Office 365
Fascinating M 365 Plans Tactics That Can Help Your Business Grow
Every vision needs proper planning and executing that plan, needs a lot of brainstorming sessions. Similarly, when we decide to take a step towards migrating the business on cloud (office 365)The Primary things that we should focus on are the Correct plan for your organization.
Don’t worry, this article will reduce your half of the workload. It will help you in choosing the best plan for your business.
The three things, we take into consideration while going for the correct plan includes:
1.Infrastructure (Small, Medium, Enterprise)
2.Price Comparison
3.Benefits and limitations
Office 365 Business plans are suitable for businesses that have less than 300 users. There are three business plans that you can go with:
- Office 365 Business Essentials
- Office 365 Business
- Office 365 Business Premium
Note: Enterprise plans are only available when purchased as a one-year commitment. However, Business plans, are available month to month (for a slightly higher per-user price) and in yearly subscriptions.
Also, On 21st April, Microsoft will be renaming some plans (Not all) Office 365 business plans with the M365 name. There will be no changes in price and features though.
Plans which are affected by the change include:
- Office 365 Business Essentials rebranded as Microsoft 365 Business Basic
- Office 365 Business Premium rebranded Microsoft 365 Business Standard
- Office 365 Business will be called Microsoft 365 Apps, with using “for business”
In context with the above line, here’s a concrete idea of all Office 365 Business plans so you can better understand how they differ.
| Features | O365 Business Essentials (Microsoft 365 Business Basic) | O365 Business Premium (Microsoft 365 Business Standard) | O365 Business (Microsoft 365 Apps) |
| Price | ₹ 125.00 user/month (GST excluded) | ₹ 660.00 user/month (GST excluded) | ₹ 545.00 user/month (GST excluded) |
| Applications | Office Online Only (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint included.) | Office Apps and Office online (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint included.) | Office Apps and Office online (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint included.) |
| Services | Exchange Microsoft OneDrive Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft Teams | Exchange Microsoft OneDrive Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft Teams | OneDrive |
| Mailbox Size | 50 GB mailbox, 1 TB of OneDrive storage | 50 GB mailbox, 1 TB of OneDrive storage | 1 TB One Drive Storage |
| Limitations | Good for basic collaboration | Good for Advanced level Collaboration | Good for basic Filesharing |
Office 365 Business essentials :
From Webmail to meetings to file storage, in just ₹ 125, it covers up all the basic online features that are utmost required. You will be able to access TeamSite.
This plan is least expensive and covers up all online services. The key features that excluded here Are the fully installed desktop applications. To fulfill this feature, we have our next plan.
Office 365 Business Premium:
Though a little expensive but worthy, this office 365 Premium plan offers few more features. That includes the fully installed desktop applications.
While using the online service, you can install all the office applications on 5 PCs or Macs, 5 tablets, and 5 phones. This is the most demanding plan of all.
Office 365 Business:
It’s a middle-range plan, that includes the most basic services. The pricing difference is based on the inclusion of installation of the Office desktop applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, One Note, and Publisher), It doesn’t include Exchange, Lync or SharePoint online.
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