[OPLINTECH] Microsoft Office 365 question for the Borg Collective

[Chad Neeper]

I didn't care much when the 30-day expiration warnings came through, but
the threat of the "ACCOUNT" being disabled/deleted at ~60 days is something
different entirely! That made me sit up and take notice.


Thanks, John!  That's a big load off my mind.


Chad

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On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 12:06 PM, John Ward <jward at crcpl.org> wrote:

>  Yeah you can ignore that, they are just letting you know that the trial
> is expiring. Even though you aren’t using that trial it was still active.
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> *From:* oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org [mailto:
> oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org] *On Behalf Of *Chad Neeper
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 05, 2015 12:06 PM
> *To:* OPLINTECH
> *Subject:* [OPLINTECH] Microsoft Office 365 question for the Borg
> Collective
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> Hi all!
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> I'm not well versed in Microsoft Office 365. I've not had to deal with it
> until... *ahem* ...Karl's prompting in March.  ;-)
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> However, I've helped a couple of libraries set it up and they have been
> using it quite happily. It was initially set up and licensed using the
> default Education E3 license you get with the trial account. But the
> libraries qualified for and obtained the free E1. So, all of the user
> accounts, including the initial admin account were switched to the E1
> license. Naturally, after the 30-day eval, the E3 licenses expired and
> Microsoft sent out their expiration warnings. No big deal; just ignore and
> everything's been fine.
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> Now, however, I'm seeing a different warning saying that the E3 for
> Students Trial *account* is about to be *disabled* in 7 days. I'm just
> hoping for some re-assurance that since all of the user accounts are
> assigned to the E1 license that things aren't going to blow up in 7 days!!!
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> When I look at Admin Center -> Billing -> Licenses, I see three licenses
> listed:  E1 for Faculty with all 12 users assigned,  E3 for Faculty with 0
> users assigned, and E3 for Students with 0 users assigned. Both the E3
> licenses have been expired for almost a month now and the library has been
> using the E1 licenses.
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> I'd be perfectly fine if the E3 licenses vanished from the Licenses page,
> but not so much happy if the "account" really does become disabled and the
> e-mail accounts get killed. That would be a deju vu kind of bad.  :-(
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> We were perhaps a week or so later than some other libraries that may have
> switched to Office 365, so I'm hoping someone else has already successfully
> held their breath and successfully navigated this particular warning. Can
> anyone maybe give me a little reassurance on this one?
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> Very much appreciated!
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> Chad
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>    ______________________________
> *Chad Neeper*
> Senior Systems Engineer
>
> *Level 9 Networks*
> 740-548-8070 (voice)
> 866-214-6607 (fax)
>
> *Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and
> schools*
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