JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. –
Email users at Joint Base Langley-Eustis will soon migrate to the internet cloud under a directive by the U.S. Air Force Space Command. As a result, the dreaded “your mailbox is full” message will soon to be a thing of the past.
Over a three-day period in November, 633rd Communications Squadron technicians will migrate Langley Air Force Base users from the Air Force Network to the secure commercial cloud.
Email is the first of the Microsoft Office 365 services that the U.S. Air Force is migrating to the cloud. An initial test began last year and the Air Force recently completed migrating the first 10 Air Force bases. This experience is feeding the planning process for other cloud collaboration tools such as SharePoint, One Drive, and Skype for Business, which replaces Lync.
One key benefit of moving email service to the cloud is an increase of individual storage capacity. More than 16,000 users, who previously had 100 megabytes mailboxes, will now have a 100-gigabyte-capacity, plus an additional 100 gigabytes of archive storage in the cloud. As a result, they will now be able to hold two million normal emails in their mailbox and another two million in their archive. For the typical user, that’s an increase of 2,000 times the current capacity—that’s like going from a filing cabinet to an entire warehouse.
The new cloud-based system will offer greater storage options, along with support for mobile devices. All without compromising strict security requirements, while keeping a 99.9 percent uptime reliability rating.
As JBLE approaches its projected start date, an AFNET Integration Center team will work with 633rd CS technicians to help prepare the migration of 17,000 email accounts. To ensure a smooth transition to the cloud, look for future 633rd CS generated e-Advisories for additional migration related information. For more information, visit the Langley Cloud Hosted Enterprise Services Migration SharePoint site.