Microsoft Moves Four Standard Features to Teams Premium

“Confusingly, Microsoft continues to offer the Teams Advanced Communications license, something that might go away when Teams Premium becomes generally available in February 2023. That date is predicted and should be taken with a fairly hefty dose of salt.”

• Additional Clarity About Features Moving to Teams Premium
• The Question of Licensing
• The Case for Premium

Microsoft announced Teams Premium, an add-on license that is estimated to cost $10/user per month, on October 12, 2022. It includes advanced meeting and security features that Microsoft hopes will make it a popular choice, especially in enterprise tenants. However, Microsoft continues to offer the Teams Advanced Communications license, which might go away when Teams Premium becomes generally available in February 2023.

Some features previously covered by the Teams standard license will move to Teams Premium, and Microsoft will allow a grace period for each feature to allow users with Teams standard licenses to wean themselves off the functionality. The article raises questions about the licensing requirements for each of the premium features and whether it would make people want to pay for Teams Premium.

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• But as Microsoft's licensing guide clarifies: "some Teams features will move from Teams licenses to Teams Premium licenses.".
  https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/11 teams_premium_more_expensive/

Teams Premium

A commercial version of Teams called Microsoft Teams Premium was introduced around October 12th, 2022, during the Microsoft Ignite conference.

Current Status

• 30 day trial Version is possible from now
• Global Start in February 2023

What time will this occur?

2022 February. As part of the Teams Premium preview, features will start to roll out in December 2022, and Teams Premium will become generally available in February 2023. The first part of 2023 will see the introduction of intelligent recap features.

What will the price be?

USD10 per user per month

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