The Microsoft CSP Updates for November includes important changes and announcements, a raft of new promotions and continues the focus on Secure Productivity, with the addition of MDR ContraForce to our solutions portfolio.
Jye Wong:
Productivity Solutions Director, Crayon
Michael Brooke:
Solutions Architect, Crayon
Scott Goodman:
Sales Executive, ContraForce
Watch the full webinar below, download the presentation deck or read the key takeaways further down the page.
As of October 1, 2024, Microsoft has removed Team Skills from the enterprise bundle.
The old Microsoft Office 365 enterprise with Team Skills has been deprecated from the CSP price list.
New subscriptions can no longer be provisioned, but existing customers can still upgrade to M365E3 with Teams. However, changes to billing terms or frequency are not allowed for commercial customers.
Microsoft has introduced Office LTSC 2024 in the CSP price list under the Perpetual price list. This is now available for customers who need perpetual licenses.
Starting September 1st, Microsoft began auto-migrating NFP customers from legacy CSP to NCE.
If you have not seen previous advice regarding how to navigate auto-migration to NCE now is a good time to catch up. Please reach out to your Crayon representative if you need guidance or support with your Non-Profit customers through this phase
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Microsoft offers a comprehensive range of security features and functionalities, each with different strengths.
Michael Brooke provides a detailed run through of both Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Sentinel.
Key Insights:
Microsoft Defender takes Microsoft signals and puts them into one place for monitoring of incidents and alerts.
Defender can be leveraged across all Microsoft platforms including identity, endpoints, devices and email.
Best for customers:
Microsoft Sentinel is more powerful. It pulls data in from sources beyond Microsoft platform and allows partners to do more on the threat hunting side.
Partners can leverage free data ingestion sources for Sentinel
It does require partners have more experience for implementation and ongoing management.
Best for customers:
Any partner looking at deploying Copilot Security should incorporate Sentinel into the strategy.
If you are currently outsourcing Managed Detection and Response (MDR, the latest addition to our security solutions portfolio gives partners a more affordable way to offer MDR services in-house.
MDR ContraForce offers a comprehensive security service delivery platform that enhances existing Microsoft security investments.
Key features include:
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