<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Here is additional recent information on the Microsoft offerings that differ slightly from the 2020 blog post below. Licensing offers have changed..<a href="https://blog.techsoup.org/posts/helping-public-libraries-navigate-microsofts-program-changes"> https://blog.techsoup.org/posts/helping-public-libraries-navigate-microsofts-program-changes</a><div><br></div><div>Also want to make note that our library system changed to the office 365 cloud based offerings and the limitations of the cloud based apps VS desktop had us move to a higher tier beyond the free offer.</div><div><br></div><div>We still maintain gmail accounts for our outreach staff because of the number of schools who maintain a google environment and the ease of sharing documents through google. </div><div><br></div><div>Also have to admit..there was a huge level of frustration with the Microsoft calendar environment VS the google calendar user experience. </div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps,<br><div><br><div dir="ltr">Kelaine Mish</div><div dir="ltr">Kent District Library</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 1, 2022, at 3:45 PM, Nick Loomis via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">The process to setup can be a bit frustrating but they may have improved upon that from mid 2020 when it first became available.
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<b>Reply-To: </b>Angela Semifero <somedayangeline@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 12:37 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"michlib-l@mail2.mcls.org" <michlib-l@mail2.mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Michlib-l] E-mail Hosting question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have been working with Gmail/Google Workspace for free for more than a decade. (I know we have been lucky.) We were recently informed that things would be changing in May 2022 and we would be moved to one of Gmail's business plans.
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. Do any of you have a contact for Google for government use who can answer some questions for us? Our Head of IT has not had much luck in asking questions through the main sales contacts. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are still considering Google with new pricing but we are curious about what other libraries are using. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Marshall District Library<br>
124 W. Green St.<br>
Marshall, MI 49068<br>
(269)781-7821x1100<br>
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