The best £13 monthly subscription your business will ever pay!
When you first set up a business, every penny matters, and keeping costs low whilst retaining maximum efficiency is vital. When your business begins to grow, so does the complexity of managing the operations, communications, and team collaboration. The need for these areas to operate efficiently can quickly lead to purchasing multiple third-party tools to cover your requirements, which can ultimately lead to a large monthly bill, management difficulties, disconnected and duplicate data.
It is essential that you “start as you mean to go on” and have a solid platform to build reliable, scalable IT systems. This has been our ethos with every client who needs our advice on managing growth within their business.
The Microsoft Business Standard licence might be that answer.
What is Microsoft Business Standard
Microsoft Business Standard is a comprehensive subscription plan designed for and catered to small/medium sized businesses. It offers a huge suite of applications that can help you and your business for a fraction of the cost compared to separate, third party applications.
At the time of writing this blog post, the Microsoft Business Standard licence gives you access to:
Office applications:
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Outlook
OneNote
Publisher
Access
Cloud Services:
Microsoft Teams
Exchange
OneDrive for Business
SharePoint Online
Additional services:
PowerApps
Microsoft Defender
Bookings, Forms
Lists
Stream
Planner
To Do
Whilst some of these applications will be restricted in their usage, which can be unlocked for an additional cost, the base functionality will be more than enough for the majority of small to medium sized businesses.
Competitor products will often broaden the functionality of the above products to some degree, in exchange for a monthly cost; however, you must consider whether these additional functions are really necessary.
Comparisons:
When you consider competitor products which mirror what is included in the Microsoft Business Standard package, you will likely encounter a monthly bill that greatly exceeds that of a Microsoft Business Standard licence (priced at approx. £13 per month).
Below gives you an example of the potential savings for utilising Microsoft Business Standard Licence compared to third party tools:
For 1 User:
| Per Month | Per Year |
Microsoft Business Standard Licence | £13 | £156 |
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Third Party Software: |
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Slack, Zoom, Dropbox, Google Workspace and Asana Premium. | £46 | £522 |
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Potential Savings | £33 | £396 |
By opting for Microsoft Business Standard, you save approximately £33 per month, or over £396 per year, whilst also benefiting from the integrated and seamless experience of a unified Microsoft ecosystem.
If you are interested in utilising Microsoft for your business, contact us at contact@mckeownscullin.com
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