MS365

Olinda99

Although I am a light user of Word and Excel (locally installed so no ongoing cost) I have often wondered what people use ms365 with subscription for. Can someone enlighten me?

groovygav

rufford155 said:

Does any body know if I switch to Classic do I still get Outlook ?

For me, that's more difficult to replicate than Excel, etc.

Yes, Classic is just what we've had before, everything except AI. I've just switched and it was surprisingly painless.

Piscatores

I too recommend getting a licence key from Amazon when on offer. Also the months stack, so I am currently paid up until March 2028!

Also I have turned off Auto renew, and I don't have a payment method on my MS account.

FrustratedFlyer67

Does anyone know if the 'Classic' plan comes with the option to use the Microsoft Workplace Discount Programme (Previously the Home Use Programme) as it previously did?

J_B

MS 365 for under a tenner here

https://softwaresupply.net/

lisaegan

Does this apply to M365 Business Basic?

Mazza1962

I have a 30% discount through a workplace scheme, so I was only paying £42/year.  My new price is £59.49, but when I try to downgrade to Classic it shows the full price of £59.99 so effectively I can't downgrade 

Mazza1962

Olinda99 said:

Although I am a light user of Word and Excel (locally installed so no ongoing cost) I have often wondered what people use ms365 with subscription for. Can someone enlighten me?

A big factor for me is the 1Tb storage.  I also pay for 200Gb on Google Drive.  As a former IT professional for 40 years I learnt to never trust computers, so I back everything up frequently to at least 3 places.

rufford155

groovygav said:

rufford155 said:

Does any body know if I switch to Classic do I still get Outlook ?

For me, that's more difficult to replicate than Excel, etc.

Yes, Classic is just what we've had before, everything except AI. I've just switched and it was surprisingly painless.

Many thanks for your answer gav

rufford155

Olinda99 said:

Although I am a light user of Word and Excel (locally installed so no ongoing cost) I have often wondered what people use ms365 with subscription for. Can someone enlighten me?

Olinda99 said:

Although I am a light user of Word and Excel (locally installed so no ongoing cost) I have often wondered what people use ms365 with subscription for. Can someone enlighten me?

Like Mazza, the 1 TB storage is a big draw as well as full use on three computers (2 mine + 1 daughters).

Also, I have used Outlook (Classic, as now titled) for years and have loads of archived emails so switching to anything else would be a real pain.

And if you have the subscription on a Microsoft account you can get one-to-one help if you desperately need it.

At 80 years of age, grappling with anything new is very unappealing.