Working with a Microsoft 365 Partner
Working with a Microsoft 365 reseller and partner gives you access to additional cost savings as well as peace of mind through dedicated support. Certified Microsoft Gold Partners such as SWK Technologies are able to secure discounted pricing and bundle this with your license management, helping you consolidate the costs of your user seats, along with many other benefits, including:
- Keep you up to date on name changes and product updates, and enable you to fully understand your plan
- Help you uncover benefits you may have overlooked, consolidate your toolset and save money
- Empower you to enhance collaboration among your employees and boost productivity
- Facilitate improved communication between you and your customers, as well as other stakeholders
- Show you how to strengthen security within your platform and among your user base using built-in tools
- Allow you to better ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
- Simplify your IT investment and streamline your processes with Microsoft 365
Visit SWK’s Microsoft 365 managed services page to learn more!
Choosing Your Microsoft 365 Plan
Designed for small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMBs), Microsoft 365 for Business supports up to 300 users across four primary plans that deliver various levels of device management, security controls and collaboration features.
- Microsoft 365 Business Basic: Offers all of the core components of Office 365, Outlook and secure cloud services for all digital apps and data, including basic-level identity and access management (IAM) for admins.
- Microsoft 365 Business Standard: Comes with all of the features of Business Basic while adding even more applications and services to your plan, including Loop, ClipChamp, Publisher, Access and Desktop versions of all your Microsoft Office apps like Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Microsoft 365 Business Premium: Adds onto the functionality of the Standard plan with significantly expanded cybersecurity, including enterprise-grade endpoint protection, advanced IAM, Intune, Azure Information Protection, and Microsoft Defender for Business.
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Business: A standalone version of Microsoft Office that grants you access to the Desktop versions of the core Office 365 applications and Outlook, along with up to 1 TB of cloud storage per user.
Plan Type | Core Apps | Key Features | Pricing* |
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Microsoft 365 Business Basic | Web/mobile Office apps | Email, calendar, file storage/sharing, Teams, security | $6 |
Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Desktop Office apps | All Basic features + advanced support, PC/mobile management | $12.50 |
Microsoft 365 Business Premium | Desktop Office apps | All Standard features + advanced security, cyberthreat protection | $22 |
Microsoft 365 Apps for Business | Desktop/mobile Office apps | File storage/sharing, but no business email or Teams | $8.25 |
Microsoft Copilot – AI for M365
Microsoft Copilot is a new generative AI tool that is replacing the sunsetted Cortana across multiple Microsoft services and applications, including certain M365 plans. Users with Microsoft 365 Business Standard and Microsoft 365 Business Premium licenses will be able to access limited Copilot features that leverage its large language model (LLM) and combines it with data from Microsoft Graph to generate text outputs for your Office apps, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and more.
To learn more about Microsoft 365 Copilot and what features you can access, contact us here.