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Microsoft 365 has a number of licencing plans, depending on the needs of your business and your budget. These include:

• Microsoft 365 Business Basic: £4.90 per user, per month if paid annually, or £5.88 if paid monthly
• Microsoft 365 Business Standard: £10.30 per user, per month if paid annually, or £12.36 if paid monthly
• Microsoft 365 Business Premium: £18.10 per user, per month if paid annually, or £21.72 if paid monthly
• Microsoft 365 Apps for business: £8.60 per user, per month if paid annually, or £10.32 if paid monthly
• Microsoft 365 E3: £33.10 per user, per month if paid annually, or £39.72 if paid monthly
• Microsoft 365 E5: £52.40 per user, per month if paid annually, or £62.88 if paid monthly
• Microsoft 365 F3: £6.60 per user, per month if paid annually, or £7.92 if paid monthly

Each of these options has different functionality and included apps. Our guide to Microsoft 365 licencing tells you everything you need to know.

Microsoft 365 benefits anyone who needs to use productivity and collaboration tools. This includes: 

• Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs): Microsoft 365 offers tailored plans for SMBs, providing essential tools for collaboration, communication and productivity. 

• Large enterprises: Enterprises can leverage Microsoft 365 for advanced features like enterprise mobility management, compliance tools and advanced security options.  

• Educational institutions: Schools and universities can use Microsoft 365 to facilitate online learning, collaboration, and communication among students, faculty and staff.    

The specific apps included in Microsoft 365 will depend on your plan type. However, they may include:

• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Outlook
• OneNote
• Access
• Publisher
• SharePoint
• OneDrive
• Yammer
• Planner
• To Do
• Power BI
• Microsoft Forms
• Microsoft Stream

Our guide to Microsoft 365 licencing tells you what is included in each plan.

While Office 365 focuses on productivity applications and cloud services like Word, Excel, and Outlook, Microsoft 365 includes these along with Windows 11, advanced security tools, and enterprise-level device management for a more comprehensive solution.

Almost every organisation in the world requires a set of tools to support the basic functions of the business such as communication, collaboration, content creation and customer interactions. Microsoft 365 contains all these tools in one simple platform to understand and use offering.