This is the common staffing benefit of new technologies:
As such, Redmond says, the result is not that IT becomes redundant; it becomes more strategically important than ever. And, significantly, it goes from being a department that normally says “no” to user requests to one that can start saying “yes.” Even comparatively minor things, such as the vast 50GB inbox quota that Office 365 offers will, for many, be a breath of fresh air. And it will remove a traditional source of conflict between IT and the users they serve.
Hopefully that’ll be the case. There’s also the less thrilling option to lay them off if all you need is email.