Microsoft disclosed on 31st August 2023, that starting 1st October 2023, Teams would be offered separately from the Office/Microsoft 365 suite in the European Economic Area (EAA) and Switzerland in response to the European Commission’s feedback. Additional details are available on our blog.
Furthermore, Microsoft has recently declared that from 1st April 2024, this separation will apply globally. More information on this update is accessible here. The main highlight from this is:
- Customers who are currently subscribed to any of the suites involved will have new options. They can continue to use, renew, upgrade, and add seats to their current plans as usual. Or, if they wish to switch to the new lineup, they can do so on their contract anniversary or renewal.
- Net new subscribers to Office/Microsoft 365 Enterprise suites outside the EEA and Switzerland who wish to provide their end users with Teams will need to purchase two SKUs: one Microsoft 365 (no Teams) or Office 365 (no Teams) suite and Microsoft Teams Enterprise.
See details of the new line-up in the table below:
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