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Exchange Online Plan 2 and Standalone Outlook?
I have a client who has a license for Office Pro 2019 and uses it for office stuff. They are looking to get MS365 email set up instead of an onprem IMAP setup. They were looking at Exchange Online Plan 2 licenses for their needs as they already have Office licensing.
Will their standalone Oulook integrate wirh the Exchange Online Plan 2 licenses in the sense that outlook desktop client will function with their exchange online they intend to buy?
- It will, yes. You can get detailed comparison between the different editions and the features supported by each here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-license-requirements-for-exchange-features-46b6b7c5-c3ca-43e5-8424-1e2807917c99
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I'll raise that with my client - I'm on an E5 but my client has been working with on-prem mail and has only just started considering MS365 for their mail - E1 makes sense for then as well and I'll include that in the options I share in my analysis to them.
The life of being a consultant and full time security guy makes it such that it is likely what I have is different than the clients have. 🙂
- It will, yes. You can get detailed comparison between the different editions and the features supported by each here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-license-requirements-for-exchange-features-46b6b7c5-c3ca-43e5-8424-1e2807917c99
- Nice, thanks for the confirm. Things like IRM require the Exch Online Protection licensing anyways and the client was after email with antimalware and antispam so that's Exchange Online Plan for their needs. Thanks for confirming what I had thought.
