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Any plans to make Microsoft 365 available under the non-profit program?
As a non-profit, my organization has been the beneficiary of Microsoft's generous discounts and donations for many years now. It really let's us stretch our IT dollars a lot further, empowering us t...
Unfortunately, I don't have good news for you guys. I didn't buy it at the time, instead waiting until we would be reviewing licensing renewals. About 2 months ago I went back into the portal to get more details, and the F1, E3, and business plans are available, but the E5 plan was no longer listed.
Since then I've tried repeatedly to email and call the Microsoft nonprofit sales dept, but they have been completely unresponsive. The phone number is answered by an auto attendant, and after a minute or so I get a recording that no one is available to take my call, and leave a voicemail. All email and voicemail messages I've sent have gone unanswered.
Another contact link from the non profit portal lead me to the CELA team, but they were also unable to reach non profit sales, and told me to contact office 365 support.
I have been at MS ignite this week, and spoke to a few people about this issue. At least a couple said that they would get back to me next week, and one told me to try something and reach out to him directly if it doesn't work. We'll see how next week goes.
Steve
Since then I've tried repeatedly to email and call the Microsoft nonprofit sales dept, but they have been completely unresponsive. The phone number is answered by an auto attendant, and after a minute or so I get a recording that no one is available to take my call, and leave a voicemail. All email and voicemail messages I've sent have gone unanswered.
Another contact link from the non profit portal lead me to the CELA team, but they were also unable to reach non profit sales, and told me to contact office 365 support.
I have been at MS ignite this week, and spoke to a few people about this issue. At least a couple said that they would get back to me next week, and one told me to try something and reach out to him directly if it doesn't work. We'll see how next week goes.
Steve
Hi Steve, I spoke with a rep from Sherweb last week. They have access to resell nonprofit licences. I can buy a Microsoft 365 E5 licences for $20.50CAD by month, trough they services. Of course, he does not know why we can not buy licenses directly through the Office 365 portal ... Alex