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Microsoft Teams Essentials
Originally starting from $4.00 now starting from $4.00
$4.00 $4.00
user/month
(Annual subscription—auto renews)1
See trial terms2
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Unlimited group meetings for up to 30 hours
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Up to 300 participants per meeting
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10 GB of cloud storage per user
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Phone and web support
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Unlimited chat with coworkers and customers
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File sharing, tasks, and polling
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Data encryption for meetings, chats, calls, and files
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Live captions in meetings (English)3
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Microsoft Whiteboard
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Hundreds of collaborative apps
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Collaborative annotations in Teams meetings, so participants can contribute to shared content
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Team meetings recordings with transcripts
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Standard security
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
Originally starting from $6.00 now starting from $6.00
$6.00 $6.00
user/month
(Annual subscription—auto renews)1
See trial terms2
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
Originally starting from $12.50 now starting from $10.62
user/month
(Annual subscription—auto renews)1
See trial terms2
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Everything offered in Microsoft 365 Business Basic, plus:
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Desktop versions of Microsoft 365 apps with premium features
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Webinar hosting
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Attendee registration and reporting tools
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Customer appointment management
| Microsoft Teams EssentialsOriginally starting from $4.00 now starting from $4.00 $4.00 $4.00 user/month (Annual subscription—auto renews)1 | Microsoft 365 Business BasicOriginally starting from $6.00 now starting from $6.00 $6.00 $6.00 user/month (Annual subscription—auto renews)1 | |
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| Meetings and calling |  | | |
| Online meetings (calling and video)5 |  | | |
| Participant capacity | 300 participants | 300 participants | 300 participants |
| Maximum meeting duration | 30 hours | 30 hours | 30 hours |
| Screen sharing | 30 hours | 30 hours | 30 hours |
| Customized backgrounds | | | |
| Together mode | | | |
| Scheduled meetings | | | |
| Meeting recordings and transcripts | | | |
| Live captions3 | English only3 | Over 30 languages3 | Over 30 languages3 |
| Breakout rooms | | | |
| Microsoft Whiteboard | | | |
| Noise suppression | | | *included with Microsoft Entra ID |
| Webinars that include attendee registration pages, email confirmations, and reporting | | | |
| Default Outlook calendar view | | | |
| No account needed to join meetings | | | |
| Collaborative annotations | | | |
| Chat and collaboration | | | |
| Maximum number of users | 300 | 300 | 300 |
| Unlimited chat messages and search in Teams | | | |
| Guest access | | | |
| File attachments in chat | 2 GB per user | 1 TB per user6 | 1 TB per user6 |
| File storage | 10 GB | 1 TB per organization plus 10 GB per license7 | 1 TB per organization plus 10 GB per license7 |
| Real-time collaboration in the Microsoft 365 mobile app, which includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint | | | |
| Over 250 integrated apps and services for Teams | | | |
| Chat between work and personal accounts | | | |
| Productivity apps and services | | | |
| Web versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint | | | |
| Exchange email hosting with custom email domain address | | | |
| Personal file storage and sharing with OneDrive | | 1 TB per user | 1 TB per user |
| Additional Microsoft 365 services, including SharePoint in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Viva Engage, Microsoft Planner, and Microsoft Stream | | | |
| Desktop versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Publisher8 | | | |
| Greater customer ease scheduling and managing appointments with Microsoft Bookings | | | |
| Outlook and Skype contact import | | | |
| Security and compliance | | | |
| Microsoft Teams data encryption at rest and in transit | | | |
| Single sign-on to all Microsoft 365 apps and services | | | |
| Enforced multifactor authentication | | | |
| Advanced auditing and reporting | | | |
| Administration and support | | | |
| Administration tools for managing users and apps | | | |
| Usage reporting and analytics for Microsoft 365 services | | | |
| Configurable user settings and policies | | | |
| Financially backed 99.9% uptime guarantee9 | | | |
| Phone and web support | | | |
Microsoft Teams EssentialsOriginally starting from $4.00 now starting from $4.00 $4.00 $4.00 user/month (Annual subscription—auto renews)1 | Microsoft 365 Business BasicOriginally starting from $6.00 now starting from $6.00 $6.00 $6.00 user/month (Annual subscription—auto renews)1 |
Frequently asked questions
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Teams Essentials is designed for a small business in need of an affordable, professional, easy-to-use meeting solution with video and audio calling. Meet all day up to 30 hours, host up to 300 participants, and get 10 GB of cloud storage with Teams Essentials.
To get the full Microsoft 365 experience, with access to apps like Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, as well as an email domain and Exchange calendar integration, try Microsoft 365 Business Standard.
Learn more about choosing the right subscription based on the apps you need, knowledge required, and data handling considerations.
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Access premium benefits for Teams with the purchase of Microsoft 365 Personal, Microsoft 365 Family, any Office 365 and Microsoft 365 Business or Enterprise suite, or with a standalone offering of Teams Essentials for small and medium-sized business customers.
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Teams Essentials allows you to pay on behalf of up to 50 users. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, select Invite people to Microsoft 365. Add each person’s first name, last name, and email addresses and choose Send. The people you added will receive an invitation email to add their user account information to Microsoft 365.
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Credit cards are accepted. We don’t accept PayPal, Venmo, and other similar services.
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No, once you upgrade and convert from a free account to a paid account, you can’t revert to the free version using the same email address. The email address associated with your converted account can no longer be associated with a free account. To create a new free account, use a different email address (both for the admin and for each user).
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No, all users in your organization must be upgraded and will have access to the full version of Teams and all Microsoft 365 services. Learn more about upgrading from Teams free to a paid subscription (for admins).
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Yes, you can purchase Teams Essentials through any cloud solution provider. When purchased through a provider, Microsoft Teams Essentials with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) includes additional features at the same price as Teams Essentials purchased from our website. This is because Teams Essentials uses Microsoft Entra for identity management instead of Microsoft Accounts. Additional features include Teams channels, Whiteboard, meeting recordings, real-time translation, breakout rooms, meeting notes, noise suppression, third-party app extensibility, and centralized management and configuration.
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Yes. A child can’t purchase Teams Essentials on their own.
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- [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, you will be charged the applicable subscription fee. Credit card required. Cancel anytime to stop future charges.
- [3] Live captions are available in the English language with Microsoft account identities and more than 30 additional languages with Microsoft Entra identities. For more information, see the live captions support article.
- [4] This plan works with Office 2021, Office 2019, Office 2016, and Office 2013. Previous versions of Office, such as Office 2010, may work with Microsoft 365 with reduced functionality. This compatibility with Office does not include the Office 365 F3 plans.
- [5] For HD calling, compatible HD hardware and broadband connection with at least 4 Mbps are required.
- [6] OneDrive storage is used for file sharing in chat, so OneDrive storage limits apply. Qualifying plans for subscriptions of five or more users include unlimited personal cloud storage; all other plans are limited to 1 TB per user. Microsoft will initially provide 1 TB of OneDrive storage per user, which admins can increase to 5 TB per user. Contact Microsoft support to request additional storage. Storage up to 25 TB per user is provisioned in OneDrive. Beyond 25 TB, storage is provisioned as 25 TB SharePoint team sites to individual users.
- [7] Teams runs on a SharePoint in Microsoft 365 back end for file sharing, so SharePoint storage limits apply to the Files section within a team. Learn more about storage limits and specifications for Microsoft Teams.
- [8] Access and Publisher are available for PC only.
- [9] For more information, see the Microsoft Online Service Level Agreement.
- [*] 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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