Understanding the Dynamics 365 Teams Member Licence Restrictions
know the limitations, know your options
The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity. Douglas Horton
The story of Team Member licence
The Team member licence has had a roller coaster ride with Dynamics 365. As soon as Microsoft released the generous first Team Member licence they realised they had made a mistake because it let users too do much.
This lead to a stampede of users buying team member licences and with no enforcement it was happy days and business saved themselves money on licences.
Microsoft quickly plugged the dam and updated the Teams Member licence to be more restrictive (but not enforced technically yet). This caused a lot of complaining because Microsoft had given a child an ice cream with their right hand and took it back instantly with the left hand.
Dynamics 365 now technically enforces the Team Member licence limitations, which will have caused lots of users to have to upgrade their licences to full licences'.
Just like when a developer gives an estimate, it’s never forgotten (unless it goes down) and there are still people out there who think the Teams Member licence is…
