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Nueces County IT pitches Microsoft government cloud for security and mobility at roughly $350,000/year
Summary
County IT presented a plan to move email, Office licensing and file storage to a Microsoft government cloud to improve security and mobility; staff cited recent ransomware incidents and estimated an ongoing cost near $350,000 annually, with licensing roughly $300 per user per year.
County IT staff told commissioners the largest item in the department’s budget request is a move to a Microsoft government cloud environment to address mailbox limits, software-version fragmentation and cybersecurity risks.
Presenters said the cloud would solve frequent email-capacity warnings by providing a dramatically larger default mailbox and would consolidate Office licensing, shifting the county from device-based purchases to per-user cloud licensing. The presenter gave a headline estimate…
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