Microsoft is celebrating 10 full years of Microsoft 365 by adding a new Microsoft 365 tier: Microsoft 365 Basic, which will cost just $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year when it launches on January 30.

Microsoft 365 Chat enables the AI to trawl across a wide range of work documents — emails, meeting notes and Teams chats — to draw connections and integrate data from multiple sources.

Written by Sabrina Ortiz, Senior Editor April 23, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. PT Microsoft Microsoft's 365 suite of productivity applications is the cornerstone of many businesses' everyday operations.

After 32 years, Microsoft has begun to kill off the Microsoft Office brand, with plans to rebrand its Office.com and Office cloud-based apps to Microsoft 365 in the near future.

"In the coming months, Office.com, the Office mobile app, and the Office app for Windows will become the Microsoft 365 app, with a new icon, a new look, and even more features," a FAQ states.