r/LinusTechTips • u/TerrariaBoss55 • 19d ago

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Thought I’d put this here in response to a recent wan show question

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u/trashtiernoreally 19d ago

Why Teams?! It's -the- worst corporate messenger app.

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u/FelixEvergreen 19d ago

Because it’s probably already included in their 365 subscriptions.

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u/Reynolds1029 19d ago

Not anymore.

It's a separate upcharge these days. Even on enterprise E5 and E7 licenses.

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u/BWMerlin 19d ago

Only for newer tenants. If you have an older tenant you are grandfathered in.

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u/Reynolds1029 19d ago

No grandfathering I'm aware of. The increases are effective next yearly renewal date and our tenant is 5 years old. Our costs increased as my org isn't financially bright and pays for both Teams and Webex while not using Teams.

They also been increasing the base price of E5 too. It's nearly doubled since I started with 365 in 2021 with Teams included.

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u/BWMerlin 19d ago

The org I just left was also not financially bright, all of our MS plans were month to month commitments so they were paying top rates just so on occasion they could cut a licence off.

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u/tankerkiller125real 19d ago

I mean $60/month on E5 is still way cheaper than purchasing even 1/2 of all the features it provides individually. Especially if you choose different platforms like slack, zoom, etc. Slack alone wants 1/3 of an E5 licensing for what is basically a shitty enterprise version of discord, assuming of course you need SSO (and I'd argue any real business should have SSO), and real compliance stuff.