Microsoft has announced that companies and organizations will have to pay more for the Office productivity suite from July 1, 2026.
Exactly how much the price increase will be depends on the variant, but according to CNBC , it is an increase of up to 33 percent.
“Over the past year, we’ve released more than 1,100 features in Microsoft 365, Security, Copilot, and Sharepoint. The new features have added value to the packages,” writes Microsoft 365 manager Nicole Herskowitz in a blog post on the company’s website.
In other words, the increase is justified by the new features, not least Microsoft’s heavily touted AI tool Copilot.
The last time Microsoft raised prices for its business-focused Office packages was in 2022. Microsoft substantially hiked the price of Microsoft 365 consumer

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