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Braeden_Petruk_MSFT
Microsoft
MicrosoftUniversal Print available for Microsoft 365 E3 and A3!
Today we’re expanding the Universal Print public preview to include Microsoft 365 E3 and A3 subscriptions. Office 365 E3 and A3 subscriptions are not eligible at this time.
To learn more, please read accessing the Universal Print public preview for step-by-step instructions, support links, and FAQ. And don’t forget to participate in discussions and share your ideas and feature requests with us as you try it out.
As of today, the following subscriptions are eligible to enter the preview:
- Microsoft 365 E3 and A3
- Microsoft 365 E5 and A5
Let us know how it goes!
The Universal Print Team
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- are there any plans to extend UPC support for E1 licensed users? i think Microsoft should allow for E1 users too as print is basic service IT provides. this will help org's to avoid print servers in near future .
A little disappointed that Microsoft Office 365 Business Premium is getting the License included where the more expensive Microsoft Office 365 E3 license won't. What are / is the thought process behind this?
We ensure all our users have the Office 365 E3 License plus the Security and Mobility E3 licensing, to be honest - it kills our roll out of the product and moves us to something like Printix which is technically more advanced, has more features and comes in at almost half the price.
Braeden_Petruk_MSFT hi! Is there any information, when Universal Print will appear on Health page?
Is there confirmation at this stage as to whether or not Microsoft 365 Business Standard customers will have Universal Print included as an add-on (or inclusion) when it exits public preview?
- Braeden_Petruk_MSFT
AndrewSwan Universal Print will not be included in Microsoft 365 Business Standard, but we are considering a standalone subscription option which would enable Universal Print to be added to a subscription at a nominal cost.
Braeden_Petruk_MSFT - is the standalone option available? If so, can it be purchased for Education customers that have just the Office 365 A1 license and Intune?
This is quite a shame because as a microsoft partner with an active, paid action pack, you get the Office 365 E3 / EMS etc. but you won't be able to add the universal print service. Punch in the face for MS partners again.
With one license of Microsoft 365 F3 (the cheapest license I could find, that opens up the option to enable Universal Print), you can enable Universal Print on a CSP tenant.
KL_Dane
- Hello all. Is Universal Print preview available for Microsoft 365 E5 CSP subscriptions? Thank you.
honliumicrosoftBraeden_Petruk_MSFT hi Braeden, one of my customer is interested in Universal Print. Their current print server is hosted on Windows 2008, and they would like to confirm if Universal Print doesn't print server, and will it be easy for them to switch to Universal Print from their current infra.
- Thanks @BraedenP - I have had them try assign the Windows 10 A3 Subscription but it provides a message stating they are not eligible for the universal print subscription. They have M365 A3 as the Shared Server SKU but not the Unified Shared Server SKU but it doesn't matter as they are both M365 A3 so it should work. Can you please advise what the issue is?
- Braeden_Petruk_MSFT
YM-10 I sent you a PM to collect the necessary details to fix your problem.
Braeden_Petruk_MSFT - The Universal print is not available on our tenant either, despite that we have Windows 10 Enterprise E5 licenses for our users. I do not see it on the list of available products, nor does the link work for activation.
How can I get this working?
Cheers,
Kimmo
Braeden_Petruk_MSFT Hello - could you please confirm which component it sits in under the M365 A3 Shared Server SKU? Is it Office 365 A3, EMS E3 or Windows 10 Ent for Education A3?
- Braeden_Petruk_MSFTIn your case you'd get it through your Windows 10 A3 subscription.
Hi we've Office 365 E3 licenses, but don't have the option to enable it on the tenant.
Is there someting I missed?
RoyvdSterren - no you haven't missed anything (well, apart from missing the trial). We are in the same boat, where we have individual O365E5, EMSE5 and Win10E5 licenses, i.e. essentially the licenses that make up the M365 E5 license, but we still won't be able to activate the trial until it becomes available for Win10E5. Also note, that if you just have O365E3, you won't get the trial according to the list at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/universal-print/fundamentals/universal-print-preview-access
You need either an M365 license or a WIn10 license.
Kimmo
