News Microsoft's New 365 Basic Plan: $2 a Month Includes 100GB OneDrive, Ad-Free Outlook

[Admin]

Microsoft 365 Basic sits between Microsoft 365 (Free) and Microsoft 365 Personal, and grants users access to web-based versions of Microsoft's productivity apps, 100GB of OneDrive storage, and advanced security features for $1.99 per month.

Microsoft's New 365 Basic Plan: $2 a Month Includes 100GB OneDrive, Ad-Free Outlook : Read more

 

[dennphill]

You gotta be kidding me! I have Office 2016. So what the heck is 'Ads in Outlook?' I wouldn't put up with that for a moment! I am getting to hate MS as much as Apple. I wish Tom's - and Brandon Hill - a Happy New Year. Notsomuch to the idiots at MS and Apple who are out to squeeze the last penny from the public. Two Bucks a month, indeed!

 

[JamesJones44]

You gotta be kidding me! I have Office 2016. So what the heck is 'Ads in Outlook?' I wouldn't put up with that for a moment! I am getting to hate MS as much as Apple. I wish Tom's - and Brandon Hill - a Happy New Year. Notsomuch to the idiots at MS and Apple who are out to squeeze the last penny from the public. Two Bucks a month, indeed!

Ads are only in the free version... If you use something for free you should expect to see Ads.

 

[Math Geek]

i would expect office 2021 to be the last you can get without a subscription. but i doubt it has anything better than 2016 or even the 2007 version i still use

plenty of alternatives to Office that i can't see ever actually needing to pay MS monthly for any office program.

$2 a month to use something they already offer for free....... hmmmm.........

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

It doesn't really include anything extra, and it's no better than Google One's $1.99 basic tier.

 

[criticaloftom]

sounds like an admital that consumers hate a move to a subscription walled garden. 😛 business may suck up such <Mod Edit> for support, but with freeware like open office microsoft can go twist a lemon on it's molten salt burn.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

i would expect office 2021 to be the last you can get without a subscription. but i doubt it has anything better than 2016 or even the 2007 version i still use

plenty of alternatives to Office that i can't see ever actually needing to pay MS monthly for any office program.

$2 a month to use something they already offer for free....... hmmmm.........

This plan replaces the 100GB OneDrive plan, so you're getting a little extra than you were with that plan for no extra cost, but it's not really that much extra as far as Office goes.

 

[cAllen]

Their precursor to subscription Windows OS.

 

[brandonjclark]

It doesn't really include anything extra, and it's no better than Google One's $1.99 basic tier.

I was about to trash you then reconsidered that this is for home use.

100gb really isn't much, TBH.

Cloud storage remains expensive!

 

[USAFRet]

It doesn't really include anything extra, and it's no better than Google One's $1.99 basic tier.

Full MS Office compatibility.
Sometimes you do have to send a file back and forth from work to home.

 

[Hooda Thunkett]

So, just what the heck is "suspicious link cheer"? Am I supposed to be cheered up when a suspicious link comes in my email?

 

[Exploding PSU]

i would expect office 2021 to be the last you can get without a subscription. but i doubt it has anything better than 2016 or even the 2007 version i still use

Glad to hear there's someone out there still running an old version of Office. I'm still clinging to my 2010 Office Home and Student as I don't see any reason why I should upgrade. Ok, there are security issues and the program nagging me all the time, but eh.... if it's not broken don't fix it.

 

[Math Geek]

it's word. i type stuff in and save/print then move on. i don't see where there are security issues. lol

the only real issues any of the office suites had were when they decided to allow mini programs to run within various documents. that of course brought risk. but i don't run macros (nor have them allowed) or other such things so don't have to worry. the whole idea that as soon as something is EOL, the doors are wide open and anything and everything is sitting outside just waiting to walk in is such a gross over-reaction...

well that and a great marketing ploy to get folks to upgrade. and of course it works great as the 20 people posting next will assure you, YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER IF YOU ARE NOT RUNNING THE NEWEST UPDATED VERSION!!!