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Microsoft is offering a 50% discount to 365 subscribers who want more AI Copilot features. Here's what's included.
Microsoft 365 Premium is half off if you have a Basic, Personal, or Family subscription.
Inflation is brutal right now. The price of a dozen eggs? Sky-high. Fill the tank in your car? Be prepared for sticker shock. Airfare? Don't ask.
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And the software that you use at work and at home? Yeah, that's getting more expensive, too.
Last year, Microsoft jacked up the price of its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions by more than 30%. Someone has to pay for all those new AI features, and that someone is you -- even if you don't use those features.
Now, Redmond is trying to upsell those same subscribers to a new plan, Microsoft 365 Premium, which costs $200 a year. That's 54% more than the price of Microsoft 365 Family. There's a tempting discount for existing subscribers -- $100 for the first year, which is 50% off. Essentially, Microsoft is offering $30 to existing Family subscribers to try the new edition for a year. But after that promo runs out, Satya Nadella's marketing team is hoping that you'll keep paying.