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Microsoft Online Services Speed Tests
Office365 MCITP Training Resource 70-321,70-323
To obtain and Office365 MCITP , You need to pass the following 2 exams.
Exam 70-321: Deploying Office365
Exam 70-323: Administrating Office365
There is plenty of documentation from Microsoft describing the different modular components of Office365 , I always keep them on my laptop or Skydrive as I can easily access them to refresh my memory on all the different components. When all of the documentation is together , it amounts to quite a lot and could be confusing as to where to start to studying for the Office365 MCITP.
So I thought I would post this blog with the most relevant resources to help people pass the exam and better understand Office365.
Office 365 PDF eBook: Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime
Exam 70-321: Deploying Office365
Exam 70-323: Administrating Office365
There is plenty of documentation from Microsoft describing the different modular components of Office365 , I always keep them on my laptop or Skydrive as I can easily access them to refresh my memory on all the different components. When all of the documentation is together , it amounts to quite a lot and could be confusing as to where to start to studying for the Office365 MCITP.
So I thought I would post this blog with the most relevant resources to help people pass the exam and better understand Office365.
Office 365 PDF eBook: Microsoft Office 365: Connect and Collaborate Virtually Anywhere, Anytime
70-321 /323 Jumpstart Videos
Collection 10954: 70-323: Administering Office 365 (e learning course)
Office 365 for the IT Pro – Exchange Online Microsoft Virtual Academy
Office 365 for the IT Pro – Exchange Online Virtual Academy
Office 365 for the IT Pro – Lync Online, SharePoint Online & Deployment Virtual Academy
Office 365 for the IT Pro – Platform Virtual Academy
I have found the Jumpstart videos and the virtual academy to be the best. Also if you have an opportunity to setup an Exchange Hybrid in a lab it will really help.
Microsoft Online Services € Pricing
I can never remember the pricing on all the different products , So here they are as a point of reference. These prices are subject to change by Microsoft and can change based on user quantities.
| Microsoft Online Services (Per User/Per Month) | Qty | Unit Cost |
| Microsoft Exchange Online P1 | 1 | €3.57 |
| Microsoft Exchange Online P2 | 1 | €7.25 |
| Microsoft Exchange Online Kiosk | 1 | €1.79 |
| Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving | 1 | €2.68 |
| Dynamics CRM Online | 1 | €40.25 |
| Microsoft Lync Online P1 | 1 | €1.79 |
| Microsoft Lync Online P2 | 1 | €5.00 |
| Microsoft Sharepoint Online P1 | 1 | €3.57 |
| Microsoft Sharepoint Online P2 | 1 | €7.25 |
| Microsoft Office365 P1 | 1 | €5.25 |
| Microsoft Office365 E1 | 1 | €7.25 |
| Microsoft Office365 E2 | 1 | €12.50 |
| Microsoft Office365 E3 | 1 | €19.00 |
| Microsoft Office365 E4 | 1 | €20.75 |
Exchange Online for Enterprise
Office365 for small businesses is a great fit, it just makes sense. A small business doesn’t have the budget for large amounts of storage and infrastructure refreshes. So for a small monthly fee which can go up or down ,small business can use Office365
I don’t mean to sound like a Microsoft salesman here but recently when I was drawing some Visio diagrams for a customer proposal it dawned on me that it does make sense for enterprise customers and I will explain why.
One of the big stumbling blocks for enterprise customers , is the monthly recurring costs.
For example 2000 users on an Exchange P1 plan would cost €7140.00 per month or €85,680 per annum. So any financial controller looking at this will say no way!!!!!!!!!!!!
However nearly all enterprise customers have Microsoft Enterprise Agreements. I am increasingly surprised at how enterprise customers don’t understand the benefits of an EA. There are many benefits but I am just going to list some relevant to Exchange Online.
I don’t mean to sound like a Microsoft salesman here but recently when I was drawing some Visio diagrams for a customer proposal it dawned on me that it does make sense for enterprise customers and I will explain why.
One of the big stumbling blocks for enterprise customers , is the monthly recurring costs.
For example 2000 users on an Exchange P1 plan would cost €7140.00 per month or €85,680 per annum. So any financial controller looking at this will say no way!!!!!!!!!!!!
However nearly all enterprise customers have Microsoft Enterprise Agreements. I am increasingly surprised at how enterprise customers don’t understand the benefits of an EA. There are many benefits but I am just going to list some relevant to Exchange Online.
- Microsoft Planning Service Days: Microsoft can help transition to cloud services through and existing EA Agreement.
- Exchange Core Cal: If you have an Exchange Core Cal , this covers you for an on premise exchange cal and exchange online cal
The image below shows a brief example diagram of a 2000 user company in different geographical locations and using on-premise exchange 2010.
So lets look at some of the costs associated with maintaining and running this on=premise solution.
| Item | Cost |
| Wan Links | Possibly 60k per annum for the 3 sites |
| Storage | How much would the storage cost for 25gb * 2000 users cost. Storage refresh after 3 years may cost 300k |
| Power Consumption | Most likely the exchange server will be running on a virtualisation platform. A rough guess for all 3 sites 50k per annum. |
| Hardware Vendor Support | On the Sans and virtualisation hosts , roughly 30k over 3 years |
| Mail Hygiene | Potentially 50k per annum |
| Hardware Deprecation | New hardware becomes old the minute it is delivered to site. |
| Exchange Admin Staff Cost | Possibly 100k per annum |
| Exchange 2013 | How much would it cost to upgrade this entire organisation to Exchange 2013….. |
| Backup Software | Possibly 10k per annum |
| Backup Hardware | Hardware refresh after 3 years possibly 100k |
So all of the above cost and infrastructure could become like the image below.
So now it starts to make sense, and enterprise customers are licensed to do this right now and probably don’t even realise it!
Exchange Online Features & Pricing
