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Are You Ready to DIY Office 365?

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By now you've almost certainly heard about the license donation program for Office 365. Most nonprofit organizations can get free access to hosted email (Exchange), files (SharePoint & OneDrive), and instant messaging (Lync) in the cloud from Microsoft. Shared Files (SharePoint Online).

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How TechSoup Uses Box Donations

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This is our story on how we use Box, the online file-sharing, content management, and collaboration service. Sharing Files Around the World. Although we use SharePoint for secure internal document sharing, we like to use Box for its easy bulk downloads and photo thumbnail views. Getting Customer Support.

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How Our Organization Migrated to Office 365 in a Few Weeks

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Licensing. I found out at the NTC Conference that nonprofits can mix and match Office 365 E1 and E3 licensing. E3 licensing is $4.50 per user per month, whereas the simpler E1 licensing is free for qualified organizations. A full listing of what's available at each license level is also available.

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Now Available on TechSoup: Small Business Server 2011

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The following servers and licenses are in the Windows Small Business Server 2011 family. read more.

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Microsoft Lync 2013 Overview

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Lync also integrates with Microsoft Exchange , Office 2013 , and SharePoint , and can incorporate an entire organizational phone system. Before placing donation requests for Lync 2013 licensing, it is advisable for you to work with IT staff or IT consultants to devise an architecture plan for deployment. or remote workers.

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Reduce Travel with Online Collaboration

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See a good deal more about the new cloud computing online services and other ways of working collaboratively in the TechSoup article: A Few Good Tools for Sharing Files with Distributed Groups. plus $2 per user license. It is currently available for nonprofits and libraries at an admin fee of $265 plus $9 per user license.

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Moving to the Cloud? Keep These 8 Security Tips in Mind

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For example, you can use SharePoint to host and share files instead of going with a third-party cloud storage provider like Box. Sharing accounts might be convenient, and it might save you on licensing fees, but doing so can be a security liability. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you weigh your options.

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