Apr 20 2020 05:39 AM - last edited on Feb 13 2023 03:45 PM by Meenah_Khosraw
Apr 20 2020 05:39 AM - last edited on Feb 13 2023 03:45 PM by Meenah_Khosraw
I use M365 in my small business but want to assist my local sporting club to upgrade from W7 with 11 club domain email addresses on OWA to M365 (Business Premium). The club's IT costs are minimal at present but I am concerned that if they have to buy 11 user licences for M365 the budget will be stressed. Is there a way of minimising M365 licence costs while retaining the 11 email addresses?
Apr 20 2020 11:19 AM
Apr 23 2020 04:19 AM
@Thijs LecomteThanks for your insights. To further clarify the situation. The club has only one dedicated PC which will run M365. The 11 email addresses representing club functional roles are accessed via Outlook Web Access by both the officeholders performing those roles and by club members assisting them. Each of these 11 email addresses (e.g., commodore@xxx) has its own password which is given to members assisting those roles via their own private PCs. The password access provides some confidentiality between roles. The club PC does not need to use desktop Outlook. All mail can be handled online, probably using Microsoft Exchange Online. Under these circumstances, am I correct in assuming that I would only need one M365 licence (on the dedicated club PC) and 11 Exchange Online licences which would keep licensing costs to a minimum?
Of course, the issue of shared filing according to functional roles within OneDrive would still have to be addressed rather than having club files spread over a number of private PCs.
Apr 24 2020 06:55 AM
Apr 24 2020 08:33 PM
@Thijs LecomteOnce again, very helpful thanks. If the club qualifies it seems we could get up to 10 M365 licenses for free in which case we might only have to pay a reduced rate for one extra licence. That approach should give much greater access control to both emails and files based on functional roles. I will explore this option.
It seems a shame that MS does not appear to provide case studies for recommended solutions for the many sporting (or other) clubs, especially those classified as NfP where resources are usually scarce, or at least I am not aware of such studies.
Apr 26 2020 08:27 AM