To bring everything in line Microsoft has announced that the commercial Office 365 plans will now be known as Microsoft 365 effective 21st April 2020.
However – it’s not quite as simple as Office 365 name changing Microsoft 365. Microsoft has decided to also shuffle various products and introduce a few more.
Upcoming Office 365 name changes
Office 365 Essentialswill become Microsoft 365 BasicOffice 365 Premiumwill become Microsoft 365 Business StandardMicrosoft Businesswill become Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Application only offerings will see the following changes
Office 365 Businesswill become Microsoft 365 Apps for BusinessOffice 365 ProPluswill become Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Where necessary “for business” and “for enterprise” labels to distinguish between the two.
Introducing Microsoft 365 F1 (again)
The current Microsoft 365 F1 (designed for Firstline Workers) is to be renamed to Microsoft 365 F3. Office 365 F1 will also be renamed Office 365 F3 provide consistency across commercial offers.
To bring clarity on how the introduction of the new F1 offering impacts the others see below.
Conclusions
Although it feels like a strange time to be seeing these changes through, we do believe that it will benefit you long term.
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