Microsoft this week announced Microsoft 365 product news, including a new consumer Basic product offering.

Microsoft today announced Microsoft 365 Basic, for $1.99 a month, offering access to the Office apps plus 100GB of cloud storage when it launches later this month.

The new Microsoft 365 Basic offers a meaningful upgrade over the free version, but how does it stack up to other entry-level cloud storage offers?

Microsoft 365 Basic: $2 for 100GB OneDrive, Outlook Web, But No Office Apps There is a new subscription tier that is affordable for a massive cloud space.

Microsoft 365 Basic will launch on January 30. Any subscribers to the existing $1.99-per-month 100GB OneDrive tier will automatically be upgraded to Microsoft 365 Basic at that time.