Army Enterprise e-mail migration

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Feeling slightly intimidated by all of the high tech terminology surrounding the imminent AKO US Army migration' Despite the fact that the road toward Enterprise e-mail may perhaps seem complex, there's a clear map, leaders know exactly where the effort is headed, along with the economy sized e-mail box Soldiers have now is about to turn into a luxury sedan, about 40 times larger.

There is certainly a lot more wonderful news. Soldiers moving to a brand new assignment will likely be able to turn on their computer systems and immediately access their e-mail. Even though this may possibly sounds too excellent to become correct, by the finish of this year it will likely be reality for Army personnel.

During 2011, all Army e-mail users will migrate to Enterprise e-mail service. As an alternative to accessing e-mail via neighborhood e-mail servers at every single installation, they'll reach via the network to access e-mail services from centralized servers called the Division of Defense cloud. The migration of e-mail services to the Defense Details Systems Agency, or DISA, is part of a bigger DoD work to consolidate information technologies solutions, improve capabilities, and cut down overall fees.

Key benefits of Enterprise e-mail

- Access to e-mail anywhere, at any time, from any authorized, CAC-equipped personal computer

- E-mail accounts stay active throughout duty station moves and unit relocations

- Share person, organizational, and resource calendars across the enterprise

- Discover e-mail addresses and speak to information of Army and DoD e-mail users at other areas across DoD

- Send e-mails with bigger attachments than is presently allowed

- 4 gigabytes of online e-mail storage for normal e-mail account holders

- 500 megabyte webmail accounts for those who never usually use Army e-mail to perform their duties

The migration to this new capability begins in mid-February 2011 with an initial "fielding" to about 2,000 chosen e-mail customers, as outlined by Brig. Gen. LaWarren Patterson, commanding common, 7th Signal Command (Theater).

"This 1st step will let the Enterprise Email to refine the migration procedure and guarantee a smooth transition. It is going to supply a validation of migration methods, e-mail functionality, and system management procedures," Patterson said.
Promptly following thriving migration of this initially wave of users, HQDA staff are scheduled to begin migration in March. The rest of the Army will begin migration instantly thereafter, using the migrations completed Armywide by the end of December 2011, in line with Patterson.

As migration dates draw close to, affected personnel are getting notified with e-mails explaining the steps they want to take before their e-mail accounts are migrated.

"Users will have all of the assistance they have to have prior to, during and soon after the migration," Patterson said.

"7th Signal Command will deliver teams to augment our Network Enterprise Centers, or NECs, as they help users with executing migration tasks. NETCOM will coordinate help with Army commands for migration of e-mail accounts managed by other information and facts technologies (IT) service providers," he said.

"We are confident that a coordinated effort amongst all Army organizations will lead to success within this significant move toward consolidated Enterprise IT services," Patterson mentioned.

In preparation for migration, all customers can carry out some straightforward upkeep tasks that will aid the transition go smoothly in accordance with Herman Wells, Enterprise Services director, 7th Signal Command (Theater).

"Clean up your mailbox as considerably as possible. The smaller the mailbox, the smoother the migration. Delete messages and calendar items that are no longer essential to hold.

Decrease network-stored PSTs (private folder files). There is absolutely nothing that stops a user from creating a nearby PST and moving the PST back into the on the internet mailbox soon after migration," he said. "During the preparation period before migration, NECs and transition teams will give detailed data on exporting and importing contacts" he added.

Blackberry customers must make certain it is turned around the night prior, and within a spot having a sturdy signal. If it loses signal and just isn't communicating with all the Blackberry Exchange Server appropriately, the device will have to be adjusted manually the following day, in accordance with Wells.

"Keeping consumers within the loop and delighted is significant in the course of this transition. We expect some challenges with Blackberry customers because each will need touch labor," Wells said.

The Army Signal Corps leadership is top in the front through the move to Enterprise e-mail.