I know the Small Business IT professionals groups around Australia have been
p!ssed off with O365 sales being Telstra-controlled for so long, so this
http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/cloud/optus-gearing-up-to-fight-telstra-on-mic
rosoft-365-turf-20140623-zse9x.html announcement (SMH, today) is good
I don't want to see it forced through any reseller. I just want to have the
option to deal directly with Microsoft. Other people in the loop just
complicate support for me. I can do that with Google and with any number of
other global providers, so why not Microsoft?
If I was running a milk
I agree, you should have the choice of going straight to Microsoft. That
might mean the msdn subscription complimentary access might work. I tried
recently and couldn't get Australia to show in the list so couldn't
activate it.
Oh and here's a story talking about Australia and the downsides of
Greg, I agree. Peripheral to the Office365 matter, I would like to see
Microsoft with a more prominent marketing presence than has been so in the
last many years. But not to the extent and manner of Apple Stores and the
Genius Bar.
Perhaps the 3-year deal with Telstra hinged on Telstra's large
