My recommendations to clients for the upcoming M365 price increase
Hi Guys, you probably already know, but Microsoft 365 prices are going up this July. Here is what we recommend to our clients, some of whom are charities.
If your renewal is before 30 June, you can lock in current pricing for another year just by renewing early. On E3/E5, you can stretch it to three years through a CSP, though you might risk being stuck if your headcount or needs change significantly.
If you're mid-contract with a renewal after 1 July, there's nothing you can do, new prices apply when you renew.
But if you're coming up for renewal soon, it's genuinely worth considering your options: Standard is going to £10.75, Premium stays at £16.90. The gap just gets slightly narrower, but if you think about it, that's a £6.15 gap for Intune, Defender for Business, Purview DLP and Purview Information Protection. If device management or data protection has been on the back burner, the business case just got a bit easier.
One last thing, before anyone just hits renew, do an audit first. Ghost accounts from people who've left, users on the wrong plan, storage add-ons that'll be redundant because Microsoft is adding 50GB mailbox storage to all Business plans in July. I've been doing pre-renewal audits with clients over the last few months, and in most cases, we've found enough to reduce the overall cost.
Happy to answer any questions!