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It's also possible for Microsoft's independent software vendors to integrate their solutions with Teams Essentials.Īnother Teams Essentials upsell for partners is Microsoft Defender for Business, a new antivirus and endpoint detection and response product for small- and medium-size organizations that was announced during last month's Ignite event. Teams Essentials works with Microsoft's PBX replacement solutions (namely Teams Phone System, Direct Routing and Operator Connect) or first-party calling plans, Truax explained. Microsoft sees Teams Essentials as an entry-level product for organizations that partners can manage using Microsoft 365 Lighthouse and Project "Orland." Partners get "the ability to easily transition into more advanced Microsoft 365 for business suites as customer needs grow," according to a product description by Dan Truax, general manager of Microsoft's Global Partner Solutions." Partners ready to service the Microsoft Teams Essentials (AAD Identity) product include " ALSO, Crayon, Ingram, Pax8, Rhipe, TD Synnex, Telefonica (ES), Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone (IT), Wortmann AG," per the announcement.
Subscriptions purchased through channel partners can add up to 300 users. When, asked about it, a Microsoft spokesperson just reiterated those limits for Teams Essentials subscriptions:Ī single subscription allows you to pay on behalf of up to 50 users.
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However, a product guide ( PDF download) offered by Microsoft partner Rhipe described Teams Essentials as being optimal for under 25 users, but available for one to 300 users. Microsoft appears to sell the service for "up to 50 users" per an FAQ at the end of this Teams product comparison page. The small business target market for Teams Essentials isn't precisely described. It's also outlined in this Microsoft document. The multistep process is described by Microsoft 365 Director Jeremy Chapman in this announcement and video. This partner-serviced product adds support for organizations wanting to link their existing e-mail and calendars services with Teams. When sold by Microsoft's partners, the product is called "Microsoft Teams Essentials (AAD Identity)" and the Azure Active Directory service is used to join the account. A "mobile chat dashboard" feature was described in the announcement as being "available for customers purchasing directly from Microsoft," suggesting there could be some slight product differences, or release timing differences, based on the purchasing method. When Teams Essentials is bought directly from Microsoft, there is no expectation for needing IT support to get the service going, but subscribers must join to the service using Microsoft accounts. Teams Essentials offers "commercial-grade" chat, file collaboration and online meetings capabilities.
It's priced at $4 per user per month, and sold either directly by Microsoft or by its Cloud Solution Provider partners at that same price. Teams Essentials is a so-called "standalone" product, meaning that it isn't sold with a Microsoft 365 subscription, which has been the main way to get access to Teams. Microsoft on Wednesday announced the availability of Microsoft Teams Essentials, a new collaboration product for small businesses.