Microsoft announces price increases for Office 365 and Microsoft 365

For the first time in a decade, Microsoft announced price increases for Office 365 and Microsoft 365 services for the first time. This affects commercial and business customers using Microsoft's software as a service (SaaS) next year. There are no price changes for educational and consumer products at this time.

Listed prices for commercial products will begin on March 1, 2022:

1. Microsoft 365 Business Basic ($5 to $6 per user)
2. Microsoft 365 Business Premium (from 20 USD to 22 USD)
3. Office 365 E1 (from $8 to $10)
4. Office 365 E3 (from 20 USD to 23 USD)
5. Office 365 E5 (from $35 to $38)
6. Microsoft 365 E3 (from 32 USD to 36 USD)

In 2011, Microsoft first launched Office 365 in 40 different markets, and the company has been refining it ever since. Jared Spataro, Director of Microsoft 365, shared that this is the first price update since Microsoft launched Office 365 a decade ago.

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'Since introducing Microsoft 365, we've added 24 apps to it - Microsoft Teams, Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, Stream, Planner, Visio, OneDrive, Yammer and Whiteboard - and have released more than 1,400 properties new capabilities and capabilities," Microsoft said.

Microsoft also reported record year-over-year revenue growth thanks to cloud services like Office 365. Microsoft has more than 300 million commercial customers using Office 365, so price changes are sure to have an impact. stronger impact on Microsoft's profits and revenue next year.

Over the past decade, while large businesses have benefited from price cuts, next year's price hikes will hit small businesses as the economy begins to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. .

Micah Soto

Update 20 August 2021