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Microsoft doesn't put its office suite up for sale very often. Microsoft 365 (until recently known as Office 365) includes all the usual Office apps, one hour per month for Skype calls to landlines and a full terabyte of OneDrive storage. Personal taste is for a single user and typically costs $ 70 per year. But for a limited time you can get one one year of Microsoft 365 Personal for $ 59 .
That's a pretty solid business, especially when you must have Office and can't get by with a free alternative. Indeed, one could argue - and I definitely make the argument - that a terabyte of OneDrive alone is worth $ 59. Then the Office apps - Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access and Publisher - are sauce.
The personal version is intended for a single user. However, you can install the suite on up to five devices and access the OneDrive from anywhere. If you actually need to support multiple users, e.g. For example, if you have a spouse and children, consider trying the Microsoft 365 Family instead.
Fascinated? Note that this is an auto-renewing subscription. Therefore, you will be automatically billed $ 59 each year unless you cancel. But that's actually good news - the subscription stays at $ 59 instead of going back to $ 70 after the first year.
And if you already have a subscription for the regular $ 70, fear not. You can still get on the $ 59 sauce train. According to the Microsoft team, who answered this customer question on the product page: "You can buy Office 365 from Amazon and then add the time to your existing subscription." The details are explained in this Microsoft support article.
If you're not ready to pay for an ongoing subscription, it seems like good news is on the horizon. Microsoft has announced that it will be releasing a standalone version of Office in the second half of 2021 that has a good old-fashioned perpetual license.
And of course, don't forget that there are completely free alternatives to Office. You can use Office online for free, and there are open source office suites like LibreOffice and WPS Office that offer all of Office's major features without a price tag. If you want to learn more about free office alternatives, check out this week's Cheapskate Show podcast below.
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