Microsoft’s increasing the cost of 365 in March. Here’s how to freeze your price

MS 365 price increase

In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft’s increasing its subscription prices for Microsoft 365 in March.

It’s the first big price rise for a decade. And you can expect to pay around 20 to 40 per cent more.

In fact, it’s not just a price increase. Microsoft’s also changing the way it sells 365. It’s a complicated situation and there’s bound to be some short-term pain as we all get used to it.

Here are the basic details. You should talk to your IT support partner over the next few weeks to see exactly how it’s going to affect your business.

From March you’ll have a choice of sticking with the rolling month by month contract and swallowing the price increase. Or you can commit to a 12 month agreement.

The big benefit of an agreement is that it’ll lock your current pricing for a year. But there’s a downside – you’ll lose flexibility.

Our new video explains it all.

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