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All joking aside, this the user count is probably being driven more by email and possibly Teams than Excel. I would guess that most of the licenses are for wha
by marcus0x62 3y ago
All joking aside, this the user count is probably being driven more by email and possibly Teams than Excel. I would guess that most of the licenses are for what Microsoft calls "frontline workers"[0].
It is also highly likely [1] that this is a very, very, bespoke deal and the user count is just an easy pricing model to use that the Amazon people can wrap their heads around and that Microsoft can recognize revenue from.
0 - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/frontline?rtc=1 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/fro...
1 - source: I used to be involved in crafting and negotiating these sorts of deals, although a bit smaller ($100m-ish vs $1b) and I've never done business with Amazon or Microsoft.