Sky-Knight
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Yeah the persistent licensing is cheaper, but it also doesn't grow or shrink very easily with the work force. Also, if you ever have to track those serial numbers to whatever computer on any real scale... I'm doing it for 100 stations right now and it's MURDER. Microsoft changing the rules every ten seconds doesn't help. The time it takes in IT to manage that alone is substantial. I want to say but you then miss out on all the 365 magic, but you really don't. $5 / month / user for O365 Business Essentials and you've got just about everything 365 has to offer at a fraction of the monthly outlay.
The only thing you're not covering in that scenario is a terminal server, which requires Pro Plus.
Now THAT is a dirty trick for O365. Office Pro Plus is $8.50 / user. Business Premium is $5 / month. Pair the two for $13.50 / month and you've got almost all of the features of E3, which costs $22 a month!
I know of a few places that use O365 as an employee benefit too, because they don't need all 5 devices.
But yeah, O365 requires some creative accounting, if you don't consider it part of the cost of employment you're not going to get far with it. The thing is, just about everything else is there already. And I've noticed larger businesses appreciate numbers that go up and down automatically with head count. But if you've got 10 or less stations in an office, even if you need cloud access, you're better off snagging a copy of the persistent license every 5 years while using Business Essentials or Exchange Online Plan 1.
Also, I was mostly making fun of the Okis, not the north Texans, I'm a reformed Quinlan boy myself, if you know where that tiny little pimple of a town is.
@fencepost If you want personal experience, get an action pack. $500 / year, and it comes with 5 seats of E3 to play with. Not to mention a copy of everything else.
The only thing you're not covering in that scenario is a terminal server, which requires Pro Plus.
Now THAT is a dirty trick for O365. Office Pro Plus is $8.50 / user. Business Premium is $5 / month. Pair the two for $13.50 / month and you've got almost all of the features of E3, which costs $22 a month!
I know of a few places that use O365 as an employee benefit too, because they don't need all 5 devices.
But yeah, O365 requires some creative accounting, if you don't consider it part of the cost of employment you're not going to get far with it. The thing is, just about everything else is there already. And I've noticed larger businesses appreciate numbers that go up and down automatically with head count. But if you've got 10 or less stations in an office, even if you need cloud access, you're better off snagging a copy of the persistent license every 5 years while using Business Essentials or Exchange Online Plan 1.
Also, I was mostly making fun of the Okis, not the north Texans, I'm a reformed Quinlan boy myself, if you know where that tiny little pimple of a town is.
@fencepost If you want personal experience, get an action pack. $500 / year, and it comes with 5 seats of E3 to play with. Not to mention a copy of everything else.
