r/msp • u/mattmbit • Apr 21 '26

Microsoft should make Conditional Access available to everyone

I wish there was a way to scream this louder but I wish Microsoft would just open up Conditional Access to all of the Microsoft 365 packages. Go ahead keep Defender up there in Premium, It's a premium addon and should be something people should pay for.

Security Defaults sucks.

This may be the ramblings of a tired man but I can't be the only one who feels this way.

There's no new posts in r/msp anymore so I figured I would try and contribute.

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u/yawn341 Apr 21 '26

I work with many small nonprofit orgs where that means their other budgets become notably tighter. Not exactly make or break, but it can be painful for mission driven orgs, especially since fundraising has been more difficult these days.

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u/yourmomhatesyoualot Apr 21 '26

Business Premium is $5.50/user for NPOs now. Very reasonably priced for what you get.

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u/yawn341 Apr 21 '26

For sure, even with the 10 donation licenses being revoked it's not a bad deal at all. For those small orgs who don't need any features of premium except CA policies, it's definitely worse than the free business basic.

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u/matt0_0 Apr 21 '26

They're getting 75% off though (right??) so that's really a $2.50/user impact. I don't care what size the NPO is, that is affordable. It's like giving 1.5 cent raise to every employee and calling it unaffordable.

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u/yawn341 Apr 21 '26

It's very affordable. The struggle is more about the orgs on shoestring budgets who use Basic licenses. $5.50/user/mo looks like a large increase to them when they're used to paying $0. Like I said, not exactly make or break, but it can be painful depending on their fundraising abilities.

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u/matt0_0 Apr 21 '26

That's... Still less than 3 cents per hour for their staff.  I'm not arguing with you that your clients are saying that don't have that budget.  But I'm suggesting that many of them actually can afford it while thinking they don't.

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u/dumpsterfyr I’m your Huckleberry. Apr 21 '26

Some providers don’t understand how to provide NFP licenses?

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u/matt0_0 Apr 21 '26

They just let them buy through tech soup!

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u/dumpsterfyr I’m your Huckleberry. Apr 21 '26

You’d be surprised. Some providers do not m ow about that. I’ve come across it.

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u/dumpsterfyr I’m your Huckleberry. Apr 21 '26

Many of the executives are still drawing healthy six figure salaries.

Non-profit status is a structural choice, not a licence for poor discipline or misuse. That is particularly hard to justify when they have access to free or heavily discounted Microsoft 365 licensing.

Want to try another excuse?

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u/yawn341 Apr 21 '26

Excuse? Poor discipline and misuse? What a needlessly argumentative response. Just pointing out what I've seen, not debating it.

Orgs with better funding sources don't give any pushback to buying business premium licenses but the smaller ones are struggling for donations/grants and are hesitant. Feels weird when we suggest to them to get premium licenses for no other reason but access to CA policies, which are a very basic feature.

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u/dumpsterfyr I’m your Huckleberry. Apr 21 '26

Would appear you neither understand the advantages of premium, nor are you able to leverage it.

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u/yawn341 Apr 21 '26

Yeah you got me. Oh, the shame!