The lowest-cost Microsoft 365 business plan: company email, Teams, OneDrive and Office in the browser. Here is exactly what it includes, where it falls short, and how UAE companies buy it.
Microsoft PartnerVerify on Microsoft Marketplace →Business Basic gives each user a professional mailbox on your own domain, Microsoft Teams, cloud storage and the web and mobile versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. It does not install the desktop Office apps on the computer.
It is part of the Microsoft 365 Business family, which is limited to 300 users in total across Basic, Standard, Premium and Apps for business.
A 50 GB Exchange mailbox per user on your company domain, with calendar, contacts and shared mailboxes.
Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook in the browser and on phones and tablets. No desktop installs.
Chat, online meetings and file sharing for your team, on plans sold with Teams included.
Personal cloud storage plus SharePoint team sites for shared files.
Exchange Online Protection against spam and malware, multi-factor sign-in, and link checks in email added in 2026.
Bookings, Forms, Lists and Planner for simple scheduling, surveys and task tracking.
Staff who work in a browser, on shared PCs or on their phone: sales teams on the move, site supervisors, receptionists, part-time staff.
Right when: Email, Teams and shared files matter more than heavy Excel or Word work.
Finance and admin teams who live in desktop Excel with large workbooks, macros or add-ins. The web version is not a full replacement.
Many Dubai companies put office staff on Business Standard and field or warehouse staff on Business Basic in the same tenant.
Right when: You want to control cost without giving everyone the same plan.
The three Business plans side by side. You can mix them in one company account and upgrade a user at any time.
| What you get | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office apps | Web and mobile only | Desktop, web and mobile | Desktop, web and mobile |
| Mailbox | 50 GB | 50 GB | 100 GB, plus archiving |
| OneDrive | 1 TB per user | 1 TB per user | 1 TB per user |
| Teams | Included | Included | Included |
| Device management (Intune) | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Advanced security | Not included | Not included | Entra ID P1, Defender for Business |
| Best for | Browser and mobile users | Most desk-based staff | SMEs handling client data |
Plan contents checked October 2026. See all plans on our Microsoft 365 Dubai page.
Microsoft sets list prices per user per month, and they changed on 1 July 2026: Business Basic and Business Standard went up, Business Premium stayed the same. Your final price depends on the plan mix, the number of users and whether you commit monthly or annually. We do not publish fixed prices because Microsoft changes them; send your headcount on WhatsApp and we reply with an AED quote, usually the same working day.
We quote per user in AED with 5% VAT shown separately, supply against your company LPO and issue a VAT invoice. No company credit card or overseas billing is needed.
Annual commitment gives the best per-user rate and still lets you add users at any time. Monthly commitment costs more per user but lets you reduce seats month to month.
Tenant setup, mailbox and file migration, user onboarding and activation are included at no extra charge on Microsoft licences bought from Proto Link.
We track your renewal date and remind you before it, so prices, seat counts and plans can be reviewed instead of auto-renewing unchanged.
Microsoft runs cloud datacenter regions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and the UAE is one of Microsoft 365's data residency locations. For a tenant set up with the UAE as its country, core data such as mailboxes, OneDrive and SharePoint files is stored in the UAE. We confirm your tenant's data location before you sign.
We connect your domain, set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC so your email is trusted, move your existing mailboxes and switch on multi-factor sign-in before handing over.
Yes, but only the web and mobile versions. Business Basic does not install desktop Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. For desktop apps choose Business Standard or Business Premium.
Each Business Basic user gets a 50 GB Exchange mailbox on your company domain, plus 1 TB of OneDrive storage.
Yes. You can upgrade individual users from Business Basic to Standard or Premium at any time during the subscription.
It is enough for staff who mainly need email, Teams and shared files. Staff who work heavily in Excel or Word usually need Business Standard.
Up to 300 users in total across all Microsoft 365 Business plans in one company account.
Yes. We quote in AED, supply against your LPO and issue a VAT invoice, with setup and email migration included.
Tenant setup, mailbox and file migration, user onboarding and activation are included at no extra charge on Microsoft licences bought from Proto Link. You pay for the licences, not for the project around them.
Send us your headcount and what your team actually needs. We will come back with the right plan mix and a price — usually the same working day.