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Upgrade to access the full power of Microsoft Teams

Expand meeting length, number of participants, and storage space to better serve your collaboration needs.

Microsoft Teams (free)

Originally starting from Free now starting from Free

Free Free

  • Group calling for up to 60 minutes and 100 participants

  • Unlimited chat with friends and family

  • Plan together with tasks and polling

  • 5 GB of cloud storage

  • 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

/month

  • Everything in Microsoft Teams, plus:

  • For one person

  • Group calling for up to 30 hours and 300 participants

  • Premium versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint for PC, Mac, web, and mobile

  • 1 TB of cloud storage

  • Ad-free email, calendar, and contacts in one place

  • Creative tools for writing, design, and graphics

  • Advanced grammar, spelling, and editing support

  • Ongoing technical support for duration of subscription

  • Access to the latest updates and new features

  • Additional benefits

  • Subscription automatically renews. Cancel any time to stop future charges.1

Best Value

Microsoft 365 Family

Originally starting from $9.99 now starting from $9.99

$9.99 $9.99

/month

  • Everything in Microsoft Teams, plus:

  • For up to six people

  • Group calling for up to 30 hours and 300 participants

  • Premium versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint for PC, Mac, web, and mobile

  • 6 TB of cloud storage (1 TB per person)

  • Ad-free email, calendar, and contacts in one place

  • Creative tools for writing, design, and graphics

  • Advanced grammar, spelling, and editing support

  • Ongoing technical support for duration of subscription

  • Access to the latest updates and new features

  • Microsoft Defender data, device, and identity protection for the entire family

  • Additional benefits

  • Subscription automatically renews. Cancel any time to stop future charges.1

Features
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Microsoft Teams (free)

Originally starting from Free now starting from Free

Free Free

Microsoft 365 Personal

Originally starting from $6.99 now starting from $6.99

$6.99 $6.99

/month

Best Value

Microsoft 365 Family

Originally starting from $9.99 now starting from $9.99

$9.99 $9.99

/month

Usage

1 person

1 person

1–6 people

Teams

Group calling for up to 60 minutes and 100 participants

Group calling for up to 30 hours and 300 participants

Group calling for up to 30 hours and 300 participants

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote

Web and mobile apps

Desktop apps

Desktop apps

Cloud storage to back up files and photos

5 GB

1 TB

Up to 6 TB (1 TB per person)

Outlook

Premium

Premium

Works on Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android
Included
Included
Included
Advanced security for emails and files
Included
Included
Ongoing technical support
Included
Included

Microsoft Teams (free)

Originally starting from Free now starting from Free

Free Free

Microsoft 365 Personal

Originally starting from $6.99 now starting from $6.99

$6.99 $6.99

/month

Best Value

Microsoft 365 Family

Originally starting from $9.99 now starting from $9.99

$9.99 $9.99

/month

Frequently asked questions

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Credit cards are accepted. We don’t accept PayPal, Venmo, and other similar services.
    Learn more about billing and payments.

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • Upgrades from Teams Essentials to Microsoft 365 will be available soon.

  • Find more information here about administrative management of your Teams Essentials account.
    Learn more

  • Yes. A child can’t purchase on their own.

More Microsoft 365 options

[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.

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