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Price Increases Coming to Power BI, Microsoft Teams Phone
- By Gladys Rama
- November 13, 2024
Microsoft is preparing to implement the first price increases for two standalone products: Power BI and Microsoft Teams Phone.
Starting April 1, 2025, the cost of an annual billing subscription to Power BI Pro will increase from $10 per user per month to $14 per user per month, while Power BI Premium Per User (PPU) will increase from $20 per user per month to $24 per user per month.
According to Microsoft on Tuesday, it has rolled out over 1,500 enhancements to Power BI in the past six years. The price hike is commensurate to these improvements, it said. "Since its introduction in GA [in 2015], the price of Power BI Pro and PPU has stayed unchanged," the FAQ read. "The increase in price is reflective of all the investment in the innovation we have delivered over the years."
Pricing for the following Power BI editions are unchanged: Power BI Capacities (F SKU), Power BI Report Server, Power BI Embedded and Power BI Free. Moreover, Microsoft's Government Cloud, education and nonprofit customers will be unaffected.
As for Microsoft Teams Phone, prices for annual billing subscriptions will also increase on April 1, 2025. Specifically, Teams Phone Standard will go from $8 per user per month to $10 per user per month, while Teams Phone Standard for Frontline Workers will go from $4 per user per month to $5 per user per month. Other region-specific price increases are described in this table:
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Microsoft Teams Phone price changes effective April 1, 2025. (Source: Microsoft)
Once again, government, education and nonprofit customers are exempt.
"This price update marks the first price increase since Teams Phone launched in 2017," Microsoft said. "It is reflective of the increased value we have delivered to our customers to enable flexible, smart, and reliable calling natively in Teams."