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Microsoft 365 Business Premium grant is being discontinued
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TimHills , I thought about that too, but Google Workspace doesn’t give you desktop apps either. And if you and/or your users are comfortable with Office apps, Google docs and ppt apps will drive you crazy!
Microsoft’s downgrade of the offer to 365 Business Basic puts them closer to parity with Google’s nonprofit offer (until you have 300+ users, maybe, which is larger than most nonprofits).
For me, the larger question: after removal of Dynamics free seats, downgrade of Azure grant, unreasonable nonprofit pricing on Power Pages portals, discontinuation of Fundraising & Engagement app, and now this downgrade…where’s this program headed?
Although not a free product Business Standard is available for about half the cost of Business Premium (AU$4.50 vs AU$8.10 per user). This includes desktop apps but not the additional security features of Business Premium.
We've also lost Power BI Premium (with no discount for Fabric). While the program is supporting more organisations (they wanted to double the number from 300,000 to 600,000 organisations), the grants/free items are being steadily chipped away. Only the 15% Copilot discount has been added in the past few years.
Imagine if they increased or added grant items instead!