Junior enlisted troops may lose email in Army’s platform transition
By Davis Winkie
Nov 8, 04:43 PM
The Army’s ongoing adoption of Microsoft-based email, teleconferencing and collaboration services for its “Army 365″ platform could leave hundreds of thousands of soldiers, civilians and contractors without official email access, Army Times has confirmed.
The issue stems from the Army opting to purchase individual Microsoft 365 licenses rather than providing them to all of the service’s personnel. The Army has to pay for each individual license, meaning the arrangement could save money, a source familiar with the transition explained.
Right now, the Army’s plan is to grant licenses — and thus new Army.mil email addresses — only to NCOs and officers, according to an interim licensing guidance memo issued by Lt. Gen. John Morrison Jr., the service’s top uniformed IT official.
Army Times obtained a copy of the memo from a source involved in implementing the email transition.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/11/08/junior-enlisted-troops-may-lose-email-in-armys-platform-transition/
