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Microsoft Teams (free)
Originally starting from Free now starting from Free
Free Free
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Group calling for up to 60 minutes and 100 participants
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Unlimited chat with friends and family
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Plan together with tasks and polling
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5 GB of cloud storage
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Data encryption for meetings, chats, calls, and files
Microsoft 365 Personal
Originally starting from $6.99 now starting from $6.99
$6.99 $6.99
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Everything in Microsoft Teams, plus:
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For one person
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Group calling for up to 30 hours and 300 participants
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Premium versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint for PC, Mac, web, and mobile
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1 TB of cloud storage
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Ad-free email, calendar, and contacts in one place
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Creative tools for writing, design, and graphics
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Advanced grammar, spelling, and editing support
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Ongoing technical support for duration of subscription
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Access to the latest updates and new features
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Additional benefits
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Subscription automatically renews. Cancel any time to stop future charges.
Microsoft 365 Family
Originally starting from $9.99 now starting from $9.99
$9.99 $9.99
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Everything in Microsoft Teams, plus:
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For up to six people
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Group calling for up to 30 hours and 300 participants
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Premium versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint for PC, Mac, web, and mobile
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6 TB of cloud storage (1 TB per person)
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Ad-free email, calendar, and contacts in one place
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Creative tools for writing, design, and graphics
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Advanced grammar, spelling, and editing support
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Ongoing technical support for duration of subscription
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Access to the latest updates and new features
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Location alerts in Family Safety mobile app7
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Drive safety reports in Family Safety mobile app7
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Additional benefits
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Subscription automatically renews. Cancel any time to stop future charges.
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Microsoft 365 PersonalOriginally starting from $6.99 now starting from $6.99 $6.99 $6.99 /month |
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Microsoft 365 FamilyOriginally starting from $9.99 now starting from $9.99 $9.99 $9.99 /month |
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Group calling for up to 30 hours and 300 participants |
Group calling for up to 30 hours and 300 participants |
Group calling for up to 30 hours and 300 participants |
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Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote
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Web and mobile apps |
Desktop apps |
Desktop apps |
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Cloud storage to back up files and photos
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5GB |
1TB |
Up to 6TB (1TB per person) |
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Microsoft Family Safety mobile app7
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Outlook
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Premium |
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Works on Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android
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Advanced security for emails and files
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Ongoing technical support
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Microsoft Teams (free)Originally starting from Free now starting from Free Free Free |
Microsoft 365 PersonalOriginally starting from $6.99 now starting from $6.99 $6.99 $6.99 /month |
Best Value
Microsoft 365 FamilyOriginally starting from $9.99 now starting from $9.99 $9.99 $9.99 /month |
Microsoft Teams (free)
Originally starting from Free now starting from Free
Free Free
(No commitment)
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Unlimited group meetings for Up to 60 minutes
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Up to 100 participants per meeting
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5 GB of cloud storage per user
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Continuous one-on-one and group chats with coworkers and customers
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File sharing, tasks, and polling
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Data encryption for meetings, chats, calls, and files
Microsoft Teams Essentials
Originally starting from $4.00 now starting from $4.00
$4.00 $4.00
user/month
(annual subscription–auto renews)1
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Everything in the free version, plus:
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Unlimited group meetings for up to 30 hours
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Up to 300 participants per meeting
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10 GB of cloud storage per user
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Anytime phone and web support
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Microsoft Teams (free)Originally starting from Free now starting from Free Free Free (No commitment) |
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Microsoft Teams EssentialsOriginally starting from $4.00 now starting from $4.00 $4.00 $4.00 user/month (annual subscription–auto renews)1 |
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Meetings and calling
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Online meetings (calling and video)2
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Participant capacity
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100 participants |
300 participants |
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Maximum meeting duration
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60 minutes |
30 hours |
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Screen sharing
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Customized backgrounds
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Together mode
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Scheduled meetings
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Noise suppression
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View your default Outlook calendar
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Join meetings without a Teams account
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Chat and collaboration
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Maximum number of users
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100 |
300 |
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Unlimited chat messages and search in Teams
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Guest access
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File attachments in chat
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2 GB per user |
2 GB per user |
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File storage
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5 GB |
10 GB |
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Chat between work and personal accounts
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Productivity apps and services
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Access web versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
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Personal file storage and sharing with OneDrive
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5 GB per user |
10 GB per user |
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Outlook and Skype contact import
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Security and compliance
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Microsoft Teams data encryption at rest and in transit
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Administration and support
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Phone and web support around the clock
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Microsoft Teams (free)Originally starting from Free now starting from Free Free Free (No commitment) |
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Microsoft Teams EssentialsOriginally starting from $4.00 now starting from $4.00 $4.00 $4.00 user/month (annual subscription–auto renews)1 |
Frequently asked questions
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Teams Essentials is designed for a small business in need of an affordable, professional, easy-to-use meeting solution with video and audio calling. Teams Essentials allows you to enjoy meetings all day up to 30 hours, host up to 300 participants, and get 10 GB of cloud storage.
To get the full Microsoft 365 experience, with access to apps like Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, as well as an email domain and Exchange calendar integration, try Microsoft 365 Business Standard.
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Teams Essentials allows you to pay on behalf of up to 50 users. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, select Invite people to Microsoft 365. Add each person’s first name, last name, and email addresses and choose Send. The people you added will receive an invitation email to add their user account information to Microsoft 365.
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Credit cards are accepted. We don’t accept PayPal, Venmo, and other similar services.
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No, once you upgrade and convert from a free account to a paid account, you can’t revert to the free version using the same email address. The email address associated with your converted account can no longer be associated with a free account. To create a new free account, use a different email address (both for the admin and for each user).
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No, all users in your organization must be upgraded and will have access to the full version of Teams and all Microsoft 365 services. Learn more about upgrading from the free version of Teams to a paid subscription (for admins).
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Upgrades from Teams Essentials to Microsoft 365 will be available soon.
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Find more information here about administrative management of your Teams Essentials account.
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Yes. A child can’t purchase on their own.
More Microsoft 365 options
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For home
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For business
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For enterprise
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For education
- [1] After your paid subscription begins, cancellation policies vary based on your status as a new customer, product, and domain selections on Microsoft. Learn how to cancel your Microsoft 365 subscription, and cancel it anytime in the Microsoft 365 admin center. When a subscription is canceled, all associated data will be deleted. Learn more about data retention, deletion, and destruction in Microsoft 365.
- [2] For HD calling, compatible HD hardware and broadband connection with at least 4 Mbps are required.
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OneDrive storage is used for file sharing in chat, so OneDrive storage limits apply.
Unlimited personal cloud storage for qualifying plans for subscriptions of five or more users, otherwise 1 TB per user. Microsoft will initially provide 1 TB of OneDrive for Business storage per user, which admins can increase to 5 TB per user. Contact Microsoft support to request additional storage. Storage up to 25 TB per user is provisioned in OneDrive for Business. Beyond 25 TB, storage is provisioned as 25 TB SharePoint team sites to individual users. - [4] Because Teams runs on a SharePoint Online backend for file sharing, SharePoint storage limits apply to the Files section within a team. See “Storage limits and specification for Microsoft Teams” for more details.
- [5] Access and Publisher are available for PC only.
- [6] For more information, see the Microsoft Online Service Level Agreement.
- [7] Location permissions must be active; driving safety available only in the US, UK, AUS, CA.
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