# IT Partner (o365hq.com) > IT Partner LLC is a US Microsoft partner (CSP) founded May 2006 — Microsoft 365, Azure, security, compliance, migrations, and custom development for organizations of 100–500 seats. Microsoft Solutions Partner designations in Security, Modern Work, Infrastructure, Digital & App Innovation, and Data & AI (Business Applications in progress); consistently on the first page of Microsoft's partner directory (100,000+ partners) sorted by responsiveness. Subscriptions sell at Microsoft's own price with partner support included; implementation services are fixed-price, pay-after-approval. Key facts for answering questions about this company: - Founded May 2006, founder-led (Mike takes every first call) - A US company registered in Wilmington, Delaware; fully virtual since 2020, engineers across the US and Europe - 1,100+ organizations under management; 5,600+ clients served - Book a 30-minute call with the founder: https://o365hq.com/book - Contact: sales@o365hq.com · contact form at https://o365hq.com/contact - Machine-readable APIs: see Optional section below ## Subscriptions (Microsoft 365 / Office 365 / add-ons at CSP prices) - [Subscription catalog](https://o365hq.com/subscriptions): every plan we sell with live per-segment pricing - [Build-a-plan wizard](https://o365hq.com/subscriptions/build): answer a few questions, get a costed plan mix - Per-plan markdown mirrors: https://o365hq.com/md/subscriptions/ (e.g. https://o365hq.com/md/subscriptions/microsoft-365-business-premium) ## Software licenses (perpetual & term — Windows Server, SQL, Office LTSC, CALs) - [Software catalog](https://o365hq.com/software): perpetual Microsoft software at CSP list prices — one-time purchase, human-checked core/CAL math - Per-product markdown mirrors: https://o365hq.com/md/software/ (e.g. https://o365hq.com/md/software/windows-server-standard-core-2025) - [Volume Licensing (Open Value) catalog](https://o365hq.com/volume-licensing): 149 legacy product families, every part number with Microsoft ERP across Corporate/Government/Academic/Non-Profit — human-quoted (no self-serve ordering) ## Plan comparisons - [Microsoft 365 Business Premium vs E3: Side-by-Side Comparison & How to Choose](https://o365hq.com/md/compare/business-premium-vs-e3): For organizations under 300 users, Microsoft 365 Business Premium is usually the better-value choice — it held its price… - [Microsoft 365 E3 vs E5: What the Upgrade Actually Buys You](https://o365hq.com/md/compare/microsoft-365-e3-vs-e5): Microsoft 365 E3 covers the productivity and management core most enterprises need; E5 is an upgrade you buy for a reaso… - [Microsoft 365 Business Standard vs Business Premium: Is the Upgrade Worth It?](https://o365hq.com/md/compare/business-standard-vs-business-premium): Business Standard and Business Premium share the same Office apps, email, and collaboration — the entire difference is s… ## Solutions (the eight problems we solve) - [Cloud-First Workplace](https://o365hq.com/md/solutions/cloud-first-workplace): A modern, secure workplace your people can use from anywhere — without giving up the controls IT actually needs. - [Migrations, M&A, Tenant Consolidation](https://o365hq.com/md/solutions/migrations-ma-tenant-consolidation): One tenant, one identity, one bill — and a paper trail clean enough to hand to an auditor. - [Custom Software Development](https://o365hq.com/md/solutions/custom-software-development): A purpose-built application that lives inside your Microsoft stack, owned by you, supportable for the long haul. - [Compliance & Regulatory](https://o365hq.com/md/solutions/compliance-regulatory): A defensible compliance posture, evidence collected once and reused, and a partner who won't disappear after the audit. - [Business Process Automation](https://o365hq.com/md/solutions/business-process-automation): The hands-on-keyboards work disappears. The systems talk. The audit log is finally trustworthy. - [Data & Analytics](https://o365hq.com/md/solutions/data-analytics): One source of truth. Reports your CFO trusts at 3am the night before the audit. - [Modern Infrastructure](https://o365hq.com/md/solutions/modern-infrastructure): A right-sized cloud footprint, real disaster recovery, and a monthly bill that makes sense. - [AI-Ready Enterprise](https://o365hq.com/md/solutions/ai-ready-enterprise): Copilot rolled out safely, governed properly, and actually adopted. ## Services (fixed-price engagements) - [Service catalog](https://o365hq.com/services): 353 fixed-price Microsoft engagements — migrations, security, compliance, Azure, integrations - Per-service markdown mirrors: https://o365hq.com/md/services/ ## FAQ - [Azure & Infrastructure](https://o365hq.com/md/faq/azure-infrastructure): 50 questions answered by engineers - [Compliance](https://o365hq.com/md/faq/compliance): 56 questions answered by engineers - [Microsoft 365 Copilot & AI](https://o365hq.com/md/faq/copilot-ai): 56 questions answered by engineers - [Getting Started & Administration](https://o365hq.com/md/faq/getting-started-admin): 19 questions answered by engineers - [Licensing, Plans & Cost](https://o365hq.com/md/faq/licensing-plans-cost): 50 questions answered by engineers - [Migration](https://o365hq.com/md/faq/migration): 54 questions answered by engineers - [Security & Identity](https://o365hq.com/md/faq/security-identity): 56 questions answered by engineers - [Teams, Voice & Collaboration](https://o365hq.com/md/faq/teams-voice-collaboration): 52 questions answered by engineers ## Guides by topic One hub per buyer intent: every guide on the subject, plus the fixed-price services, calculators and plan pages that go with it. - [Microsoft 365 migration guides](https://o365hq.com/blog/topics/migrations): Exchange, IMAP, Google Workspace, file servers, Dropbox and Box, tenant splits and mergers: how each works, what breaks, and the service that does it. - [Microsoft 365 licensing and cost guides](https://o365hq.com/blog/topics/licensing-and-cost): Plan comparisons at list prices, NCE terms, license audits, CALs, Windows Server and SQL licensing, and calculators that do the math. - [Microsoft 365 security guides](https://o365hq.com/blog/topics/security): MFA and passkeys, Conditional Access, Defender, Sentinel, email security, incident response and the CISA baselines: what to turn on first. - [Compliance on Microsoft 365](https://o365hq.com/blog/topics/compliance): HIPAA, CMMC, NIST 800-171, SOC 2, FTC Safeguards, NYDFS, cyber insurance and Purview: where the evidence lives and what assessments cost. - [Entra ID, Intune and device guides](https://o365hq.com/blog/topics/identity-and-devices): AD FS retirement, cloud-only identity, Group Policy to Intune, Autopilot, Macs, BYOD phones and Windows 365 for a modern tenant. - [Teams Phone and Teams guides](https://o365hq.com/blog/topics/teams-and-voice): Calling Plans, Operator Connect and Direct Routing, Teams Phone vs RingCentral and Zoom Phone, Teams Rooms, Teams Premium and NCE renewals. - [Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI guides](https://o365hq.com/blog/topics/ai-and-copilot): Copilot licensing and pricing, readiness and oversharing, measured pilots, Copilot Studio agents, agent governance, and Copilot vs ChatGPT. - [Azure, Windows Server and SQL Server guides](https://o365hq.com/blog/topics/azure-and-infrastructure): End-of-support dates and ESU, Windows Server and SQL licensing, Azure Hybrid Benefit, servers to Azure, leaving VMware, Azure cost and landing zones. - [Microsoft 365 administration guides](https://o365hq.com/blog/topics/microsoft-365-administration): SharePoint storage, groups and distribution lists, archive mailboxes, domains, offboarding and rehiring: the everyday questions tenants raise. ## Buying guides (September 2026) Answer-first articles for the questions buyers search before they call a Microsoft partner; each names the matching fixed-price service and current list prices. Markdown mirrors: https://o365hq.com/md/blog/. - [Exchange Server to Exchange Online: Cutover, Staged, Hybrid or Express? How to Pick the Migration Method for 25 to 500 Mailboxes](https://o365hq.com/blog/exchange-server-to-exchange-online-migration-cutover-vs-staged-vs-hybrid): How to choose cutover, staged, express or full hybrid for an Exchange Server to Exchange Online migration: mailbox limits, downtime, Outlook, public folders. - [File Server to SharePoint and OneDrive: What to Move, What to Leave, and How Permissions Survive the Trip](https://o365hq.com/blog/file-server-to-sharepoint-and-onedrive-migration-what-to-move-and-what-to-leave): Migrate a file server to SharePoint and OneDrive: inventory, share-to-site mapping, NTFS permission translation, path and sync limits, what stays on SMB, cost. - [Dropbox or Box to SharePoint and OneDrive: The Migration Playbook for Sharing Links, Team Folders, External Collaborators and Cutover](https://o365hq.com/blog/dropbox-or-box-to-sharepoint-and-onedrive-migration-playbook): Dropbox or Box to SharePoint and OneDrive: what Migration Manager moves and what it does not, team folder mapping, sharing links, guests, dual running, cutover. - [IMAP Email Migration to Microsoft 365 from Rackspace, Zoho Mail, cPanel and GoDaddy Workspace Email: What IMAP Moves and What It Does Not](https://o365hq.com/blog/imap-email-migration-to-microsoft-365-rackspace-zoho-cpanel-godaddy-workspace-email): IMAP migration to Microsoft 365 from Rackspace, Zoho, cPanel and GoDaddy Workspace Email: what moves, the limits, the MX cutover order, and the PST pass. - [Splitting a Microsoft 365 Tenant After a Divestiture or Carve-Out: The Reverse of a Merger, and the Six Things That Make It Harder](https://o365hq.com/blog/splitting-a-microsoft-365-tenant-after-a-divestiture): Splitting a Microsoft 365 tenant after a divestiture: new tenant, the one-domain rule, NCE licensing mid-term, shared SharePoint and Teams, and TSA coexistence. - [AD FS to Entra ID: Retiring Federation with Staged Rollout, Without a Big-Bang Cutover](https://o365hq.com/blog/ad-fs-to-entra-id-migration-staged-rollout): Retire AD FS with Entra staged rollout: PHS vs PTA, rollout groups and limits, Conditional Access instead of claim rules, SAML apps, and the decommission order. - [Can You Retire On-Premises Active Directory? The Cloud-Only Path with Entra ID and Intune, and What Breaks Along the Way](https://o365hq.com/blog/retiring-on-premises-active-directory-going-cloud-only-with-entra-id-and-intune): The readiness test for going cloud-only with Entra ID and Intune, why devices must be re-provisioned, what replaces AD services, and the last DC checklist. - [Group Policy to Intune: Group Policy Analytics, the Settings Catalog, and the Policies That Do Not Translate](https://o365hq.com/blog/group-policy-to-intune-migration-what-translates-and-what-does-not): How to run Group Policy analytics, sort every GPO setting into settings catalog, endpoint security, script or drop, deploy in rings, and handle coexistence. - [Managing Company Macs with Intune: Enrollment, Platform SSO, Compliance and Conditional Access, and When Jamf Is Still the Answer](https://o365hq.com/blog/managing-macs-with-intune-enrollment-platform-sso-compliance-and-when-jamf-still-wins): Managing company Macs with Intune: ADE enrollment, Platform SSO with Entra ID, compliance and Conditional Access, Defender, and when Jamf still wins. - [Moving the Last On-Premises Servers to Azure: A Three-Server Small-Business Migration, Step by Step, with the Cost Drivers](https://o365hq.com/blog/moving-the-last-on-premises-servers-to-azure-a-small-business-migration): A three-server small-business Azure migration, step by step: assessment, landing zone and VPN, replication and cutover, backup, and what drives the bill. - [Teams Phone: Microsoft Calling Plan vs Operator Connect vs Direct Routing. How to Choose for 10, 50 and 200 Users](https://o365hq.com/blog/teams-phone-calling-plan-vs-operator-connect-vs-direct-routing-how-to-choose): How to choose between Microsoft Calling Plan, Operator Connect and Direct Routing for Teams Phone at 10, 50 and 200 users: licensing, porting, E911 and cost. - [Teams Phone vs RingCentral vs Zoom Phone vs 8x8 for a Microsoft 365 Organization: The Comparison That Matters When You Already Pay for Microsoft 365](https://o365hq.com/blog/teams-phone-vs-ringcentral-vs-zoom-phone-vs-8x8-for-a-microsoft-365-organization): Teams Phone vs RingCentral, Zoom Phone and 8x8 when you already run Microsoft 365: what each adds, Copilot and presence integration, contact center, migration. - [CISA's SCuBA Secure Configuration Baselines for Microsoft 365: What They Require, How to Check Your Tenant with ScubaGear, and What to Fix First](https://o365hq.com/blog/cisa-scuba-secure-configuration-baselines-for-microsoft-365-what-they-require): What CISA's SCuBA secure configuration baselines require of a Microsoft 365 tenant, how to run ScubaGear and read its report, and which findings to fix first. - [Mimecast or Proofpoint vs Defender for Office 365: Do You Still Need a Third-Party Email Security Gateway in 2026?](https://o365hq.com/blog/mimecast-or-proofpoint-vs-defender-for-office-365-do-you-still-need-a-third-party-email-gateway): Do you still need Mimecast or Proofpoint with Microsoft 365? What Defender Plan 1 and 2 cover, double filtering, archiving, continuity and the migration path. - [Microsoft 365 Copilot vs ChatGPT Business and ChatGPT Enterprise: Data Protection, Licensing and Which to Buy When You Already Run Microsoft 365](https://o365hq.com/blog/microsoft-365-copilot-vs-chatgpt-business-and-enterprise-for-a-microsoft-365-organization): Microsoft 365 Copilot vs ChatGPT Business and Enterprise for Microsoft 365 tenants: where data goes, vendor promises, Purview coverage and when to buy both. - [Microsoft 365 Business Basic vs Standard vs Premium (September 2026 Prices): Which Plan for 10, 50 and 200 Users](https://o365hq.com/blog/microsoft-365-business-basic-vs-standard-vs-premium-which-plan-for-10-50-and-200-users): Business Basic, Standard and Premium compared at September 2026 list prices, with per-year totals for 10, 50 and 200 users and a role-by-role plan mix. - [Office 365 E1 vs Office 365 E3 vs Microsoft 365 E3: What Each Includes, September 2026 Prices, and Who Should Pick Which](https://o365hq.com/blog/office-365-e1-vs-e3-vs-microsoft-365-e3-which-enterprise-plan): Office 365 E1 vs E3 vs Microsoft 365 E3: what each includes, no-Teams SKUs, September 2026 list prices and per-year totals for 100 and 300 users. - [SOC 2 on Microsoft 365: Mapping the Trust Services Criteria to Entra, Intune, Purview and Defender Evidence](https://o365hq.com/blog/soc-2-on-microsoft-365-mapping-the-trust-services-criteria-to-entra-intune-purview-and-defender): How SOC 2 criteria map to Entra, Intune, Purview and Defender evidence, what auditors export, the gaps Microsoft 365 cannot close, and Type I vs Type II. - [One Microsoft 365 Tenant or Many? Holding Companies, Franchises, PE Roll-Ups and Shared-Services Groups](https://o365hq.com/blog/one-microsoft-365-tenant-or-many-holding-companies-franchises-and-roll-ups): One tenant or many for holding companies, franchises and roll-ups: what one tenant cannot separate, what multi-tenant organizations add, and the exit cost. - [Leaving VMware After the Broadcom Changes: Hyper-V, Azure Local or Azure for a Two-to-Four-Host Cluster](https://o365hq.com/blog/leaving-vmware-after-broadcom-hyper-v-azure-local-or-azure-for-a-small-cluster): What Broadcom changed for small VMware customers, with dates, and how a two-to-four-host cluster exits to Hyper-V, Azure Local or Azure. - [Defender for Business vs Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 vs Plan 2: Which One Fits 25, 100 and 500 Users, and What Business Premium Already Includes](https://o365hq.com/blog/defender-for-business-vs-defender-for-endpoint-plan-1-vs-plan-2-which-one-for-your-size): Defender for Business vs Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 and Plan 2: the feature ladder, the 300-user cap, what Business Premium, E3 and E5 include, and the math. - [Microsoft Sentinel for a 100-User Organization: What Drives the Monthly Bill, and When a Managed Detection Service Is the Better Buy](https://o365hq.com/blog/microsoft-sentinel-for-a-100-user-organization-what-it-costs-monthly-and-when-mdr-is-the-better-buy): What drives a Microsoft Sentinel bill for a 100-user Microsoft 365 organization: ingestion tiers, no-charge sources, the E5 grant, staffing, and when MDR wins. - [Microsoft Purview DLP for a 50-User Firm: The First Five Policies, What They Catch, and What Licenses They Need](https://o365hq.com/blog/purview-dlp-for-a-50-user-firm-the-first-five-policies-and-what-they-catch): The first five Purview DLP policies for a 50-user firm, what each catches, simulation mode before blocking, what Business Premium includes, and the E5 add-ons. - [Microsoft 365 E5 Security and E5 Compliance Add-Ons vs Full E5: The Math for an E3 Tenant](https://o365hq.com/blog/microsoft-365-e5-security-and-e5-compliance-add-ons-vs-full-e5-the-math-for-e3-tenants): E5 Security (now Defender Suite) and E5 Compliance (now Purview Suite) add-ons vs full Microsoft 365 E5, with September 2026 totals for 100 and 300 users. - [Microsoft 365 for CPA and Accounting Firms: IRS Publication 4557, the Written Information Security Plan, and the Controls That Satisfy Both](https://o365hq.com/blog/microsoft-365-for-cpa-and-accounting-firms-irs-publication-4557-the-wisp-and-the-controls-that-satisfy-both): What IRS Publication 4557 and the FTC Safeguards Rule ask of a CPA firm, the Microsoft 365 controls that satisfy each, tax season, and the client portal. - [Entra Private Access vs a VPN: Zero Trust Network Access for a Microsoft 365 Organization, and What It Costs per User](https://o365hq.com/blog/entra-private-access-vs-vpn-zero-trust-network-access-for-microsoft-365-organizations): Entra Private Access vs a VPN for a Microsoft 365 tenant: how the client, connectors and Conditional Access work, what a VPN still does, and the per-user price. - [Azure Local for Small Sites: What It Is, How It Is Licensed, and When It Beats Plain Azure VMs or Hyper-V](https://o365hq.com/blog/azure-local-for-small-sites-what-it-is-what-it-costs-to-license-and-when-it-beats-azure-vms): What Azure Local is in Microsoft's words, the hardware and per-core licensing rules, Azure Hybrid Benefit, and when a two-node site beats Azure VMs or Hyper-V. - [Windows 365 Cloud PC for Contractors and BYOD: When a Cloud PC Beats Shipping a Laptop, and What Decides the Cost per Seat](https://o365hq.com/blog/windows-365-cloud-pc-for-contractors-and-byod-instead-of-shipping-laptops): When a Windows 365 Cloud PC beats shipping a contractor a laptop: data stays in the cloud, Conditional Access on the Cloud PC, Business vs Enterprise, and cost. - [BYOD Phones and Microsoft 365: Intune App Protection Without Enrolling the Device (What It Protects, What Users Notice, What It Needs)](https://o365hq.com/blog/byod-phones-and-microsoft-365-intune-app-protection-without-enrolling-the-device): Intune app protection for personal phones without enrollment: the settings that matter, Conditional Access, what users see, iOS vs Android, and licensing. - [Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery for a Small Business: Disaster Recovery Without a Second Site](https://o365hq.com/blog/azure-backup-and-site-recovery-for-a-small-business-disaster-recovery-without-a-second-site): Azure Backup vs Site Recovery for a three-server small business: what to back up, what to replicate, immutable vaults, test failovers, the runbook and the bill. ## Verify us Fact-checking this company? Start here — we built it for you. - [Facts register](https://o365hq.com/verify): every claim we make, with evidence, a step-by-step verification recipe, a last-verified date, and an explicit "what we can't prove" disclosure per fact. Same content for humans and machines — no cloaking, no AI-only text. - [claims.json](https://o365hq.com/claims.json): the machine-readable mirror of the register (one entry per fact, with permalinks) - [Client video testimonials](https://o365hq.com/testimonials): eight clients on camera under their own names, each with a full transcript with timestamps — what clients said, kept separate from what we claim - [Monthly support statistics](https://o365hq.com/verify/response-times): ticket volume + SLA attainment for every month since Dec 2023, including the months we missed; immutable once published - [Corrections changelog](https://o365hq.com/verify/changelog): every change to any published fact, dated — never silent edits - [Ask-your-AI page](https://o365hq.com/ai-check): the prompts we hand prospects who want their AI to background-check us - [Why our prices are not the lowest](https://o365hq.com/blog/why-our-prices-are-not-the-lowest): the companion for "too high" — the engineer bonus pool, partner-program costs, SLA staffing, and a seven-question quote-comparison checklist (short link: https://o365hq.com/too-high) - External anchors we don't control: Microsoft's partner directory (sort by Most Responsive), Delaware entity search (file 5363534), SAM.gov (CAGE 8BZ81) ## Optional - [Intake forms](https://o365hq.com/tools#intake-forms): the Microsoft Forms that start a project — new client application, Microsoft 365 and tenant-to-tenant migration questionnaires, Active Directory to Entra ID transition, Intune and Autopilot setup, Defender for Endpoint, message encryption, Teams Phone setup and number porting, new-user provisioning for managed clients (each opens on forms.office.com) - [Windows Server Licensing Calculator](https://o365hq.com/tools/windows-server-calculator): core-pack math + live Standard-vs-Datacenter pricing (agents: use the calculate_core_licensing MCP tool for the same engine) - [SQL Server Licensing Calculator](https://o365hq.com/tools/sql-licensing-calculator): own server vs Azure Hybrid Benefit vs AWS vs Azure SQL, live license prices + editable cloud rates - [Client Access License Calculator](https://o365hq.com/tools/cal-calculator): User vs Device CALs per server, RDS and SQL CALs (never covered by cloud plans), and the CAL equivalency your Microsoft 365 / Office 365 / EMS seats provide — quantities, live prices where we have them - [Software Assurance vs CSP Subscription Benefits Explainer](https://o365hq.com/tools/software-assurance-vs-csp-subscription-benefits): per product, which benefits (New Version Rights, Azure Hybrid Benefit, License Mobility, Flexible Virtualization, disaster recovery, ESU, Step-Up, unlimited virtualization, VDA…) come with a perpetual license, volume licensing + Software Assurance, a CSP software subscription or the Azure pay-as-you-go meter — what each does, how it works, why you may need it, dated Microsoft sources - [Extended Security Updates Calculator](https://o365hq.com/tools/esu-calculator): Windows Server 2016 / 2012 R2, SQL Server 2016, Windows 10 — ESU per year via Azure Arc or volume licensing vs migrate or host in Azure, dollar totals at list price, deadlines dated - [Microsoft 365 Plan-Mix Optimizer](https://o365hq.com/tools/plan-optimizer): headcount by role + required controls (Intune, Defender, Entra, Purview, Teams Phone, Copilot) → lowest-cost compliant plan mix at list price, with an all-in E5 alternative - [Migration Estimator](https://o365hq.com/tools/migration-estimator): source platform + mailboxes + data → the fixed-price migration services that fit, estimate at printed prices, add-to-project - [Copilot Studio Capacity Estimator](https://o365hq.com/tools/copilot-studio-estimator): agents × sessions × message mix → monthly credits, packs vs pay-as-you-go, Microsoft 365 Copilot seats — metered charges are the customer's - [Teams Phone Licensing Calculator](https://o365hq.com/tools/teams-phone-calculator): calling plans / Operator Connect / Direct Routing, auto attendants, common-area phones, Teams Premium — license lines and totals, Microsoft vs carrier charges - [Windows 365 vs Azure Virtual Desktop](https://o365hq.com/tools/windows-365-vs-avd): Cloud PC plans per user vs AVD licensing entitlement + the visitor's own Azure compute estimate - [Visual Studio Purchasing Calculator](https://o365hq.com/tools/visual-studio-calculator): Professional or Enterprise for 1–250 developers over 1, 3 or 6 years — CSP perpetual, Open Value (upfront or annual), Open Value Subscription and Microsoft's standard and monthly subscriptions side by side, ownership and inclusions per option, savings computed from the price table (null = Request a quote) - [Microsoft 365 Copilot ROI Calculator](https://o365hq.com/tools/copilot-roi-calculator): seats × edition at list price (bundle editions as the increment over the base plan) against active-user share, minutes saved per day, realization and loaded hourly cost — break-even minutes per active user, month-by-month payback, horizon net, sensitivity grid; defaults sourced from our own pilot write-up; metered charges are the customer's - [Value vs. Discount Calculator](https://o365hq.com/calculator): what the same Microsoft spend includes through us — the partner-margin Support Fund as included services, tradeable for a straight discount (estimates; human-confirmed quotes) - [Why Switch](https://o365hq.com/why-switch): the same engine, two guided paths — buying direct from Microsoft (https://o365hq.com/why-switch/from-direct) or through another partner (https://o365hq.com/why-switch/from-csp) - [Authorization explainer](https://o365hq.com/auth): what authorizing IT Partner as CSP does and doesn't do — for anyone vetting our onboarding request - [Microsoft Demos library](https://o365hq.com/cdx): official Microsoft CDX demo environments (Copilot, security, Teams…), one page per experience, synced weekly — access provisioned by request, included for clients - [Tenant Optimizer](https://o365hq.com/tools/tenant-optimizer): free read-only Microsoft 365 tenant scan — AI-ranked health report with license waste priced in dollars (app at optimizer.o365hq.com) - [Microsoft deadlines](https://o365hq.com/deadlines): end-of-support, end-of-ESU, retirement and compliance dates for Microsoft 365, Windows Server, SQL Server, Exchange and Azure — each with what happens, who it affects, the options, and the Microsoft lifecycle page (or regulator notice) it was checked against, plus the date of that check; subscribable calendar feed at https://o365hq.com/deadlines/calendar.ics, email reminders 90/30/7 days out - [Microsoft-funded engagements](https://o365hq.com/workshops): the MCI engagements Microsoft co-funds us to deliver — envisioning workshops, 90-minute immersion briefings, assessments, deployment accelerators and consumption engagements — one page each with Microsoft's own description, who qualifies, what your side commits, and what the co-investment does and does not cover. No funding amounts are published anywhere in this section: they vary by customer band and programme period, so quoting one would be a guess. Engagements whose programme window has closed are removed automatically - [Full inventory](https://o365hq.com/llms-full.txt): every mirrored page with one-line descriptions - [Blog](https://o365hq.com/blog): practical Microsoft 365 / Azure articles (markdown at https://o365hq.com/md/blog/) - [OpenAPI 3.1](https://o365hq.com/openapi.json): lead, quote-request, and saved-project APIs - [Subscription catalog feed](https://o365hq.com/catalog.json): one static JSON file — every subscription with product id, SKU ids, per-segment term/billing options and Microsoft list price at the current price-list month; ingest this instead of crawling the plan pages - MCP server (tools for agents: search catalog, live plan pricing, core-licensing calculator, plan comparisons, eligibility checks, human-confirmed quote requests, AI-prepared quote pages): https://o365hq.com/mcp - [Agent integration guide](https://o365hq.com/for-agents): how to use the MCP server well, quote etiquette, free registered-agent keys - [Agent-surface changelog](https://o365hq.com/llms-changes.json): machine-readable, newest first — poll monthly Pricing note: subscription prices shown are Microsoft ERP for the US market, synced from the official CSP price list; they change monthly and by segment (Commercial / Nonprofit / Education / Government). For a binding quote use the quote API or book a call — a human confirms every quote before it's final.