Yes, it is clear that going this route will increase overall costs for running Office Apps when none of the alternatives work for the customer.

I also can't tell if Windows Multi-Session support on Azure Stack HCI will be expanded for hosting-Partners/QMTH in the future.įor customers that can't move away from RDS, the recommendation would be to switch from E3/E5 to the respective standalone plans that do include the same service, but not apps, and then license Office (LTSC) apps separately. The only thing I could add on top what is documented and said before is that traditional VDI (Windows 10/11, but not multi-session) would also be a solution, though the economics of this solution would certainly not apply to SMB customers. More information on this can be found here since a while: Windows Server end of support and Microsoft 365 Apps - Deploy Office | Microsoft Docs.

You for the feedback, note that I don't in any of the product groups responsible for this decision, I can only advise on the current options that are available, and said to be available since a couple of years now.

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