Microsoft yesterday announced changes to its Office 365 subscriptions for small and medium-sized businesses, and to Office 365 ProPlus. From now onwards, these products will use the new Microsoft 365 brand.
The new product names come into effect on 21st April 2020. And it is a change to the product name only, and there are no pricing or feature changes at this time.
The new names are as follows:
- Office 365 Business Essentials is now Microsoft 365 Business Basic
- Office 365 Business Premium is now Microsoft 365 Business Standard
- Microsoft 365 Business is now Microsoft 365 Business Premium
- Office 365 Business is now Microsoft 365 Apps for business
- Office 365 ProPlus is now Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
You won’t have to do anything as these changes will be made automatically from the 21st April and will feature as such on your billing etc. from then onwards.
However some of the plans will remain as Office 365 and the following Office 365 plans have no changes:
Office 365 for Enterprise
- Office 365 E1
- Office 365 E3
- Office 365 E5
Office 365 for Firstline Workers
- Office 365 F1
Office 365 for Education
- Office 365 A1
- Office 365 A3
- Office 365 A5
Office 365 for Government
- Office 365 G1
- Office 365 G3
- Office 365 G5
For more details head to Microsoft’s website or contact the team at Affinity.
