Microsoft 365 Personal or Family: the difference

For home use, Microsoft offers two plans: Microsoft 365 Personal and Microsoft 365 Family. You get the Office apps, plenty of OneDrive storage and extra features. What's the difference, and which one suits you?

Personal or Family?

	Personal	Family
Number of people	1	Up to 6
OneDrive storage	1 TB	1 TB per person (up to 6 TB)
Office apps	On all your devices	On all devices, for each person
Copilot in the apps	Yes	Yes, for the subscription owner

What's included?

• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and Outlook on Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android.
• 1 TB of OneDrive per person, with the Personal Vault for important documents.
• Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, with a monthly limit.
• Microsoft Defender for your devices and Clipchamp premium features.
• Ad-free Outlook.com.

Share Family

Go to account.microsoft.com > Services & subscriptions > Sharing and invite up to five people by email or link. Everyone uses their own Microsoft account and can't see each other's files.

And Teams?

For family and friends, use the free version of Microsoft Teams with your personal account. Read create a free Teams account.

Prices and exact terms differ by country. Also see use Office online for free and create a Microsoft account.

Nederlandstalige versie: Microsoft 365 Personal of Family: het verschil

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