Microsoft Announce 5% Price Increase

Microsoft has announced several price changes taking effect from 1st April 2025, impacting its popular cloud services in the UK:

• Annual Subscriptions with Monthly Billing:
  A 5% price increase will apply to annual term subscriptions paid monthly for products such as Microsoft 365, Office 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform. This change aims to bring greater consistency to billing and reflects the ongoing value of these services.
• Power BI Pro: Increasing from £9.99 to approximately £14 per user per month. Rising from £20 to around £24 per user per month. These adjustments are attributed to continued investments in advanced analytics features and AI enhancements.
• Microsoft Teams Phone:
  • Teams Phone Standard: Increasing from £8 to £10 per user per month for annual billing subscriptions.
  • Teams Phone Standard for Frontline Workers: Rising from £4 to £5 per user per month.

This is the first price increase for Teams Phone since its UK launch in 2017, reflecting added value and feature growth over time

New Monthly Billing Plan for Microsoft 365 Copilot:

Effective from December 1st, 2024, Microsoft have added a new monthly billing plan for Microsoft 365 Copilot. This plan allows customers to pay monthly, based on a 12 month commitment, allowing you to better manage budgets and cash flow, while getting all the productivity and time saving benefits. Unfortunately, the pricing for this plan has increased by 5%

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