Microsoft has bet big on Microsoft Office 365 but CITEworld says so far, the big enterprises that make up the bulk of Microsoft’s revenue haven’t jumped on board. Microsoft channel boss Jon Roskill told Redmond Channel Partner that “90 percent” of Office 365 customers are from businesses with fewer than 50 employees, and explained, “small business is at the core of this product customer base.” Mr. Roskill also said that Office 365 “penetration is still in the low single digits” in other words, less than 5%.
Office 365 was originally introduced in June 2011, and the first focus was on Microsoft-hosted versions of servers like Exchange and SharePoint. But enterprise customers tend to have multi-year license agreements.
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