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If you were to point to one software-as-a-service product inside of Microsoft that has been a pillar of the company’s growth, Office 365 would be it. And because things have gotten a bit too comfortable around the Microsoft neighborhood, they are going to rebrand some SKUs while leaving others in their place.
But the change does have some merit as the Office brand has become a bit stretched. Announced today, and starting on April 21st, Microsoft is going to rebrand the following Office 365 SKUs to draw a slightly clearer line between Office 365 and Microsoft 365:
The following Office 365 plans will have no changes:
Office 365 for Enterprise
Office 365 for Firstline Workers
Office 365 for Education
Office 365 for Government
Microsoft is making these changes to the above accounts as they feel that some of the bundles were reaching outside of what ‘Office’ brand is intended to include. And for those of you worried about pricing, Microsoft says that this is only a name change and that pricing will not be modified.
This is a big shift for Microsoft as Office 365 is one of the most well-recognized names in the productivity space. By moving to Microsoft 365 brand, the company is looking to separate what was classically known as Office and move the features that were not part of that core suite of productivity tools to the new Microsoft 365 naming convention.
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