Microsoft have announced price rises across the board for its Microsoft 365 plans. The suite, previously known as Office 365 will see price increases of up to 20% from March 2022.
Why increase the price by so much?
Microsoft have identified this action as the first substantive price update since Office 365 was launched 10 years ago and feel that the increases still represent great value to users.
“This updated pricing reflects the increased value we have delivered to our customers over the past 10 years.” Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft 365
Microsoft point towards the significant additional apps, features and functionality that are now included within Microsoft 365, and have identified the huge benefit that businesses have derived from the Teams platform during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Microsoft continue to drive innovation in the Microsoft 365 platform in three main areas:-
Communication and Collaboration
Security and Compliance
AI and Automation
What does this mean for me?
Carbon Cloud will unfortunately need to pass these price increases onto our corporate customers,education and consumer products are unaffected at this time. Our team have invested significant resources working with Microsoft to understand ways of minimising the effect of these Office365 price increases. Options include longer-term commitments to licences and ensuring that users are assigned the most appropriate licence type. Carbon Cloud are offering a free M365 and security audit during the first three months of 2022. Contact us now to book your session.
