Microsoft replaced the Office 365 brand with Microsoft 365

Microsoft today announced it will soon rebrand the 'Office 365 "office toolkit to' Microsoft 365 '.In the future, Microsoft will use the Microsoft 365 brand for consumers, small and medium businesses to sign up for Office 365 and Office 365 ProPlus.

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Here are the names that will be changed:

- Office 365 Home will change to Microsoft 365 Family.

- Office 365 Personal will change to Microsoft 365 Personal.

- Ofiice 365 Business Essentials will change to Microsoft 365 Business Basic.

- Office 365 Business Premium will change to Microsoft 365 Business Standard.

- Microsoft 365 Business will change to Microsoft 365 Business Premium.

- Office 365 Business and Office 365 ProPlus will change to Microsoft 365 App together.Microsoft will use the tags' for business' and 'for enterprise "to distinguish them.

The features of the above software suites remain the same and not all are renamed, here are the Office 365 suites that are kept, at least not yet planned to change:

- Office 365 for Enterprise

+ Office 365 E1

+ Office 365 E3

+ Office 365 E5

- Office 365 for Firstline Workers

+ Office 365 F1

- Office 365 for Education

+ Office 365 A1

+ Office 365 A3

+ Office 365 A5

- Office 365 for Government

+ Office 365 G1

+ Office 365 G3

+ Office 365 G5

Explaining the name change, Microsoft said:

' First, we want our products to reflect the range of features and benefits of signing up. Microsoft 365 is an integrated suite of applications and services using AI and other advanced enhancements to help you. And for small and medium businesses, the new Microsoft Teams feature will help you organize rich online meetings and events; the ability to store and share files in the cloud so you can collaborate from anywhere; and security and identity solutions to protect your business.

Second, we are always looking for ways to simplify. This new approach to naming our products is designed to help you quickly find the software you need and get back to your business . '

Microsoft also made it clear that Office applications will remain part of Microsoft 365.