The migration of Middlebury’s email services to Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud environment is well underway. As of Friday, August 26th, we have moved 87% of all mailboxes to the cloud. Thank you so much for the help and feedback to date, it wouldn’t be possible without your support. The migration schedule can be found at http://go.middlebury.edu/cloud, updated daily.
For those of you that use Exchange Public Folders for departmental calendars, etc., we have an update. Public Folders will be unavailable for access from Tuesday, August 30th through Noon EST on Wednesday, August 31st. Public Folders are handled differently from mailboxes in Microsoft Exchange, and because of that difference they will be unavailable during their migration to the cloud.
When they are available again on August 31st, some users may need to re-open the Public Folders they normally access. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Here are the instructions for Outlook 2016 for Windows:
In Outlook, press Ctrl-6 to open the Folder View. You should see something like this:
To add a public folder to your Favorites, right-click the folder, then select Add to Favorites…. You should now be able to access it whenever you need it, including in the Calendar screen under “Other Calendars.”
Other platforms:
- Access Exchange Public Folders in Outlook 2011 on MacOS
- Access Exchange Public Folders in Outlook 2016 on MacOS
- Working with folders in Outlook Web Access
Thanks again for your support and understanding. Please contact the Helpdesk with concerns or issues.