
“You'll be able to view and save files in your current account through April 12, 2023, however, none of it will transfer to your new account.” – Microsoftīy switching to Microsoft's Essential package, businesses will be able to maintain full access to their chats, files, and meetings and unlock more benefits like unlimited group meetings for up to 30 hours, and generous call limits of up to 300 users.īusinesses willing to fork out slightly higher fees of $7 per month, per user can also opt for Microsoft's new Premium tier. Or, upgrading to its paid Essentials package, which will cost companies $4 per user per month. Instead, the software company recommends backing up all Team files before April 12 before signing up for the new service. The soon-to-be sheltered plan is being replaced by Microsoft Teams' new free tier, which contains many of the same trappings as Classic, including unlimited group meetings for up to 60 minutes, meeting limits of 100, and up to 5GB of cloud storage per user.īut what does this mean for the thousands of businesses that currently depend on Microsoft's free web conferencing service? Well, confusingly Classic users aren't able to transfer chat data directly into the new free plan.



This doesn't mark the end of Team's free offering though.
