{"id":7725,"date":"2021-08-23T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T22:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=7725"},"modified":"2021-08-23T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T22:02:00","slug":"advanced-warning-microsoft-365-price-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=7725","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Warning – Microsoft 365 Price Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New pricing for Microsoft 365 | Microsoft 365 Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

We wanted to give you a heads-up to expect a price increase for Microsoft 365 (Office 365) from May next year 2022.<\/p>\n

When you consider the additional functionality they\u2019ve included, this is fair enough \u2013 the challenge for us all is to make sure we\u2019re using the extra functionality to increased value from their products.<\/p>\n

While the Microsoft post says this is the first price increase in ten years, we\u2019re not sure that\u2019s strictly correct as they did lift prices a few years ago in NZ, justified at the time to align NZ pricing with other global markets.\u00a0 They\u2019ve also changed product suites enough that most of us have gradually increased the plans we\u2019re using.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s stepped up over the last few years<\/strong><\/h2>\n

More security and compliance<\/strong> \u2013 much more protection is available in the standard products as well as the various add-ins that we use<\/p>\n

More communication & collaboration<\/strong> \u2013 especially in Teams and even in the way we can co-author documents in Office or share them with colleagues<\/p>\n

More AI and Automation<\/strong> \u2013 dictation, suggested formats, auto-correction \u2013 all designed to help us lift the quality of the work we produce<\/p>\n

What can we expect?<\/h2>\n

Based on the article, \u00a0\u00a0it looks like prices will lift between 10 and 20%.<\/p>\n

But, there is a little gem in there.\u00a0 We noticed the following in the release – Extending audio conferencing capabilities<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

And today, we are announcing that we will add unlimited dial-in capabilities for Microsoft Teams meetings across our enterprise, business, frontline, and government suites over the next few months. Even as cloud connectivity increases, we know that people join Teams meetings while they are on the go or struggling with a bad internet connection. Currently included with Microsoft 365 E5 and Office 365 E5, we have come to see dial-in as an important part of the complete Teams experience. Available with subscription in over 70 countries and with interactive support in 44 languages and dialects, unlimited dial-in provides peace of mind that users will be able to join their Microsoft Teams meeting from virtually any device regardless of location.<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s huge!<\/p>\n

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So, Microsoft is going to cost a little more than it used to, but it includes a massive amount more capability that it used to as well.\u00a0 We\u2019re here to help you extract that value and apply it to your organisation. \u00a0Our FlightPlan<\/a> process is designed to help identify those opportunities to help you make your workplace more productive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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