Find the best Microsoft 365 plan for your business
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
Originally starting from £4.90 now starting from £4.90
£4.90 £4.90
user/month
(Annual subscription—auto renews)1
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Start with web and mobile apps
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Web and mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook only
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Chat, call, meet up to 300 attendees
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1 TB of cloud storage per user
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Business-class email
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Manage customer appointments
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Standard security
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Anytime phone and web support
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
Originally starting from £10.30 now starting from £8.76
user/month
(Annual subscription–auto renews)1
- Try free for one monthSee trial terms2
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Everything in Business Basic, plus:
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Desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
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Easily host webinars
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Attendee registration and reporting tools
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Tools to create personalized documents and professional layouts
Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Originally starting from £18.10 now starting from £18.10
£18.10 £18.10
user/month
(Annual subscription–auto renews)1
- Try free for one monthSee trial terms2
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Everything in Business Standard, plus:
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Advanced security
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Access and data control
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Cyberthreat protection
Microsoft 365 Apps for business
Originally starting from £8.60 now starting from £8.60
£8.60 £8.60
user/month
(Annual subscription–auto renews)1
- Try free for one monthSee trial terms2
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Desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
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1 TB of cloud storage per user
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Standard security
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Anytime phone and web support
| Microsoft 365 Business BasicOriginally starting from £4.90 now starting from £4.90 £4.90 £4.90 user/month (Annual subscription–auto renews)1 | Microsoft 365 Business PremiumOriginally starting from £18.10 now starting from £18.10 £18.10 £18.10 user/month (Annual subscription–auto renews)1 | Only includes apps Microsoft 365 Apps for businessOriginally starting from £8.60 now starting from £8.60 £8.60 £8.60 user/month (Annual subscription–auto renews)1 | |
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| Email and calendar |  | | | |
| Use a custom business email (name@yourbusiness.com) | | | | |
| Host and administer email with a 50-GB mailbox | | | | |
| Easily schedule meetings and respond to invitations using shared calendars | | | | |
| Manage your calendar, share available meeting times, schedule meetings, and get reminders | | | | |
| File storage and sharing | | | |  Limited capabilities |
| Collaborate in the same file with real-time coauthoring and editing | | | | |
| Access your files from your computer, tablet, or phone | | | | |
| Keep your files securely stored, up to date, and accessible across devices | | | | |
| Teamwork and communication | | | | |
| Chat one-on-one or in a group chat, pin chats, and save messages for quick access | | | | |
| Host secure, organized meetings with audio, video, screen-sharing, and the option to record | | | | |
| Create team sites to share information, content, and files throughout your intranet using SharePoint | | | | |
| Invite people outside of your business to your meetings—even those without Teams accounts | | | | |
| Standard security and compliance | | | | |
| Help protect your business against spam and malware with cloud-based email filtering | | | | |
| Manage security threats by creating password policies | | | | |
| Secure access with multifactor authentication | | | | |
| Control access to business information with security groups and custom permissions | | | | |
| Project and customer relationship management | | | | |
| Easily create, manage, and share schedules and tasks with your team | | | | |
| Manage workflow and track important tasks with Microsoft Lists | | | | |
| Quickly and easily create custom surveys and analyze results with Microsoft Forms | | | | |
| Streamline client scheduling and manage appointments with Microsoft Bookings | | | | |
| Support and deployment | | | | |
| Contact phone and online support anytime | | | | |
| Get technical support for installation, setup, configuration, and general usage | | | | |
| Access help and troubleshooting tools, videos, articles, and forums | | | | |
| Have peace of mind with a financially backed 99% uptime guarantee | | | | |
| Web and mobile apps | | | | Limited capabilities |
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote | | | | |
| Outlook | | | | No web version |
| Teams, Bookings, Forms, Lists, Planner, SharePoint | | | | |
| Installable desktop apps | | | | |
| Microsoft 365 apps for PC and Mac, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote | | | | |
| PC-only apps, including Access and Publisher | | | | |
| Webinars and live events | | | | |
| Schedule and host webinars for up to 300 people | | | | |
| Host webinars that include attendee registration pages and email confirmations | | | | |
| Get reporting data on webinar registration and meeting attendance | | | | |
| Advanced cyberattack protection | | | | |
| Enable enterprise-grade endpoint security across devices to protect against ransomware and other cyberthreats | | | | |
| Help protect against email threats, such as phishing that’s hidden in email attachments and links | | | | |
| Restrict access to sensitive business information with Information Rights Management | | | | |
| Help employees securely access business apps wherever they work with conditional access, while helping prevent unauthorized access | | | | |
| Device management | | | | |
| Apply security policies to help protect work data on company-owned and employee devices5 | | | | |
| Keep company data within approved apps across iOS, Android, and Windows PCs5 | | | | |
| Remotely remove business data from lost or stolen devices | | | | |
Microsoft 365 Business BasicOriginally starting from £4.90 now starting from £4.90 £4.90 £4.90 user/month (Annual subscription–auto renews)1 | Microsoft 365 Business PremiumOriginally starting from £18.10 now starting from £18.10 £18.10 £18.10 user/month (Annual subscription–auto renews)1 | Only includes apps Microsoft 365 Apps for businessOriginally starting from £8.60 now starting from £8.60 £8.60 £8.60 user/month (Annual subscription–auto renews)1 |
Additional services
Microsoft Defender for Business
Get enterprise-grade endpoint protection, that's cost effective and easy to use. Also included in Microsoft 365 Business Premium.
Microsoft Team Essentials
Teams Essentials is an affordable, professional meeting solution designed to help small businesses communicate and collaborate in an easy, secure, and reliable way.
Windows 365
Securely stream your Windows experience—including apps, content, and settings—from the Microsoft cloud to any device.
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Frequently asked questions
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Microsoft 365 is the productivity cloud designed to help everyone achieve what matters, in their work and life, with best-in-class Microsoft 365 apps, intelligent cloud services, and advanced security.
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Install Microsoft 365 apps on up to five PCs or Macs, five tablets, and five mobile devices. Hybrid Windows devices, such as the Microsoft Surface Pro, count as either a PC or a tablet.
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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 business plans, depending on your choice of service, you'll be billed monthly or annually.
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To provide you with the greatest amount of flexibility, different payment options are available.
Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Microsoft 365 Apps for business, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, and Microsoft 365 Business Premium plans are available for monthly commitment payment or annual commitment payment.
- Monthly commitment payment: Pay month by month and cancel at any time.
- Annual commitment payment: Sign up for a one-year subscription and benefit from a discount for using this payment option. By default, your billing plan will be set to monthly billing. After your purchase, you can change your billing plan to annual billing within the Microsoft 365 admin center.
The Microsoft 365 Enterprise and Office 365 Enterprise plans (including standalone plans such as Exchange Online) and Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise are available for annual commitment payment.
- Annual commitment payment: Sign up for a one-year subscription and choose to pay monthly or for the entire year at the time you sign up.
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Yes. If you purchase Microsoft 365 licenses for the accounts you create during your free trial, the information and configuration for these users' accounts will remain intact. Once your free trial expires, you’ll have an additional 30 days to purchase Microsoft 365 before your account information is erased. Once your trial account information has been erased, it can’t be retrieved.
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The Microsoft 365 apps that you install on your PC or Mac—such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook—are available to you when you’re not online.
With OneDrive in Microsoft 365, get file storage that you can access when you’re offline. When you make changes while offline, they’ll be synced to OneDrive and across the rest of your devices when you reconnect.
With Outlook, read emails already delivered to your inbox, or draft new emails and meeting requests. Your inbox and outbox will sync across the rest of your devices when you reconnect.
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Your data is yours. If you decide to cancel your Microsoft 365 subscription, download your data—for example, your 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.
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Find more answers to frequently asked questions on the Microsoft 365 for business FAQ page.
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Microsoft Defender for Business is an endpoint security solution designed to help businesses with up to 300 employees. It helps protect against cybersecurity threats, including malware and ransomware, in an easy-to-use, cost-effective package. Microsoft Defender for Business is included with Microsoft 365 Business Premium and is available as a standalone product. Learn more.
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With Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, and Microsoft 365 Apps for business plans, you can host online meetings and video calls for up to 300 people using Microsoft Teams.
With Microsoft 365 E3 and E5, Microsoft 365 A3 and A5, and Microsoft 365 Government G3 and G5 plans, this limit increases up to 1,000 people. Learn more.
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IT service providers can use Microsoft 365 Lighthouse to secure their Business Premium customers at scale. Learn more.
- [1] Once your paid subscription begins, cancellation policies vary based on your status as a new customer and your, product, and domain selections on Microsoft. Learn more. Cancel your Microsoft 365 subscription any time by going to the Microsoft 365 admin center. 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 into a 12-month paid subscription and you will be charged the applicable subscription fee. Cancel anytime during your free trial to stop future charges. Credit card required to sign-up. Learn more.
- [3] For HD calling, compatible HD hardware and broadband connection with at least 4 Mbps is required.
- [4] Compatible with Windows 10 or later. For complete requirements for PC and Mac see system requirements.
- [5] iOS and Android require separate app download. Availability of mobile apps varies by country/region.
- [*] This promotional offer is available to new Microsoft 365 commercial customers between November 20, 2023, and December 29, 2023, in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Customers can purchase Microsoft 365 Business Standard with a 15% discount. An annual commitment is required, and promotional pricing applies to the first year only. Promotional pricing will be reflected at checkout. This subscription automatically renews and is subject to recurring monthly billing with a payment method required. This promotion is not available on trial subscriptions. Customers can cancel at any time to stop future charges. This offer may not be combined with any other offer. Microsoft reserves the right to cancel, change, or suspend this offer at any time without notice
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