Microsoft announces 'Microsoft Teams Essentials' plan for small and medium-sized enterprises that can hold online meetings at low cost



Microsoft Teams Essentials, a paid plan for small businesses, has been added to

Microsoft Teams , Microsoft's online conferencing tool. The cheapest paid plan for Microsoft Teams, 430 yen per user per month, unlimited group meetings for up to 30 hours, up to 300 participants per meeting, 10GB of cloud storage per user Also included.

New Microsoft Teams Essentials is built for small businesses --Microsoft 365 Blog
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2021/12/01/new-microsoft-teams-essentials-is-built-for-small-businesses/

Introducing Microsoft Teams Essentials --Stories
https://news.microsoft.com/2021/12/01/introducing-microsoft-teams-essentials/



Microsoft has announced Microsoft Teams Essentials as a paid plan for Microsoft Teams small businesses. Microsoft Teams Essentials costs 430 yen per user per month, and the differences from the free plan and other paid plans are shown in the table below. Microsoft Teams Essentials users have unlimited group meetings for up to 30 hours, with all the features available in Microsoft Teams' free plan, up to 300 participants per meeting, and 10GB of cloud storage per user. Also included. However, it does not support the recording / transcription of meetings and Office apps that come with higher paid plans.



Microsoft will also make existing and new features available in the free version of Microsoft Teams available in Microsoft Teams Essentials to meet the needs of small businesses. There are two new features available in Microsoft Teams:

-Microsoft Teams is not only integrated with Outlook Calendar, but also newly integrated with Google Calendar. This makes it easy to manage your meeting schedule in Microsoft Teams.
・ A new group chat template for small and medium-sized enterprises will also be released. This makes it easy to create group projects and host meetings, assign tasks to teammates, and receive quick feedback after voting.

in Software, Posted by logu_ii