1. LGfL Managed Email Services
Brian Durrant
Chief Executive
London Grid for Learning

2. StaffMail

3. StaffMail For Staff, Governors and Admin
Delivered in conjunction with Atomwide
Dual Hosted (Telehouse and Park Royal)
Fault Tolerant & Resilient
Full Exchange 2007 Functionality
5GB Mailbox Limit
Max 20MB Size inc. attachments
Provided ‘free’ to LGfL Schools

4. StaffMail Features Personal and shared calendaring
Personal and shared address books
Accessible via:
MS Outlook
MS Outlook Web Access
Outlook Mobile Access (compatible PDA or m’phone)
POP3, SMTP, IMAP protocols supported, and mail forwarding

5. StaffMail Login Screen
Access to StaffMail is via LGfL USO

6. StaffMail Outlook Web Access

7. StaffMail & MailProtect
All scanned for viruses, spam and inappropriate content by LGfL MailProtect.
Staff can control spam including access to spam release, spam digest reporting, and in/out reporting.

8. StaffMail on-line identity & domains
By default each user will receive an address based upon their USO account name with a domain name of lgflmail.org
For example, ‘John Smith’ may receive a USO user name of jsmit and an address of
LAs may supply own domain (eg. lbwf.org) and this may be applied to all users in the LA
Schools may supply their own domain name “schoolname.la.sch.uk” and to be applied to all of the users in the USO in their school

9. StaffMail Address Books
Each user may add and delete entries from their own private address book
a school staff member will see:
all staff at their school - only
all pupils at their school that are using LondonMail
the LA shared list
a LA staff member will see:
school lists of staff

10. LondonMail

11. LondonMail
A Microsoft service, branded LGfL, offered as a turn-key solution for use by pupils.
highly availability web-mail service for curriculum use
inbound and outbound mail filtering by MicroSoft
protects against viruses, spam and inappropriate content
all inbound also scanned for viruses, spam and inappropriate content by LGfL MailProtect.
Exchange Functionality hosted by Microsoft in Dublin
5GB Mailbox Limit
Max 20MB Size including Attachments
Provided ‘free’ to LGfL Schools

12. LondonMail Features Personal and shared calendaring
Personal address books
Accounts will be accessible via:
MS Outlook
MS Outlook Web Access
Outlook Mobile Access (compatible PDA or m’phone)
POP3, SMTP, IMAP protocols supported, and mail forwarding

13. LondonMail Outlook Web Access

14. LondonMail - identities & domains
each user is allocated an address based upon their existing USO or new USOlite account name
‘John Smith’ receives jsmit and an address of
As a Becta Accredited Internet Services Provider LGfL supports address anonymity. As a requirement of accreditation, LGfL enables LAs and schools to reduce the risk to pupils by providing by default addresses that protect pupils' anonymity
An LA may choose to supply their own domain (lbwf.org) and this may be applied to all users in the LA

15. MailProtect

16. MailProtect
Used in conjunction with LGfL StaffMail and LondonMail services
MailProtect uses filtering technology provided by Systems
Dual Hosted (Telehouse and Park Royal)
Fault Tolerant & Resilient

17. Service Documentation
The most current versions can be found on the LGfL Support website (
LGfL Managed Microsoft Exchange Service for Staff (StaffMail)
LGfL Managed Microsoft Exchange Service for Pupils (LondonMail)
LGfL Content Control (MailProtect)
USO Service Description
USO Service Datasheet
USO Service Pricing

18. Timelines 020 8255 5555 Support Number – Now!
StaffMail pilot users – 17 March 2008
StaffMail first LA – 31 March 2008
LondonMail test users – 21 April 2008
LondonMail pilot schools – 2 June 2008
LondonMail first LA – 24 July 2008
MailProtect – 17 March 2008
Full Production All Services – 3 September 2008

19. Migration from @mail LGfL @mail will cease service 31.10.08
Contact lists will be migratable
If full migration is required, use Synetrix Hosting sync utility

20. Future StaffMail RIM (Blackberry) Access
LondonMail Shared Contact Lists

21. Finally….
New
low-cost LGfL
support number

22.
Local call on
Same as (but cheaper!)
still operational
Help desk for StaffMail and LondonMail Services are via Option 3

23. Microsoft Dublin Data Centre

24. LondonMail & USO-lite
LGfL USOlite accounts may be provisioned for certain individual services, such as LGfL LondonMail. Where these have been provisioned, the account is restricted for use only with those designated services
In the event of non USO account holders subscribing to multiple services that are supplied complete with a USOlite account, then the user may be able to use the same credentials for each service. USOlite accounts cannot access LGfL Shibboleth services such as Premium Content
Should a user’s account be upgraded from USOlite to a full USO account as part of a school or LA USO purchase, the user will be able to retain their ‘-lite’ on line identity, with its functionality simply being upgraded automatically as part of the process
USOlite accounts cannot be upgraded individually

25. Microsoft’s European Mega Data Centre at Grange Castle, Dublin
Previous slide -Rendering of the finished data centre
£250 million mostly automated plant
Total building footprint - 570,000 square feet
18.9 acre site

26. Similar Microsoft Data Centre under Construction