Office 365 users versus email accounts
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@technobabble said:
So weird...that is my only downgrade available. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/business/office-365-proplus-business-software-FX103213513.aspx
My choices when I click on purchase services (aside from all the other add-on offers:
O365 E3 Trial $20/mth
O365 E4 $22/mth
O365 ProPlus $12/mthThere should be E1 and Exchange Online somewhere in that list as well.
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@alexntg Correct but those don't come with software.
O365PP looks really close to O365 Small business premium (which is not on the list).
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@technobabble said:
@alexntg Correct but those don't come with software.
O365PP looks really close to O365 Small business premium (which is not on the list).
Small business is a different tenant type, not part of the enterprise plans.
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@alexntg Yeah...I finally figured that out. Man they sure have a ton of SKUs
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Waiting to hear from Chris at Microsoft. Since O365 PP is a enterprise offering, according to the website it looks just like O365 small business premium.
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@technobabble said:
Waiting to hear from Chris at Microsoft. Since O365 PP is a enterprise offering, according to the website it looks just like O365 small business premium.
Office ProPlus isn't the same as 365 Small Business. Small business includes Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint.
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@alexntg That is what I needed to hear, O365 ProPlus has no Exchange, no SharePoint but according to the website, http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/business/office-365-proplus-business-software-FX103213513.aspx it had Lync.
I will just keep E3 so I don't have to change anything.
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I really hate plans. Especially Microsoft ones. Why can't everything just be à la carte? It's the one area where I really prefer Google.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I really hate plans. Especially Microsoft ones. Why can't everything just be à la carte? It's the one area where I really prefer Google.
Everything is available a la carte with Microsoft. If you wanted to pick up Exchange, SharePoint, and Office, but not Lync, you can. Much like a combo meal at a fast food place, it'll cost you more individually, but it's completely doable.
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@alexntg said:
Everything is available a la carte with Microsoft. If you wanted to pick up Exchange, SharePoint, and Office, but not Lync, you can. Much like a combo meal at a fast food place, it'll cost you more individually, but it's completely doable.
That's part of what I hate about plans.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@alexntg said:
Everything is available a la carte with Microsoft. If you wanted to pick up Exchange, SharePoint, and Office, but not Lync, you can. Much like a combo meal at a fast food place, it'll cost you more individually, but it's completely doable.
That's part of what I hate about plans.
Sometimes it works in your favor. For my personal domain, I ran EOP1 and Office ProPlus, for $16 per month. It was cheaper than E3, and made sense because I wasn't using Lync or SharePoint.
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Well I started using SharePoint, but because of OneDrive for Business. And that is where my data is as well as my OneNote Notebooks.
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Yeah, the combo thing is weird. I still do not know what plan gets OneDrive for Business or Sharepoint aside from E3 and E4
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@Carnival-Boy said:
I really hate plans. Especially Microsoft ones. Why can't everything just be à la carte? It's the one area where I really prefer Google.
But.... Office 365 is a la carte and Google Apps is not. I'm confused
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@alexntg said:
Everything is available a la carte with Microsoft. If you wanted to pick up Exchange, SharePoint, and Office, but not Lync, you can. Much like a combo meal at a fast food place, it'll cost you more individually, but it's completely doable.
That's part of what I hate about plans.
You hate that they save you money?
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@technobabble said:
Yeah, the combo thing is weird. I still do not know what plan gets OneDrive for Business or Sharepoint aside from E3 and E4
All E plans have Sharepoint. And OneDrive is just part of Sharepoint. Or any Sharepoint plan.
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Ah ha...well finally the answer, I need E3! Thank you!
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We use E3 and love it.
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A bit of a mess.
E3 is the least, that comes with the software.
To be honest, it's a pretty good deal
I don't know if you can use the Office licenses with RDS (back in October 2013 you could not) but that's something that interested a lot of people.
There is a lot of vagueness with which product comes with what, not totally transparent, but will get there.
Good luck
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@scottalanmiller said:
You hate that they save you money?
Combo deals or plans are designed by marketing teams to encourage customers to spend more money. They're not designed to save customers money. A lot of SMEs will sign up for an Enterprise plan rather than a MidSize business plan even though it may cost them more money initially, because they want to avoid any hassle further down the line. This is a bit like buying a Happy Meal even when you don't want fries.
