Microsoft 365 unveiled

I predicted this back in 2005 and people where laughing at me.

They are doing it 3 years earlier that what I said but still. Almost wanna join glug again just to rub it into some people's faces.
 
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They are plotting their own downfall if they make this the only route to get new versions of windows.
I know my company will never go for something like that and would rather go mac or linux for desktops.
 
They should offer this to a consumer too.
 
Plenty companies on Office365. This makes sense, whether you dig it or nawt
 
Rocket-Boy said:
They are plotting their own downfall if they make this the only route to get new versions of windows.
I know my company will never go for something like that and would rather go mac or linux for desktops.
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I suspect it won't be compulsory. Just a bundle option that suits many. Win and Office will be separate prods for the foreseeable future, maybe decades. :p
 
I'm guessing that the E3 and E5 plans will be on the same level as the Office 365 E3 & E5 plans + Windows 10
 
MJF reminds us this has been around for over a year for enterprise customers. It's just a new name, and extending the bundle to SMEs.

Mary Joe Foley on ZDnet said:
The Microsoft 365 Enterprise bundles basically are identical to their Secure Productive Enterprise E3 and E5 Windows 10 predecessors -- which consisted of Windows 10 Enterprise (E3 or E5), Office 365 (E3 or E5), and the Enterprise Mobility + Security suite (E3 or E5). Microsoft unveiled its Windows 10 Enterprise E3 and E5 and Secure Productive Enterprise subscription offerings at last year's partner show.

Microsoft's aim with Windows 10 Enterprise and Secure Productive Enterprise was to give more of its small and mid-size business users an easier way to move to more premium versions of its various subscription products.

Once Microsoft 365 Enterprise is generally available, Microsoft will discontinue offering the Secure Productive Enterprise bundle, officials said.
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A lot of people might freak out about it, but this is the future where we have containers and mass virtualisation, and BYOB.

Now companies can license out individual instances of Windows on computers, on thin clients, or inside virtual machines to their employees and only pay for what they use, nothing more. I'd like to see how this might slice up into a time-based offering for VMs specifically, where the employee can be on any platform they want, and connecting to the VM with a browser gives them the access they need to their work files and applications.

Volume licensing was such a kludge anyway.
 
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AlphaJohn said:
I predicted this back in 2005 and people where laughing at me.

They are doing it 3 years earlier that what I said but still. Almost wanna join glug again just to rub it into some people's faces.
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I'm sure someone predicted it in December 2004, just can't find the thread now. :p
 
Arthur said:
MJF reminds us this has been around for over a year for enterprise customers. It's just a new name, and extending the bundle to SMEs.
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Yes, it is a service rebrand, it pretty much the same they did with BPOS (2007 packages) when they branded into 365 (2010 packages) and by this chucking SBS in the pipeline. MS 365 E is a more inclusive rebrand, by including 365, Windows 10 E and Enterprise Mobility + Security (aka Enterprise Mobility Suite which is an AD service with security analytics) and MS 365 B is 365 BP with the Enterprise Mobility Suite excl. Windows 10.

I don't see why this must be made available to the home user, there is no cloud-based Windows 10 here, and what will a home user do with Enterprise Mobility + Security? Windows 10 H/P is a one-time Use License Agreement, only 365 is a subscription service.
 
At the price of $20 it means that win 10 is pretty much free as that roughly what office 365 cost
 
Bryn said:
Yeah, what a stupid decision to not offer it to regular folk.
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Regular folk buy PC's from retail stores that have OEM OS's so no need to load extra cost.

This is mostly beneficial for people running VM's and small co's that build there own computers. ie: not your average Joe.
 
AlphaJohn said:
Regular folk buy PC's from retail stores that have OEM OS's so no need to load extra cost.

This is mostly beneficial for people running VM's and small co's that build there own computers. ie: not your average Joe.
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But a large number of regular folk aren't on the latest version of Windows.
 
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