If you already were an Office 365 subscriber for business or personal use, you don’t have to do anything, your subscription will have automatically rolled over to Microsoft 365. Microsoft says the name change is designed in part to help business customers better understand which plan is best for them, promoting the rebranding as “new name, same great value, same price.” Microsoft 365 Business was the highest tier of their business plans, with Office 365 Business Essentials and Premium plans underneath.įrom April 2020, Office 365 Home and Personal plans and Office 365 Business plans now all fall under the banner of Microsoft 365. Previously Microsoft 365 was a business product from Microsoft, which included Office applications. Whether you’re an individual, a small or midsize business, large enterprise, school or not-for-profit, there’s a plan for you. Microsoft 365 is a cloud-based subscription service for home and business users, that includes Office applications, cloud storage, and other features dependent on your plan. In this article, we’ll dive into the differences and which plan would work best for you.

What’s the difference between Microsoft 365 vs Office 365? And can you still access Microsoft Office programs without a subscription?

You might be wondering what this means for you.

In April 2020, Microsoft rebranded its Office 365 subscription plans as Microsoft 365, so now both their home and business offerings fall under the same branding. In recent years, Microsoft has been steadily growing its subscriber count for their cloud-based product, Office 365.

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