[Michlib-l] E-mail Hosting question

[Nick Loomis]

Microsoft O365 A1 (which includes hosted exchange) is FREE to Public Libraries! Microsoft places public libraries in their academic pricing.
The process to setup can be a bit frustrating but they may have improved upon that from mid 2020 when it first became available.

https://blog.techsoup.org/posts/office-2010-is-retiring-but-heres-how-your-library-can-get-free-office-365?utm_campaign=TechSoup%20for%20Libraries&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=86248475&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_5fb_fqAggu7XGUcaOM1EyH0zpcPzlcFuTdrtlA-esUaN0YL1HwQUcVaStMz8lNl8p0S91XSOp78_yU4JoimQNwfbokw


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From: Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> on behalf of Angela Semifero via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
Reply-To: Angela Semifero <somedayangeline at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 12:37 PM
To: "michlib-l at mail2.mcls.org" <michlib-l at mail2.mcls.org>
Subject: [Michlib-l] E-mail Hosting question

Hello Michigan Library Friends,

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.  I have a couple of questions for your collective mind:

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.

2. What do you currently use for email hosting? Does it include anything that allows for collaborative documents and calendars like G-suite?

We are still considering Google with new pricing but we are curious about what other libraries are using.

Please reply off-list to semiferoa at yourmdl.org<mailto:semiferoa at yourmdl.org>.

Thank you all!

Sincerely,
Angela

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Angela Semifero
Library Director
Marshall District Library
124 W. Green St.
Marshall, MI 49068
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