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How to effectivelylicence Office 365 is not easy as with everything to do with Microsoft the bestbits are always hidden and you need to be Inspector Clouseau to get to theright answer. On initial inspection pricing forOffice 365 look expensive for instance, for a school of 150 staff and a 1000students you would be looking at an annual cost of £28,920.00 PA for an A3Plan. (http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/academic/compare-office-365-education-plans-FX103045755.aspx). However it ispossible to licence Office 365 much more cost effectively by purchasing a subscriptionfor Office Professional Plus 2013 via an EES agreement for all of your fulltime employees (FTEs) which with student advantage gives you Office 365 ProPlus at no additional charge. (http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_in_education/archive/2013/10/15/student-advantage-and-office-365-proplus-faq.aspx) The followinglink details what is included in Office Pro Plus http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/business/office-365-proplus-business-software-FX103213513.aspx.However to help I have made to table below which I wish Microsoft would havedone to make everything clear. When speakingto your Microsoft Partner the part number is 2FJ-00005 you also need to tell themhow many students you have as these also need to be licenced at no charge. I hopethis has helped if you need any more info please PM me. [TABLE=width: 1055] [TR] [TD=width: 180, bgcolor: transparent] Feature [/TD] [TD=width: 259, bgcolor: transparent] Windows Description [/TD] [TD=width: 245, bgcolor: transparent] Office 365 Education 365 A2 [/TD] [TD=width: 245, bgcolor: transparent] Office 365 Education 365 A3 [/TD] [TD=width: 245, bgcolor: transparent] Office 365 Education 365 A4 [/TD] [TD=width: 232, bgcolor: transparent] Office ProPlus Via OVS-ES [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 180] Hosted email: [/TD] [TD=width: 259] Get business-class email,1 shared calendars, 50 GB of storage space per user, and the ability to use your own domain name. [/TD] [TD=width: 245] ü [/TD] [TD=width: 245] ü [/TD] [TD=width: 245] ü [/TD] [TD=width: 232] ü [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=width: 180, bgcolor: transparent] Web conferencing: [/TD] [TD=width: 259, bgcolor: transparent] Conduct meetings over the web with HD video conferencing, screen sharing, and instant messaging. 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Hi I was wondering if anyone can recommend a good tablet policy that they have implemented. We are struggling to recommend a standard platform and policy and I was wondering if anyone had any success with this. KR

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Hi Has anyone migrated their Shared drives to Sharepoint 365, if so how did the staff and students find it. KR dkmb