Microsoft will announce a brand new, less expensive plan of Microsoft 365 which is its collection of productivity software, collaboration tools, and cloud-based services beginning on January 30. The plan is called Microsoft 365 Basic and priced at $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year The plan will come with 100GB of storage space, Outlook email, and access to experts in support for assistance in using Microsoft 365 and Windows 11.
Existing OneDrive 100GB users will be upgraded onto Microsoft 365 Basic beginning January 30 also, Microsoft says. In the months to come, Microsoft 365 Basic plan users will be able to avail of “advanced Security features” including ransomware recovery as well as password-secured sharing links within OneDrive.
It is important to note that Microsoft 365 Basic is not an alternative to that basic Microsoft 365 tier. It’s going to be here for a while as well as the same benefits that it provides in the present, such as access to internet-based editions that include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, OneDrive, Clipchamp and more as well as 5GB in cloud-based storage. Microsoft 365 Personal, meanwhile will continue to cost $6.99 per month, or $69.99 for the year.
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Microsoft 365 Basic compares favorably with respect to pricing compared against the rival Google Workspace, whose Individual plan begins with $9.99 each month. This includes 1TB of storage with professional support as well as Google’s productivity software standard (e.g. Google Drive, Calendar, Meet and Gmail). It’s also less expensive that Zoho’s Standard Workplace plan, which costs $3 per month for each user which is charged annually and maxes out with 10 GB of storage.
In addition to the many new services and apps, Microsoft 365 users will soon be able to see the cloud, manage and even upgrade storage across devices with the new “simplified look-up,” says the company. Beginning February 1, from the settings of a Microsoft accounts, Windows settings or app settings, users can manage and upgrade their cloud files or photo library.
