[OPLINLIST] Microsoft Office declines

[Travis Bautz]

Hi,

We had trouble getting approval from Microsoft in mid-2014.  It took several weeks to sort out, but we did finally get approval via their appeal process.  

In our library's experience, Microsoft did not approve us as a "nonprofit" for Office 365.  We applied again and were approved under the "educational/academic" option instead.  If memory serves, they did not like Ohio's tax exempt number for libraries (instead wanting a Federal Tax ID#) when applying as a nonprofit.

Travis


Travis C. Bautz Director
Wright Memorial Public Library

1776 Far Hills Avenue,
Oakwood, OH 45419-2531
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bautz at wrightlibrary.org | wrightlibrary.org 

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From: oplinlist-bounces at lists.oplin.org [mailto:oplinlist-bounces at lists.oplin.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Hedges
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 11:09 AM
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Subject: [OPLINLIST] Microsoft Office declines

Have many libraries been declined for the Microsoft educational licensing for Office 365 (email)?

We heard of one that we thought made sense, because it was an association library, but now we've got word of a school district library that got a message back from Microsoft saying, "We reviewed your request and determined that <name> Public Library is not eligible as a Microsoft Qualified Nonprofit Organization." This was after they signed up for a trial E3 subscription.

Is that happening pretty commonly? Is it worth appealing? (Any other good alternatives you folks have found?)

Please reply to the list. Thanks!

Stephen
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