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Hi,<br />
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I think this is more about what you need and what your requirements are. &nbsp;For instance, I'm a sole trader and I subscribe to Gmail to handle email, calendar and those collaborative products.<br />
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I also subscribe to Office 365 directly with Microsoft for purely using the office programs and be compatible with my clients as needed.<br />
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My question to you is, &quot;what can your ISP offer you as a reseller?&quot;. &nbsp;If you can't see a difference (other than they might be more expensive?) then I would recommend going direct to the source. &nbsp;The more hands you remove from the pie so to speak, the better experience you'll have.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
Rob
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Hi,

I think this is more about what you need and what your requirements are.  For instance, I'm a sole trader and I subscribe to Gmail to handle email, calendar and those collaborative products.

I also subscribe to Office 365 directly with Microsoft for purely using the office programs and be compatible with my clients as needed.

My question to you is, "what can your ISP offer you as a reseller?".  If you can't see a difference (other than they might be more expensive?) then I would recommend going direct to the source.  The more hands you remove from the pie so to speak, the better experience you'll have.

Cheers,
Rob

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I have purchased through an ISP. It was exactly the same price. But I have another level of support with my ISP.
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I have purchased through an ISP. It was exactly the same price. But I have another level of support with my ISP.

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Primarily interested in a hosted email provider other than Gmail. &nbsp;<br />
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ISP sells Office 365 but it is also available direct from Microsoft. <br />
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What would be the best option? What value can an ISP or Microsoft direct add?
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Primarily interested in a hosted email provider other than Gmail.  

ISP sells Office 365 but it is also available direct from Microsoft. 

What would be the best option? What value can an ISP or Microsoft direct add?

Buy Office 365 from ISP or from Microsoft direct?

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.

Microsoft Office

Office 365 is a group of software plus services subscriptions that provides productivity software and related services to its subscribers. Office 365 allows the use of Microsoft Office apps on Windows and OS X, provides storage space on Microsoft's cloud storage service OneDrive, and grants 60 Skype minutes per month. Office 365 includes e-mail and social networking services through hosted versions of Exchange Server, Skype for Business Server, SharePoint and Office Online, integration with Yammer, as well as access to the Office software. All of Office 365's components can be managed and configured through an online portal; users can be added manually, imported from a CSV file, or Office 365 can be set up for single sign-on with a local Active Directory using Active Directory Federation Services.

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.