Prepare your 2022 IT budgets! Microsoft has announced it will increase rates on its Microsoft 365 (M365) service, March 1, 2022. More than 300 million users will see a 10-25% increase in subscription rates. These price changes mark “the first substantive pricing update since we launched Office 365 a decade ago,” stated Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft 365.
Rate Increases Chart
|
SUBSCRIPTION |
CURRENT COST PER USER |
MARCH 1, 2022 COST PER USER |
INCREASE (%) |
|
Microsoft 365 Business Basic |
$5 |
$6 |
20% |
|
Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
$20 |
$22 |
10% |
|
Office 365 E1 |
$8 |
$10 |
25% |
|
Office 365 E3 |
$20 |
$23 |
15% |
|
Office 365 E5 |
$35 |
$38 |
8.6% |
|
Microsoft 365 E3 |
$32 |
$36 |
12.5% |
Microsoft has stated there is no rate increases on education and consumer products at this time.
Microsoft’s subscription price increases are the result of the additional value Microsoft has incorporated into its M365 product line. Since it was introduced in 2011, Microsoft has added over 20 apps to the suite—Microsoft Teams, Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, Stream, Planner, Visio, OneDrive, Yammer, Whiteboard, plus more—and released over 1,400 new features and capabilities.
Today, the M365 platform is Microsoft’s premiere hub of cloud services working together to provide modern productivity and teamwork solutions, intelligent security and compliance features, and automation capabilities that improve operational efficiency.
If you are interested in discovering what value the addition of these apps could bring to your business operations or would like more information about M365 subscriptions, connect with us at 888.624.6737, or email us at info@systemsengineering.com. Clients, please reach out to your Account Manager.
