

Contact us today or reach out directly to your account representative to get started on optimizing your Microsoft 365 estate.MS Office 2016 has become the new default installer for Office 365 ProPlus edition.

Work with SHI to get that conversation started now, so that when these new pricing changes come into effect, you can be confident that you’re only paying for what you’re using. Our 365 Cost Optimization Services have been helping customers identify redundant, duplicate, and underused licenses while providing guidance on how to get the most out of their Microsoft 365 investment. Realizing this price increase will have a significant impact on your organization’s budget planning and priorities going into next year, SHI is ready to work with you to get a full understanding of your Microsoft estate and opportunities to optimize. Government Plans (GCC, GCCH, DOD): M365 E3, O365 E3, O365 E1, M365 F3, M365 F1Īs with all Microsoft pricing and licensing related changes, it is critical that our customers have a thorough understanding of the impact to their current and future agreement structure.SMB Plans: M365 Business Basic, Business Standard, and Business Premium.Frontline Worker Plans: M365 F3, M365 F1, O365 F3.Microsoft is extending this capability to a broader range of suites across enterprise, SMB, frontline, and government. This capability is currently included in M365 E5 and O365 E5 plans. Extension of unlimited audio conferences dial-in across all suites.If any applicable plan purchases are initially made after March 1, 2022, pricing will be based on the increased cost.Įxisting customers will not be impacted until their renewal date on or after March 1, 2022. Volume Licensing Agreement and Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) customers will be price protected for the applicable subscription plans for the term of their agreement/subscription, provided they were purchased prior to March 1st, 2022. Pricing changes will apply to Commercial Volume Licensing Agreements, CSP, and Web Direct Customers.

SHI’s experts have reviewed Microsoft’s announcement closely, and have summarized the three key details regarding these changes, and what you need to know moving forward:Įffective March 1, 2022, pricing for commercial plans will increase as follows: Plan Educational and consumer plans are not impacted by this announcement, and changes to government plans will be phased in over several years.

The price hike will be effective as of Maand will apply only to commercial products. On August 19, Microsoft announced pricing increases to their Microsoft 365 and O365 commercial plans – the first significant pricing update in a decade.
