Microsoft 365 has quietly become the default productivity stack for most growing businesses. If your team needs to write, calculate, present, meet, share, and store — it’s already covered. But “Microsoft 365” is also a big bucket, and the difference between plans is where it gets fuzzy. Here’s a plain-English breakdown, plus why working with a local partner changes the experience.
What Microsoft 365 actually gives you
Every Microsoft 365 plan bundles the core productivity apps with cloud storage, email, and collaboration tools. The big building blocks:
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook — the apps you already know, in web, mobile, and (on most plans) desktop versions.
- Microsoft Teams — chat, meetings, calls, and shared workspaces. The hub most teams end up living in.
- OneDrive — 1 TB of cloud storage per user, with file sync across devices.
- Exchange business email — your own @yourdomain.com email with a 50 GB mailbox per user, professional calendar, and shared inboxes.
- SharePoint — team sites and document libraries for departments that need shared spaces, not just files dropped in chat.
- Admin and security controls — multi-factor auth, device policies, and basic compliance tools.
Which plan fits which business
There are several Business plans, and the right one depends mostly on whether your team needs the full desktop apps and how much security you want baked in.
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
The web and mobile versions of the apps, plus Teams, Exchange email, OneDrive, and SharePoint. A good fit for teams that mostly work in the browser, or for roles that don’t need the full desktop Office suite — sales, support, operations, frontline staff.
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
Everything in Basic, plus the full desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook installed locally. The right pick for most office workers — accountants, marketers, analysts, anyone working with heavy spreadsheets or polished documents.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Everything in Standard, plus advanced security and device management — Microsoft Defender, Intune for managing laptops and phones, and stronger threat protection. Worth it if you handle sensitive data, manage company-owned devices, or want to harden against ransomware.
Microsoft 365 Apps for Business
Just the desktop apps + OneDrive, without Teams, Exchange, or SharePoint. A narrow pick — useful only if you already have email and collaboration sorted elsewhere.
Why buy through CorpKind Tech
You can purchase Microsoft 365 directly from Microsoft. Many businesses do. But buying through a local partner changes what happens after the order goes through:
- Setup that’s actually done. We provision your tenant, configure your domain and DNS, set up email signatures, and get every user signed in. You don’t get a license key and a wiki page — you get a working system.
- Migration from whatever you’re on now. Moving from Google Workspace, Zoho, or a hosted email account? We handle the email, contact, and file migration so nothing gets dropped. Your team comes in Monday morning and it just works.
- License management without the spreadsheet. We track who’s using what, renew on time, add or remove seats as your team changes, and flag where you’re overpaying.
- Local support, local language. When something breaks at 9am on a Tuesday, you talk to someone in Nepal who knows your setup — not a global helpdesk that needs 48 hours to look up your account.
- Security and admin set up properly. MFA, device policies, backup, basic conditional access — configured once, the right way, so you don’t find out you needed them the hard way.
Where to go from here
If you already know which plan you need, you can browse our software listings and order directly. If you’d rather have a quick conversation first — about which plan fits, how migration would work, or what the rollout would look like for your team — book a consultation and we’ll get back to you within one business day.
