Good news for the cloud enthusiasts. Microsoft announced on March 14 price cuts to a number of its Office 365 enterprise and academic plans.
Microsoft officials explain that due to economies of scale through their data centres and economies of skills with their staff they were able to lower the plan prices.
The price changes are effective immediately for new and renewing direct customers. Below is a chart with the previous and new prices.
| Plan | Previous cost | New cost | Drop |
| K1 | £2.60 | £2.60 | None |
| K2 | £6.50 | £5.25 | 19.23% |
| P1 | £4.00 | £4.00 | None |
| Exchange Online plan 1 | £3.25 | £2.60 | 20% |
| Exchange Online plan 2 | £6.50 | £5.25 | 19% |
| SharePoint Online plan 1 | £3.50 | £2.60 | 26% |
| SharePoint Online plan 2 | £6.75 | £5.25 | 22% |
| Lync Online plan 1 | £1.30 | £1.30 | None |
| Lync Online plan 2 | £4.25 | £3.50 | 18% |
| Office Professional Plus | £8.00 | £8.00 | None |
| Office Web Apps with SPO plan 1 | £7.25 | £6.50 | 10% |
| Office Web Apps with SPO plan 2 | £10.50 | £9.00 | 14% |
| E1 | £6.50 | £5.25 | 19% |
| E2 | £10.50 | £9.00 | 14% |
| E3 | £15.75 | £13.25 | 16% |
| E4 | £17.75 | £14.50 | 18% |
Microsoft is also cutting the price for the ‘A2′, plan which is exclusive to educational institutions, making it free for faculty and staff. You can find more information about the academic plans here.
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