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What Do You Think of Microsoft's New Pricing for Hosted Services?

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Steve Gaitten Posted: Wed, Jul 9 2008 4:04 PM

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What Do You Think of Microsoft's New Pricing for Hosted Services?

I could not find an offical press release from Microsoft that details the pricing announced at the Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston today. However, according to news sources like Reuters (http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNewsMolt/idUKN0745646020080709) there are basically two bundles: $15/month per user for "Information Workers", providing access to a comprehensive suite of products including Exchange and SharePoint and $3/month per user for more limited set of services.

We don't have enough detail yet to form an accurate opinion (0%)
Looks good. This pricing is aggressive and is likely to move many customers to hosted services. (75%)
Way too high. My organization could not afford to adopt hosted services at these prices. (0%)
Way too low. This pricing undercuts other hosting providers and doesn't provide enough margin for Microsofts partners and distributors. (25%)
These bundles are an awkward fit for my organization. Classifying and administrating users in this way won't work for me. (0%)