Prospective Australian customers for Microsoft’s Office365 cloud suite will have additional choices beyond the Telstra T-Suite from April 2, 2014.

According to a post from Steven Miller, Business Group Lead, Microsoft Office Division, SMB customers will also have the choice of purchasing Office 365 “either via an Open License agreement, through the Microsoft Online Portal or via retail partners who support Electronic Software Distribution (ESD). Open License and the Microsoft Online Portal will be available through Microsoft resellers. “

Office 365 will continue to be available via Telstra T-Suite. 

Microsoft resellers will have the ability to bundle Office 365 with existing services and bill for Office 365 as part of the total service offering. 

Another new announcement is that Microsoft’s cloud-based PC and device management platform, Windows Intune will also be offered via Microsoft resellers.

Pricing details have not been announced.