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Microsoft wiping free Teams business users’ data unless they buy a paid subscription

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Although Microsoft will still offer a free tier for its Teams productivity app, business users will not be able to carry over existing chats, files, teams, and meetings from the current free subscription.

However, it will not allow users who continue to opt for the free service to carry over any existing chats, files, teams, and meetings from the legacy subscription.

Microsoft recommended that customers that wanted to preserve this information upgrade to Teams Essentials, priced at a monthly R71.10 per user in South Africa, excluding VAT.The cheapest paid-for Teams product increases maximum meeting times from one hour to 30 hours, bumps the participant limit from 100 to 300, and offers double the amount of cloud storage per user.

Alternatively, users can also go for the Microsoft 365 Business Basic subscription at R128 per month, excluding VAT, which includes all of the Teams Essentials features in addition to the following:Web and mobile versions of Microsoft 365 apps — such as Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNoteThe table below summarises the differences between the new Teams product, Teams Essentials, and Microsoft 365 Basic.

 

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