Interoperability between Microsoft’s Live@EDU platform (Online Services for education) and the institutiions back-office systems is key.
Microsoft’s prime online email offering for education is Outlook Live; Microsoft Exchange 2010 Online platform for, which is free to Students and staff. This paper outlines the adbanced options for integration of Outlook Live with the prime education systems.
… This whitepaper describes how live@edu Outlook Live customers can connect their school systems with Exchange Web Services (EWS).
Provide your school or university with seamless integration of campus applications, information systems and portals to Outlook Live using the Exchange Web Services (EWS) API and PowerShell. This whitepaper details a scenario of integrating a course registration system with Outlook Live using the EWS Managed API and explains the EWS Managed API with code snippets so that you can plan for a similar implementation. …
Source: Microsoft Outlook Live Connected Campus using Exchange Web Services API