Microsoft raises Microsoft 365 prices from July while adding security and Copilot features to existing plans
Reviewed by Helen Jones
From 1 July 2026 new and renewing commercial customers will pay more for Microsoft 365 E3, E5 and related suites. The same bundles will now include expanded Intune device management, additional Microsoft Defender options and improved Copilot Chat. Existing tenants keep their current rates until renewal. Government customers follow separate timelines. The changes affect every tenant that buys or renews after 30 June 2026.
Until now the standard defence for under-used Microsoft 365 tools was cost. Extra security controls or AI assistance sat behind separate line items that finance would reject. That argument disappears once those capabilities are already paid for inside the licence. The practical result is that the gap between what the company bought and what people actually use just got wider. Teams still feels noisy, tasks remain scattered and files are hard to find, yet the tools that could tighten those workflows are now part of the same subscription.
Analysis
Treat the next renewal window as a hard deadline. Spend the next thirty days testing which of the newly-included Intune, Defender and Copilot Chat features actually cut daily friction in Outlook triage, Teams notifications or meeting follow-up, then write down the two or three that matter before finance locks the next contract.
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