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Natalie_H
Microsoft
MicrosoftIT staff headcount for O365 management?
Hi all. I have a customer who is trying to figure out How many engineers does it take to manage O365? I have NO idea how to answer this question because I'm sure that depends on several variables.
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Way too many variables to consider here, and hard to give a generic answer. For the initial stages, they can keep their existing staff as they will be occupied with migration/adoption tasks, helping users with all the new features, and so on. As their O365 adoption matures, there might be some space to optimize headcount as on-premises systems are being decommissioned, however they can also consider moving said staff to help with other areas such as Azure, the Power platform, etc.
Natalie_HMicrosoft
MicrosoftThanks so much. That's the confirmation I needed. I pretty much gave my customer the same answer ..."way too many variables, to give a generic answer".