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South Australia's network of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges has revealed itself as the latest education institution to plan a move to hosted email solution for staff and students.
Central TAFE in Western Australia has decided to go with Microsoft's free hosted email system Live@edu for its 15,000 students and its experience with the email will determine whether other Western Australian TAFEs will also decide to go with the system.
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The University of Sydney has decided to move its around 46,000 students over to Microsoft Exchange-based email.
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