Find the best Microsoft 365 plan for your business
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
Plan highlights:
- Identity and access management for up to 300 users
- Web and mobile versions3 of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Custom business email (you@yourbusiness.com)
- Chat, call, and video conference with Microsoft Teams
- 1 TB of cloud storage per employee
- 10+ additional apps for your business needs (including Microsoft Bookings, Planner, and Forms)
- AI chat experience with web grounding, writing assistance, data analysis, and access to agents4
- Automatic spam and malware filtering
- Anytime phone and web support
Apps and services included:
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Word (web and mobile only): Create impressive documents and improve your writing with built-in intelligent features.
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Excel (web and mobile only): Simplify complex data and create easy-to-read spreadsheets.
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PowerPoint (web and mobile only): Easily create polished presentations that stand out.
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OneNote (web and mobile only): Meet all your notetaking needs with one cross-functional notebook.
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Outlook: Manage your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts together in one place.
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Exchange: Work smarter with business-class email and calendaring.
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Microsoft Teams: Bring everyone together in one place to meet, chat, call, and collaborate.
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OneDrive: Save, access, edit, and share files and photos wherever you are.
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SharePoint: Create team sites to share information, files, and resources.
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
Everything in Business Basic, plus:
- Desktop, web, and mobile versions3 of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other apps
- Webinars with attendee registration and reporting
- Collaborative workspaces to cocreate using Microsoft Loop
- Video editing and design tools with Microsoft Clipchamp
Apps and services included:
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Word: Create impressive documents and improve your writing with built-in intelligent features.
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Excel: Simplify complex data and create easy-to-read spreadsheets.
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PowerPoint: Easily create polished presentations that stand out.
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OneNote: Meet all your notetaking needs with one cross-functional notebook.
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Microsoft Loop: Cocreate with workspaces that bring all the parts of a project together.
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Microsoft Clipchamp: Create and edit professional-looking videos with easy-to-use tools.
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Outlook: Manage your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts together in one place.
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Exchange: Work smarter with business-class email and calendaring.
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Microsoft Teams: Bring everyone together in one place to meet, chat, call, and collaborate.
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OneDrive: Save, access, edit, and share files and photos wherever you are.
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SharePoint: Create team sites to share information, files, and resources.
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Microsoft Editor: Write more clearly and concisely across documents, emails, and the web.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Everything in Business Standard, plus:
- Advanced identity and access management
- Enterprise-grade device and endpoint protection
- Enhanced cyberthreat protection against viruses and phishing attacks
- Discovery, classification, and protection of sensitive data
Apps and services included:
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Word: Create impressive documents and improve your writing with built-in intelligent features.
-
Excel: Simplify complex data and create easy-to-read spreadsheets.
-
PowerPoint: Easily create polished presentations that stand out.
-
OneNote: Meet all your notetaking needs with one cross-functional notebook.
-
Microsoft Loop: Cocreate with workspaces that bring all the parts of a project together.
-
Microsoft Clipchamp: Create and edit professional-looking videos with easy-to-use tools.
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Outlook: Manage your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts together in one place.
-
Exchange: Work smarter with business-class email and calendaring.
-
Microsoft Teams: Bring everyone together in one place to meet, chat, call, and collaborate.
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OneDrive: Save, access, edit, and share files and photos wherever you are.
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SharePoint: Create team sites to share information, files, and resources.
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Microsoft Editor: Write more clearly and concisely across documents, emails, and the web.
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Microsoft Entra ID: Protect employee identities and credentials.
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Windows 11: Empower your team to connect faster, get creative, and be more productive.
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Intune: Protect your business and application data and access on devices.
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Microsoft Defender: Get threat prevention and detection with Microsoft Defender security capabilities.
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Microsoft Purview: Make governing, protecting, and managing your data easy and efficient.
Microsoft 365 Apps for business
Plan highlights:
- Available for up to 300 employees
- Desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- 1 TB of cloud storage per user
- Anytime phone and web support
Apps and services included:
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Word: Create impressive documents and improve your writing with built-in intelligent features.
-
Excel: Simplify complex data and create easy-to-read spreadsheets.
-
PowerPoint: Easily create polished presentations that stand out.
-
OneNote: Meet all your notetaking needs with one cross-functional notebook.
-
Outlook: Manage your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts together in one place.
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OneDrive: Save, access, edit, and share files and photos wherever you are.
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Microsoft Editor: Write more clearly and concisely across documents, emails, and the web.
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
Plan highlights:
- Identity and access management for up to 300 users
- Web and mobile versions3 of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Custom business email (you@yourbusiness.com)
- Chat, call, and video conference with Microsoft Teams
- 1 TB of cloud storage per employee
- 10+ additional apps for your business needs (including Microsoft Bookings, Planner, and Forms)
- AI chat experience with web grounding, writing assistance, data analysis, and access to agents4
- Automatic spam and malware filtering
- Anytime phone and web support
-
Apps and services included:
-
Word (web and mobile only): Create impressive documents and improve your writing with built-in intelligent features.
-
Excel (web and mobile only): Simplify complex data and create easy-to-read spreadsheets.
-
PowerPoint (web and mobile only): Easily create polished presentations that stand out.
-
OneNote (web and mobile only): Meet all your notetaking needs with one cross-functional notebook.
-
Outlook: Manage your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts together in one place.
-
Exchange: Work smarter with business-class email and calendaring.
-
Microsoft Teams: Bring everyone together in one place to meet, chat, call, and collaborate.
-
OneDrive: Save, access, edit, and share files and photos wherever you are.
-
SharePoint: Create team sites to share information, files, and resources.
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
Everything in Business Basic, plus:
- Desktop, web, and mobile versions3 of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other apps
- Webinars with attendee registration and reporting
- Collaborative workspaces to cocreate using Microsoft Loop
- Video editing and design tools with Microsoft Clipchamp
-
Apps and services included:
-
Word: Create impressive documents and improve your writing with built-in intelligent features.
-
Excel: Simplify complex data and create easy-to-read spreadsheets.
-
PowerPoint: Easily create polished presentations that stand out.
-
OneNote: Meet all your notetaking needs with one cross-functional notebook.
-
Microsoft Loop: Cocreate with workspaces that bring all the parts of a project together.
-
Microsoft Clipchamp: Create and edit professional-looking videos with easy-to-use tools.
-
Outlook: Manage your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts together in one place.
-
Exchange: Work smarter with business-class email and calendaring.
-
Microsoft Teams: Bring everyone together in one place to meet, chat, call, and collaborate.
-
OneDrive: Save, access, edit, and share files and photos wherever you are.
-
SharePoint: Create team sites to share information, files, and resources.
-
Microsoft Editor: Write more clearly and concisely across documents, emails, and the web.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Everything in Business Standard, plus:
- Advanced identity and access management
- Enterprise-grade device and endpoint protection
- Enhanced cyberthreat protection against viruses and phishing attacks
- Discovery, classification, and protection of sensitive data
Apps and services included:
-
Word: Create impressive documents and improve your writing with built-in intelligent features.
-
Excel: Simplify complex data and create easy-to-read spreadsheets.
-
PowerPoint: Easily create polished presentations that stand out.
-
OneNote: Meet all your notetaking needs with one cross-functional notebook.
-
Microsoft Loop: Cocreate with workspaces that bring all the parts of a project together.
-
Microsoft Clipchamp: Create and edit professional-looking videos with easy-to-use tools.
-
Outlook: Manage your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts together in one place.
-
Exchange: Work smarter with business-class email and calendaring.
-
Microsoft Teams: Bring everyone together in one place to meet, chat, call, and collaborate.
-
OneDrive: Save, access, edit, and share files and photos wherever you are.
-
SharePoint: Create team sites to share information, files, and resources.
-
Microsoft Editor: Write more clearly and concisely across documents, emails, and the web.
-
Microsoft Entra ID: Protect employee identities and credentials.
-
Windows 11: Empower your team to connect faster, get creative, and be more productive.
-
Intune: Protect your business and application data and access on devices.
-
Microsoft Defender: Get threat prevention and detection with Microsoft Defender security capabilities.
-
Microsoft Purview: Make governing, protecting, and managing your data easy and efficient.
Plan highlights:
- Available for up to 300 employees
- Desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- 1 TB of cloud storage per user
- Anytime phone and web support
Apps and services included:
-
Word: Create impressive documents and improve your writing with built-in intelligent features.
-
Excel: Simplify complex data and create easy-to-read spreadsheets.
-
PowerPoint: Easily create polished presentations that stand out.
-
OneNote: Meet all your notetaking needs with one cross-functional notebook.
-
Outlook: Manage your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts together in one place.
-
OneDrive: Save, access, edit, and share files and photos wherever you are.
-
Microsoft Editor: Write more clearly and concisely across documents, emails, and the web.
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Frequently asked questions
- All major credit cards are accepted. When paying with a credit card, your subscription amount will appear on your credit card statement. Existing customers may be eligible to pay by invoice and can contact support to check their eligibility for this payment method. Learn more about paying by invoice. For Microsoft 365 plans, depending on your choice of service, you'll be billed monthly or annually.
- To provide you with the greatest amount of flexibility, different commitment terms and payment options are available.
- Monthly commitment with monthly payment: Sign up for a monthly subscription and pay month-to-month and cancel at any time.
- Annual commitment with monthly payment: Sign up for a one-year subscription and pay monthly.
- Annual commitment with annual payment: Sign up for a one-year subscription and pay for the entire year upfront.
- Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Business Standard, and Business Premium offer advanced tools and features specifically designed for businesses, including:
- Professional business email: Create and use a branded email address with your business domain (e.g., yourname@yourbusiness.com).
- Admin and IT management controls: Manage access, permissions, and devices through the Microsoft 365 admin center, which is designed for businesses.
- Scalability: Easily add users or upgrade plans as your business grows, with flexible licensing options that adapt to your changing needs.
- Enhanced security features: Protect your business against email phishing, spam, and malware with Exchange Online Protection. Business Premium also includes Microsoft Defender for Business, offering ransomware protection with automatic threat disruption, advanced antivirus capabilities, and tools for managing vulnerabilities.
- Advanced collaboration tools: For plans with Microsoft Teams, access enhanced features such as meeting recordings, transcription, and team workspaces optimized for business collaboration.
- Business apps: Run your business with tools such as Microsoft Bookings for appointment scheduling.
- Microsoft 365 Copilot: Available as an add-on, Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI assistant for work that boosts productivity and creativity to help you grow and run your business.
- Microsoft has a variety of productivity and security management offerings for small to medium-sized businesses, each bringing increasingly powerful features and functionality.
- Microsoft 365 Business Basic provides access to lightweight web and mobile versions of apps such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, as well as business email, cloud storage, and Microsoft Teams.
- Microsoft 365 Business Standard combines powerful desktop, web, and mobile versions of apps such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and additional apps such as Clipchamp, along with the same services as those in Business Basic.
- Microsoft 365 Business Premium includes all the same apps and services plus advanced cyberthreat protection and device management capabilities.
- Enterprise plan options offer increased levels of compliance and security management over business plans and provide additional business intelligence and analytics functionality. These plans are designed for enterprise customers and those with more than 300 users.
- Many customers purchase a Microsoft 365 base subscription and then, depending on their needs, choose to buy any number of add-on services to round out their implementation. Additionally, customers may choose to purchase apps from one of the thousands of vendors available in the Microsoft 365 store.
- Get AI features, including grammar and style suggestions with Microsoft Editor, focused inbox and suggested replies in Outlook, and live captions and meeting transcription in plans with Teams. For business users signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat offers limited AI-powered chat with enterprise data protection. While Copilot Chat uses public web data for tasks such as research and analysis, it doesn’t integrate with Microsoft 365 apps or organizational content such as files, emails, or chats. For deeper integration and extensibility, businesses should purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot as an add-on, which connects directly to productivity apps and organizational data.
- A separate license for a qualifying Microsoft 365 plan is required to purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you have a qualifying plan already, you can manage and add Copilot to your subscription via the Microsoft 365 admin center. If you have questions about purchasing Copilot or any other Microsoft 365 subscription, contact a product specialist.
- Discounts are available for enterprise agreement customers (typically 250+ licenses) who want to purchase through volume licensing. A Microsoft expert can help you explore the purchasing options for large organizations and help you determine which is best for you.
- Yes, you can transition your account to a different plan as the needs of your organization change. Learn how to try or buy a Microsoft 365 for business subscription.
- Our Microsoft 365 for business base plans (charged per user) are designed for organizations with up to 300 users. Organizations with more than 300 users should consider subscribing to Microsoft 365 for enterprise plans. We reserve the right to enforce a tenant limit of 300 provisioned licenses across the family of business plans, in which case we will provide advance notice and further guidance. In the meantime, we are treating customers that have provisioned up to 300 licenses of each individual business plan (Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Business Standard, Business Premium) as compliant with this 300-seat limit. This applies even if they have provisioned more than 300 total licenses across the family of business plans.
- You can cancel your subscription at any time. However, depending on the product and your subscription, there may be a penalty for canceling before the end of your contract. For subscriptions with a monthly commitment payment, there is no penalty for canceling your contract at any time. Annual commitment subscriptions paid month to month may incur some penalties if canceled early. Annual commitment subscriptions that are paid upfront do not receive a refund if canceled prior to the full contract period. Read the complete Microsoft Online Subscription Agreement for more details.
- Your data is yours. If you decide to cancel your Microsoft 365 subscription, you can download your data—for example, email and documents on team sites—and save it to another location. You should save your data before you cancel. After you cancel your subscription, data associated with your Microsoft 365 account will be available to your administrator(s) in a limited function account for 90 days.
- [1]Cancellation policies for paid subscriptions may vary based on factors such as your customer status, your product, and your domain selections on Microsoft. You may cancel your subscription at any time in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Certain subscriptions may incur a cancellation fee. Learn how to cancel your Microsoft 365 subscription. When a subscription is canceled, all associated data will be deleted. Learn more about data retention, deletion, and destruction in Microsoft 365.
- [2]After your one-month free trial ends, your subscription will automatically convert to a 12-month paid subscription, and you’ll be charged the applicable subscription fee. Cancel anytime during your free trial to stop future charges. A credit card is required to sign up. Learn more.
- [3]Availability of mobile apps varies by country/region.
- [4]Copilot Chat is available at no additional cost to all Microsoft Entra ID users with a Microsoft 365 subscription. An Azure subscription is required to use agents, priced on a metered basis.
- [5]Microsoft 365 Copilot may not be available for all markets and languages. To purchase, customers must have a qualifying plan for enterprise or business.
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