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Iron Contributor

Nov 21, 2016

New Service Plans in Office 365 for Education

Heads up - I just noticed some new service plans in our Office 365 for Education license skus. In the Office 365 Pro Plus sku for faculty and students, we now have the service plan "Office Online...

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Matt McNabb

Iron Contributor

Apr 25, 2017

Just as a follow-up, our Exchange_S_Foundation service plan changed from PendingActivation status to Success status, and it won't disable via PowerShell. It doesn't appear in the admin panel so I can't disable it there either. It seems that this is intended to be on for everyone, but there is not description of what it enables which is a concern.

This also hosed my automated licensing scripts since it sees everyone as out of spec with their license template. I have a ticket in with Office 365 support now so hopefully they can shed some light on this.

Matt McNabb

Iron Contributor

Apr 27, 2017

Office 365 support has confirmed that the Exchange_S_Foundation service plan cannot be disabled, and also that it does not add any features or capabilities. It appears to be something of a placeholder. I think this is a bad idea and have posted this feedback in the hopes that this won't happen again in the future:

https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/273493-office-365-admin/suggestions/19067395-remove-exchange-s-foundation-service-plan

Please vote it up if you agree. Thanks!