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When to use a plan and when to pick à la carte

Now that you know a bit more about the small business and enterprise subscription levels, let's delve deeper into helping you make a choice between them.

The enterprise plans contain a similar feature set to the small business plan, but are able to go above and beyond the limitations of the small business plan.

Some key benefits are:

None of the limitations to the small business plan apply
No limit on the amount of users
Ability to mix and match license types

Let's look at some scenarios where you might choose one subscription type over the other:

Scenario	Plan choice
Professional services firm of 6 people: Planning to grow to 30 people within 3 years	small business
Start-up recruitment firm of 10 people: planning to grow to 70 within 2 years	Enterprise: E2
Established audio engineering company of 27 users: Have been operating for 9 years No growth plans	small business
Architectural firm of 12 people: Have been operating for 6 years No growth plans Need storage space for drawings	Enterprise: E1 SharePoint Additional Storage
Call center company with 40 staff: 10 in the office all day, 5 remote workers 25 shift-based call center staff who don't have their own PCs and simply need access to e-mail and the company intranet	Enterprise: E1 (15) K1 (25)
Franchise coffee house with 40 staff: 30 staff at head office 10 franchise managers Want to perform Business Intelligence with SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise on-premise, let franchise managers access the reports	Enterprise: E1 (10) E3 (30)
Medical services with 120 staff: Exchange 2010 on-premise Using other intranet system 15 staff require video conferencing	Enterprise: Lync Online Plan 2 (15)
Hospitality services company with 700 staff: Exchange 2003 on-premise 300 staff at head office 400 staff spread across 8 offices Legacy phone system, want IM and presence, video conferencing for management SharePoint on-premise, heavily integrated with CRM and other systems	Enterprise: Exchange Online Plan 1 (700) Lync Online Plan 1 (600) Lync Online Plan 2 (100)
Financial services company of 5,000 staff nationwide Lotus Notes 25 percent of workforce is permanently mobile 10 percent of workforce primarily limited to Line of Business Application Has Enterprise Agreement which includes Office	Enterprise: E1 (4,500) K2 (500)
Automotive manufacturer of 30,000 staff globally GroupWise IBM WebSphere for intranet Cisco CallManager telephony with Unified Comms 30 percent of workforce is factory-based Has Enterprise Agreement which includes Office	Enterprise: Exchange Online Plan 1 (17,000) Exchange Online Plan 2 (3,000) Exchange Online Kiosk (10,000)

Scenario

Plan choice

Professional services firm of 6 people:

Planning to grow to 30 people within 3 years

small business

Start-up recruitment firm of 10 people:

planning to grow to 70 within 2 years

Enterprise:

Established audio engineering company of 27 users:

Have been operating for 9 years

No growth plans

small business

Architectural firm of 12 people:

Have been operating for 6 years

No growth plans

Need storage space for drawings

Enterprise:

SharePoint Additional Storage

Call center company with 40 staff:

10 in the office all day, 5 remote workers

25 shift-based call center staff who don't have their own PCs and simply need access to e-mail and the company intranet

Enterprise:

E1 (15)

K1 (25)

Franchise coffee house with 40 staff:

30 staff at head office

10 franchise managers

Want to perform Business Intelligence with SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise on-premise, let franchise managers access the reports

Enterprise:

E1 (10)

E3 (30)

Medical services with 120 staff:

Exchange 2010 on-premise

Using other intranet system

15 staff require video conferencing

Enterprise:

Lync Online Plan 2 (15)

Hospitality services company with 700 staff:

Exchange 2003 on-premise

300 staff at head office

400 staff spread across 8 offices

Legacy phone system, want IM and presence, video conferencing for management

SharePoint on-premise, heavily integrated with CRM and other systems

Enterprise:

Exchange Online Plan 1 (700)

Lync Online Plan 1 (600)

Lync Online Plan 2 (100)

Financial services company of 5,000 staff nationwide

Lotus Notes

25 percent of workforce is permanently mobile

10 percent of workforce primarily limited to Line of Business Application

Has Enterprise Agreement which includes Office

Enterprise:

E1 (4,500)

K2 (500)

Automotive manufacturer of 30,000 staff globally

GroupWise

IBM WebSphere for intranet

Cisco CallManager telephony with Unified Comms

30 percent of workforce is factory-based

Has Enterprise Agreement which includes Office

Enterprise:

Exchange Online Plan 1 (17,000)

Exchange Online Plan 2 (3,000)

Exchange Online Kiosk (10,000)

As you can see there are quite a number of choices and scenarios available to organizations of all types and sizes. Making the correct choice involves identifying the requirements and which options address them.

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