UNC Charlotte gets new email address

This weekend, the university is switching its student email system from an eight-year-old Microsoft Exchange Server platform with on-campus server to the company's new - and free - Live@edu service. The university calls the new email system "NinerMail."

The university approved the switch in August

The university approved the switch in August. Staffers in UNCC's Information Innovation department have worked since January to transfer all the data and documents stored in students' accounts from the existing server to "the cloud," the system of Microsoft servers scattered throughout the country, said Jay Dominick, UNCC's vice chancellor for information research, who's overseen the project.

The Live@edu service is one of two communication, file-sharing and data storage systems - Google's Apps for Higher Education is the other - designed for university students and increasingly popular with four-year colleges and universities.

Details about NinerMail, including instructions for setting up an account on a mobile device and other FAQ, can be found at UNCC's Student Computing home page, labs.uncc.edu.