Microsoft for the first time in ten years will raise the price of its cloud services. This is reported in the blog on the company’s website.
The appreciation will affect the subscriptions to Office 365 and Microsoft 365 services. It will be specified that only access for commercial and business users will rise in price, prices for educational institutions and ordinary consumers will remain at the same level. New prices will start acting from March 1, 2022.
In particular, Microsoft 365 Business Basic will cost six dollars for the user instead of five, Microsoft 365 Business Premium – 22 instead of $ 20, Office 365 E1 – 10 instead of $ 8, Microsoft 365 E3 – 36 instead of $ 32. “These price changes marked the first substantial update since we launched Office 365 Ten years ago,” said Jared Spataro project manager.
According to the company, Microsoft has about 300 million paid users Office 365. It is obvious that the rise will contribute to an increase in the profit of the American Corporation.
In mid-July, Microsoft announced that the products for the corporate market of Russia will rise in price. “After several years of stability for our partners and customers, we adjust the price list,” the report says. Software will rise in price by about 15.2 percent.