sparkeh Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 So I am setting up a 365 site to test with a view to migrating from GAFE. So to the silly bit... I have verified the domain but the site is still in trial mode. I read somewhere that if you have verified the domain, when the trial runs out you can continue to use it for free. However, there are loads of education options in the 'purchase services' page that are £0.00/month. Can I add these and cancel the trial or should I wait. Thanks in advance.
foofighterjim Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 From what I recall we just let the trial expire and then continued on the free plans. This was two years ago though so thing may have changed a bit. 1
witch Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 We added the £0.0 bits we wanted straight away 1
sparkeh Posted November 18, 2015 Author Posted November 18, 2015 Thanks, yeah I don't really mind letting the trial run out and carrying on but we are limited to 25 users at the moment.
jaminben Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 We also let the trial run out and continued with the £0.00 plans. 1
sparkeh Posted November 18, 2015 Author Posted November 18, 2015 (edited) We added the £0.0 bits we wanted straight away Thanks, I'll do that. Guess I'm so Googlified I expected it to convert over as soon as edu status was confirmed as per GAFE. I actually logged a call and got a call straight back from MS to tell us to the very thing you just said (can't imagine Google doing that!) Very impressed with 365 so far Edited November 18, 2015 by sparkeh
jaminben Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 I actually logged a call and got a call straight back from MS to tell us to the very thing you just said (can't imagine Google doing that!) Very impressed with 365 so far We've always been quite impressed with their support as well... I think we had to wait a day once due to time zone differences but that was the only time in about a dozen support requests.
witch Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 I've got two great MS support people - one for each school - who are just brilliant! GAfE support has been good so far too although the setting up has been a complete pain
sparkeh Posted November 18, 2015 Author Posted November 18, 2015 I've got two great MS support people - one for each school - who are just brilliant! GAfE support has been good so far too although the setting up has been a complete pain so far 365 does seem more simple to setup than GAFE. Also the UI for GAFE admin has got worse and worse, 365 is dead simple. And don't get me started on GADS or GAPS...
Soulfish Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 so far 365 does seem more simple to setup than GAFE. Also the UI for GAFE admin has got worse and worse, 365 is dead simple. And don't get me started on GADS or GAPS... O365 is about to get a new admin portal though - haven't made up my mind about that new portal yet!
sted Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 O365 is about to get a new admin portal though - haven't made up my mind about that new portal yet! another one aaaaarrrggghhh my main gripe is they keep redesigning it so it requires more thought to use than it should
sparkeh Posted November 18, 2015 Author Posted November 18, 2015 another one aaaaarrrggghhh my main gripe is they keep redesigning it so it requires more thought to use than it should This is one of my gripes with GAFE. When I first setup it was so easy to use, after a couple of redesigns it seems to be so much harder to find the (simple) things that you need to do.
sted Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 This is one of my gripes with GAFE. When I first setup it was so easy to use, after a couple of redesigns it seems to be so much harder to find the (simple) things that you need to do. mine was when adding users you just had to add them at the root then move them to groups you couldn't batch add into a group like say yoe2012. Though granted office 365 can be a similar pita with assigning licenses
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