We have on-prem Exchange and Sharepoint and SfB, so that shouldn't be a problem, for now.
Kurt On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm just curious. Sorry if my question seemed overly blunt. > > My understanding was that Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNote from MSI would > stop connecting to online services in 2018. But I can't find the resource > where I read that... perhaps I imagined it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:14 PM > To: ntsysadm > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Perhaps of general interest... > > I believe so. I'll have to check. > > At the worst, we have the MSI installs grandfathered in to whatever is > current. > > Kurt > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: >> For office msi? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff >> Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 2:50 PM >> To: ntsysadm >> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Perhaps of general interest... >> >> Not for at least another 3 years, and possibly longer - we just signed an EA. >> >> Kurt >> >> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Then you are going to need to switch to something other than Microsoft >>> Office. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff >>> Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 2:07 PM >>> To: ntsysadm >>> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Perhaps of general interest... >>> >>> Yes, but I prefer to "own" my software, not rent it. That way we can >>> upgrade at need, rather than when the vendor says so, and will probably >>> spend far less money doing so. >>> >>> The "own" in quotes merely points to not paying monthly rental - we all >>> know that commercial software is only licensed, not truly sold. >>> >>> I just don't want to be a piggybank for the software publishers - I don't >>> mind paying for good functionality, nor paying for ongoing support. >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Many big vendors today are pushing a cloud strategy, as it more >>>> readily facilitates ongoing revenue and supporting a smaller number >>>> of disparate configurations. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> ASB >>>> http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker >>>> >>>> Providing Expert Technology Consulting Services for the SMB market… >>>> >>>> GPG: 860D 40A1 4DA5 3AE1 B052 8F9F 07A1 F9D6 A549 8842 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 6:26 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Very interesting. >>>>> >>>>> MSFT is shoving very, very hard to push everyone into their cloud, >>>>> and this fits their strategy... >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Michael B. Smith >>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/02/microsoft-is-laying-off-thousan >>>>> > d >>>>> > s >>>>> > -of-staff/?ncid=rss >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
