Office365 Considerations
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No O365 provider can do anything technical that another can't. It's the same service under the hood always. Partners help you with O365 but you buy from Microsoft. If you don't pay MS directly, run away.
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@scottalanmiller said in Office365 Considerations:
There is no way to undercut NTG. Prices are always the same unless you leave Microsoft protection. Then you have insane risk that no business should realistically consider. MS won't stand behind you then.
Maybe I did not say that correctly. I'm going through NTG as my partner for the O365 subscription currently. I did not want you to think I don't consider NTG as a potential partner to help me get to the full O365 that includes e-mail hosting.
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No minimum commitments with O365. Any minimums are from a reseller.
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@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
@scottalanmiller said in Office365 Considerations:
There is no way to undercut NTG. Prices are always the same unless you leave Microsoft protection. Then you have insane risk that no business should realistically consider. MS won't stand behind you then.
Maybe I did not say that correctly. I'm going through NTG as my partner for the O365 subscription currently. I did not want you to think I don't consider NTG as a potential partner to help me get to the full O365 that includes e-mail hosting.
I was just pointing out that the prices are always the same. Partners don't resell, the price is direct from MS. So prices are always the same.
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@scottalanmiller said in Office365 Considerations:
No minimum commitments with O365. Any minimums are from a reseller.
And I suppose resellers tout they can get you better support so you'll sign with them. It makes sense.
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@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
@scottalanmiller said in Office365 Considerations:
No minimum commitments with O365. Any minimums are from a reseller.
And I suppose resellers tout they can get you better support so you'll sign with them too. It makes sense.
No. partners get better support. Resellers get less (or none).
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Resellers work by lowering the price, selling in bulk and not giving you the protections of real O365.
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@scottalanmiller said in Office365 Considerations:
@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
@scottalanmiller said in Office365 Considerations:
No minimum commitments with O365. Any minimums are from a reseller.
And I suppose resellers tout they can get you better support so you'll sign with them too. It makes sense.
No. partners get better support. Resellers get less (or none).
So if you had a technical problem you could get your partner to push MS to get your issue resolved quicker? That definitely helps.
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@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
@scottalanmiller said in Office365 Considerations:
@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
@scottalanmiller said in Office365 Considerations:
No minimum commitments with O365. Any minimums are from a reseller.
And I suppose resellers tout they can get you better support so you'll sign with them too. It makes sense.
No. partners get better support. Resellers get less (or none).
So if you had a technical problem you could get your partner to push MS to get your issue resolved quicker? That definitely helps.
Yes. Partners get additional support from MS that you can't get without a partner. It's a free upgrade.
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How do you like the built-in spam protection with O365? Does it do a good job to prevent spoofing and malicious links?
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@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
How do you like the built-in spam protection with O365? Does it do a good job to prevent spoofing and malicious links?
It does an excellent job here. The only spam I get is junk I signed up for, ha ha.
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@dafyre said in Office365 Considerations:
@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
How do you like the built-in spam protection with O365? Does it do a good job to prevent spoofing and malicious links?
It does an excellent job here. The only spam I get is junk I signed up for, ha ha.
Do you use eDiscovery functionalities of O365 at all? If so, how do you like it?
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@dafyre said in Office365 Considerations:
@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
How do you like the built-in spam protection with O365? Does it do a good job to prevent spoofing and malicious links?
It does an excellent job here. The only spam I get is junk I signed up for, ha ha.
I assume if something gets stuck that was legit you can go in and release it like with most spam filters?
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@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
How do you like the built-in spam protection with O365? Does it do a good job to prevent spoofing and malicious links?
It's not bad. I still get way too much though.
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It looks like you get Skype for Business with the E3 plan for meetings / video chats / screen sharing. Do I have that right?
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@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
@dafyre said in Office365 Considerations:
@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
How do you like the built-in spam protection with O365? Does it do a good job to prevent spoofing and malicious links?
It does an excellent job here. The only spam I get is junk I signed up for, ha ha.
I assume if something gets stuck that was legit you can go in and release it like with most spam filters?
Yepp!
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@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
@dafyre said in Office365 Considerations:
@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
How do you like the built-in spam protection with O365? Does it do a good job to prevent spoofing and malicious links?
It does an excellent job here. The only spam I get is junk I signed up for, ha ha.
Do you use eDiscovery functionalities of O365 at all? If so, how do you like it?
I know we do use it, but I don't have access to it, so I can't help you there.
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@dafyre said in Office365 Considerations:
@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
@dafyre said in Office365 Considerations:
@NetworkNerd said in Office365 Considerations:
How do you like the built-in spam protection with O365? Does it do a good job to prevent spoofing and malicious links?
It does an excellent job here. The only spam I get is junk I signed up for, ha ha.
Do you use eDiscovery functionalities of O365 at all? If so, how do you like it?
I know we do use it, but I don't have access to it, so I can't help you there.
What about effort it took to get your environment to O365? Were there any big tweaks to AD needed? I had a reseller tell me they normally have to do 8 or more hours of work to AD to get things "working."
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I didnt have any trouble getting my AD tied to O365. I use the DIR Sync for accounts and passwords, no ADFS, no Single Sign on.
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What is in it for the partner, then?
