON: Staff changes at UABC-HR necessitates a change of your current HR support team. Apologies for not sharing this information with you sooner but I didn’t have a team ready for you until today. Michelle Lopez has been promoted to HRC2 and Ginny Kroshus will remain your HRC1. We will endeavor to ensure a seamless transition. This change goes in to effect today.
SNACK FEST MAY 13
You’re invited to a morning snack fest featuring the Two Susan’s’ Famous Spa Water! And Susan E. will bring a delicious Donut Birthday Cake
Where? The Breezeway
When? Friday May 13
PORT ORFORD FILL STATION RECEIVES AWARD
From Kevin Buch, some news regarding the fill station in Port Orford here (scroll down to the ‘Tourism Development Award’).
Also see on Facebook (scroll down a bit): https://www.facebook.com/oregonsmarinereserves/
Thanks to everyone that supported this and made it happen!
OFFICE 2016 (WINDOWS) UPGRADES BEGIN MAY 9
Our beta testers in the Research Office have experienced 3 issues related to this upgrade:
1) Installation process: sometimes this deletes or removes previous instances of Office. Sometimes it does not. Both of these cases can cause issues. The icons for the previous versions do not disappear after the Office 2016 install. Users click on the icons for the previous versions of Office and it says it wants to reinstall the suite. Additionally, the extension types of Office documents sometimes reverts to Office 2013 or 2016 versions, even when updating the settings within the Windows interface or updating the registry.
2) Custom application upgrade issues: we have some custom Excel and Access applications. When testing with 2016 Access, the event procedures for some of the form calls are not raised (that work perfectly with Office 2010 or 2013), so this requires workarounds to the application. We are not sure how extensive this problem is. I’ve researched this on the MS site, but there is no specific article I’ve found that addresses this issue from 2013 to 2016.
3) Performance issues related to cloud syncing with the new version. There are settings to toggle the cloud features that you can adjust if you are experiencing issues.
If you have any questions or concerns about the upgrade, please contact Stephen at Stephen.Hotard@oregonstate.edu and we can coordinate with CN to change the rollout for your system
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TOPIC- FIRE
The monthly Emergency Preparedness Topic for this month can be accessed here: FIRE Monthly Topic – 2016 05 Fire. Previous topics can be found at: http://emergency.oregonstate.edu/preparedness-topics PHOTO OF THE WEEK
This is what happens when Kirt plays basket ball with college kids.
CH CH CH CH CHANGES IN THE RESEARCH OFFICE
Several announcements regarding comings and goings in the RO. First, just an early heads up that we will be posting a position for an “Executive Assistant- Operations” in the Research Office. Hopefully it will post next week. This position will replace the role currently held by Debbie, who is retiring on June 30 and will support AVPs in OSRAA and ORI (this ORI position is currently being recruited) as well as the new Associate VP for Research, the role Rich will be departing on June 30. An internal posting for that position is out today. Keep your eyes peeled the job links in OSU Today!
Additionly, after 20 years of service in the field of research administration (almost 10 years have been at OSU), Lin Reilly will be retiring June 30, 2016. Lin also spent 20 years in the private sector prior to moving into the field of research administration. According to Lin, “I’m honored and grateful to have worked with a great bunch of people here in the Research Office and the campus, and to have been an integral part of the merger of Sponsored Programs and the Post Award office, transforming into the Office for Sponsored Research & Award Administration. I trust that the office will continue to offer excellent customer service to the campus as its processes evolve. Stay tuned for more details on an event to honor Lin’s service.
Lastly, we welcome Vern Wrobleski to the ORI team as the ERA Project Manager. Vern joins us from Hewlett-Packard where he worked for the last 17 years as a manager on various projects in Roseville, Houston and Corvallis. He is located in A312 in the office next to Stephen…drop by and say hi!
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
The Research Office is accepting applications for the Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Creativity (URISC) program for Fall, Winter and/or Spring term(s) 2016-17. This program supports undergraduate research activities from all academic disciplines within the university. Program description and application: http://research.oregonstate.edu/incentive/undergraduate-research-innovation-scholarship-creativity-urisc. Information Debbie Delmore at debbie.delmore@oregonstate.edu. Deadline: May 9.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK -BRING YOUR KIDS TO WORK DAY-ICE CREAM SOCIAL MANIA!
These adorable “rodents” (that’s a direct quote from Mark) below to Mark Peters, the mastermind of this ice cream social soiree. Thanks, Mark!Ice cream covered in other types of sugar is a good idea.Cathleen and her son, Ishvan, get creative with the fixings.
Jessica Thurner-Byers is coming to us from Head Start of Lane County where she served as Financial Analyst Specialist in support of a program supported with federal, state, and grant funds. She performed budget analysis for wages and other charges for grant funds, provided monthly financial variance reports, and analysis reporting to two governing boards. She also served as the Executive Director of Administration and Finance for the Associate Students of Southern Oregon University serving as a liaison between students and administration.
Jeffrey Zoellner will be joining us from the private sector where he performed bookkeeping and prepared taxes for individuals, small businesses, and non-profits. His experience includes reviewing bank records, capital assets, revenues, and he performed expenditure testing for audits. He has a strong customer service focus and some grant experience.
In addition, Dawn Wagner will be returning to OSRAA in a temporary appointment as Fiscal Coordinator II. She will be helping us to resolve our closeout backlog and assisting with other projects. Dawn has extensive sponsored projects administration experience with over 15 years in various roles at OSU, UO, Northwestern University, and University of Kansas Center for Research. Dawn will start on Monday, April 18 and will be primarily working remotely. Please join us in welcoming Jessica, Jeff, and Dawn to the Research Office!
SAVE THE DATES REMINDER
Tuesdsay, May 24, 10:30am-12pm– RO ALL STAFF MEETING. Location: MU 206. Please note that during the last 30min of the meeting we will be taking an ALL STAFF GROUP PHOTO!! Depending on weather we’ll be out in the MU or on the stairs inside. Be there to be recorded forever in RO photographic lore!
Wednesday, June 1, 4:30-6:30- RICH HOLDREN & DEBBIE DELMORE RETIREMENT PARTY. Location: MU Lounge. Join us for a toast to Rich and Debbie as we celebrate their many years of service to OSU. Wine and cheese reception as well as plenty of kid friendly snacks and goodies will be provided. Please RSVP here.
A MESSAGE FROM HELEN DIGGS
The third week of April has long been recognized by animal activists as World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week, a time to aggressively protest the use of animals in research, teaching, and testing. Through the years the ‘week’ has expanding into several weeks. During this period we may hear of protest demonstrations, facility break-ins and acts of violence directed at investigators and research institutions throughout the United States and around the world. Be careful these next weeks to secure your facilities, especially in the evenings and weekends. As always, any suspicious activities in or around your facilities should be reported immediately to the Department of Public Safety 541-737-3010. Report emergencies or urgent issues to 911 or Campus Public Safety 541-737-7000. Helen is available to speak to individuals and groups with questions regarding the use of animals in research. Please direct them to her at: larc@oregonstate.edu
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Delicious, refreshing, boutique water compliments of Susan E. & Susan T. complete with homegrown herbs from Molly. Located in the Research Development office refrigerator nestled between a secret sack lunch and containers of herbs, you will find our lovely water concoctions. Pictured here – Vanilla Orange Mint and Rosemary Lime. Earlier in the week, we created a colorful Raspberry Basil blend. Put an extra pep in your step today with a glass of delectable, revitalizing, thirst-quenching boutique water.
OSRAA has (locking) file cabinets and other miscellaneous office supplies and equipment up for grabs before it all heads to surplus. If you are interested, see Julie Meier, but don’t delay as an order for pick-up will be finalized soon.
OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT COLLOQUIUM
This year’s Outreach and Engagement Colloquium is about exploring and recognizing diverse pathways to community engagement and engaged scholarship. It’s the future of land-grant universities, and it’s an important conversation for Oregon State University. Engagement with communities and partners across the state is what distinguishes OSU from all other Oregon universities. Aspects of that conversation start to take shape on April 12, beginning by recognizing colleagues across the university and throughout Oregon. The work we’ll be recognizing showcases the diversity of OSU’s engagement efforts. For more information please visit this site.
MONTHLY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS- HOSTILE INTRUDER
The monthly Emergency Preparedness Topics are provided as a monthly focus on a different hazard that faces our community. The information is provided so that it can be displayed on a bulletin board, put into a newsletter, attached to a website, or used to facilitate discussions at staff meetings or other gatherings. Previous topics can be found at: http://emergency.oregonstate.edu/preparedness-topics. Please click here: Monthly Topic – 2016 04 Hostile Intruder for information on Hostile Intruders.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Cindy hosted a well received poster session for the Board of Trustees last week featuring grad students from across OSU. Here’s a photo from after the event with the student presenters. Go Beavs!
This month I made the decision to reorganize operations of Oregon State University’s Center for Latino Studies and Engagement – CL@SE. This reorganization will include an assessment of how to build sufficient funding to sustainably support CL@SE’s mission and operations, and how best to advance its research and engagement agenda. CL@SE remains a priority of the University, the Research Office, Oregon State’s Division of Outreach and Engagement working with colleges and departments throughout Oregon State. Over the next weeks, I will meet with OSU colleagues and members of Oregon’s Latino community to discuss leadership and strategic initiatives of CL@SE. Our challenge will be to devise a plan that advances the mission of CL@SE and its reputation for research and engagement of Latino culture. Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have questions/concerns or receive inquiries from colleagues. I will keep you updated on our progress!
OSU AUTHORS LECTURE 4/6 and 4/12
OSU Authors lectures are being held on 4/6 and 4/12. At this event all OSU Authors and Editors will be acknowledged for their work. For more details regarding the event and for a full list of OSU Authors and Editors, please click here.
RECYCLE CONTAINERS IN THE KITCHEN
A friendly reminder to please not leave your orange recycle containers in the kitchen…even if you cleaned them (you know you are!). It’s up to everyone to take their own containers to the receptacles…closest of which is in front of Kerr. Thanks for being respectful when using our shared small kitchen space!
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
A firefighting module from the Motorboat Operator Training Course in Astoria last week. The 23 students included OSU Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, CEOAS, and Ocean Observing Initiative. Other students were from ODFW, USGS, and NOAA. Kevin Buch’s OSU Small Boat Program was part of the instructional team.
After review and evaluation the Research Council provided the Research Office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Research Office received 18 submissions with requests totaling $877,998. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 11 proposals with combined budgets of $407,901.The following proposals have been selected for funding:
Bionaz, Massimo (Dept. of Animal and Rangeland Sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences): “High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Dual UV and Fluorescence Capability”
Boston, Kevin (Dept. of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management, College of Forestry): “Eye-Tracking System for Human Behavioral Responses”
Brook, Edward (College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences): “Methane Preconcentration Unit for Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry”
Dragila, Maria Ines (Dept. of Crop and Soil Science, College of Agricultural Sciences): “HyProp”
Eschbach, Peter (Electron Microscope Facility): “Ultra-Microtome”
Kent, Adam (College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences): “Optical Emission Spectrometer (OES)”
Langdon, Chris (Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station, Hatfield Marine Science Center, College of Agricultural Sciences): “Replacement Autoclave for NAL/HMSC”
Loesgen, Sandra (Dept. of Chemistry, College of Science): “Preparative HPLC for the Purification of Complex Mixtures”
Löhr, Christiane (Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine): “Leica DM6000 – Fully Motorized Slide Scanning System with Bright Field and Fluorescence Capability (Slide Scanner)”
Magnusson, Kathy (Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine): “MED64-Basic and QUAD II Multi-Electrode Array”
Tyler, Brett (Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing): “Biocomputing Processing Servers Replacement”
LEADERSHIP CHANGE IN CENTRAL HR
Dave Blake, Assistant Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, voluntarily resigned from his position to seek other opportunities outside the State of Oregon. His resignation is effective March 18th, 2016 and we wish him and his family well and thank him for his time at Oregon State University. At this time, Donna Chastain will continue to serve as the Acting Chief Human Resources Officer, reporting to Mike Green, Interim Vice President for Finance, and the Public Safety, Facilities Services, and Risk Management departments will continue to report to Ron Adams, Interim Vice President for Administration.
ACCELERATOR CALL TO ACTION- CIVIL WAR!
Rick Turoczy (and accelerator guru) is taking an open source approach to creating best practices for Accelerators – and he’s willing to come teach us about it face-to-face if we get 100 people from Corvallis to say they want him here before UO/Eugene does. This event would be hosted by the OSU Advantage Accelerator and presented by Rick. More importantly, OSU would be featured in the cookbook he’s building as a sort of ‘case study’. This would help build our community even more and help put Oregon on the map. Learn more here and donate ($1 is all it takes!)
RO BUDGET HOUSEKEEPING – FRIENDLY REMINDERS
Hosting Groups and Official Guests: Allowable expenditures for hosting groups and official guests.
• Meal and refreshment costs should be reasonable for the occasion. Approved OSU travel per diem rates ($14.25 breakfast or lunch, $28.50 dinner) are used to check for the reasonableness standard. Keep in mind the 15% allowable gratuity is included in the per diem rate. Meal expenses significantly exceeding the OSU per-diem rates require documentation explaining the reason for the excess and the approval of the department head. Check out the full policy at: http://fa.oregonstate.edu/fis-manual/400-expenditures/410-expenditure-types/410-05-hosting-groups-and-official-guests or contact Shirley Chow if you have any questions.
Refreshments or Meals at Unit Functions:
• Refreshments, meals, or affiliated supplies (ie paper plates, cups, etc.) at unit functions. These can be paid with university funds when the activity meets one of the following criteria:
1. Training or workshop lasting at least two hours
2. Unit staff retreat with written agenda and held away from the normal work location and in a private room
3. Employee working meal with required attendance and business conducted during the meal period (as documented in meeting agenda); location is not at a restaurant, unless in a private room
4. Employee meal provided at worksite during an overtime period, two or more hours beyond the end of employee’s work shift, when duties prevent the employee from taking a meal break (must be clearly documented)
5. University funds cannot be used to pay for employee meals or refreshments for regularly scheduled unit meetings
6. Check out the full policy at: http://fa.oregonstate.edu/fis-manual/400-expenditures/410-expenditure-types/410-07-refreshments-or-meals-unit-functions or contact Shirley Chow if you have any questions.
Oregon’s New Sick Leave Laws:
• In late December, the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) issued the rules governing how employers are to implement Oregon’s new “Mandatory” Sick Time law (OAR 839-007-0000). Under the new law, Students and Temporary Employees will accrue sick leave and record usage in EmpCenter.:
a. Sick Leave will accrue at the rate of 1 hour for every 30 hours worked after January 1, 2016.
b. Federal Work Study positions are excluded from the accrual.
c. EmpCenter will automatically accrue SL for every 30 hours worked.
d. Sick leave can be used immediately after it is earned for employees employed for at least 90 calendar days; new employees can use sick leave on the 91st day of employment.
e. Sick leave MUST be used in 1 hour increments.
f. Sick leave can be entered directly on the timesheet or pre-authorized by using the My Time Off request in EmpCenter.
g. Accrual is capped at 40 hours each fiscal year (July 1st-June 30th).
h. Employees can carry over 40 hours each fiscal year.
i. Usage is capped at 40 hours each fiscal year.
Looking for your re-placement W-2?
• Current Employees: log on-to “MyOSU” Go to the “Employee” tab, and click on “W-2” in the “My Employment Details” box. Classified Staff Use of Personal Leave
• Just a reminder that classified employees must use their personal leave by June 30, 2016! The Personal Leave balance is either you use it or lose it by June 30th.
OSU OFFICE365 SOFT LAUNCH
Links and documentation can be found here: http://oregonstate.edu/office365. Login is with: username@oregonstate.edu
Please contact Stephen at stephen.hotard@oregonstate.edu if you or your unit would like a demo or tutorial of this platform.
Note: there are issues with running Office 2013 and Office365 on the same computer. It is strongly recommended that each unit make a collective decision about transitioning to this version: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Install-and-use-different-versions-of-Office-on-the-same-PC-6ebb44ce-18a3-43f9-a187-b78c513788bf
Also note that support for Macs for these applications is not complete. For example: According to CN, “OneDrive apps have spotty support for Mac OS (OneDrive is the file storage/sharing component of Office 365). The longer term plan is to implement the Box service for cloud storage. Box integrates with Office 365 and will replace OneDrive. The Box implementation is not due to happen until Fall 2016.”
CN also has stated: “Please be aware that when a person’s account goes away, their OneDrive content can be lost and it is not easy to reassign it to another user. That is one of the issues we hope to solve with Box.” This is the same issue we have with the OSU Google Apps.
Here are some more details from CN:
Reasons customers may want to use Office 365:
• To license 5 free installations of Office Pro Plus on their personal devices.
• To edit documents on mobile platforms.
• To sync OneNote across multiple devices.
• To access the Office Online apps.
Q: What about SharePoint Online?
A: At this time, the SharePoint Online tool is not in the portfolio of IS services. Customers may use it if they feel comfortable doing so, but we are not recommending it.
Q: Is Office 365 another version of Office?
A: No. Office 365 is a suite of tools that includes Office Online, Office Pro Plus licensing, SharePoint Online and OneDrive.
Q: What about the Microsoft Home Use Program?
A: The program is still available, but in most cases people will be licensed for Office 365 and can get their 5 free downloads there instead.
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Look out, DC! Pat (and a colleague) are about to enter the West Wing and she means business!
