Which Microsoft 365 deal fits
- Personal, one-year account ($10.99): a delivered login for one person, with desktop and mobile Office apps and 1 TB OneDrive.
- Family member invite, one year ($6.99): joins your own Microsoft account, with Office, OneDrive and up to five signed-in devices. One member per order; the owner's Copilot credits are excluded.
- Family admin, one month ($4.99): an admin login that can invite five people, each with Office and 1 TB OneDrive.
- Family admin, twelve months ($24.99): the longer admin term for five invited people. Keep its password, recovery email and security settings unchanged for monthly renewal.
- Family account, five invited members ($29.99): a ready admin account with six to twelve months remaining. Keep its account details unchanged.
- Six-month upgrade on your email ($14.99): Office on up to five devices at once and 1 TB OneDrive, added to the Microsoft email entered at checkout.
- Office 365, one-year account ($10.99): a ready login with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Forms and 100 GB OneDrive. Change its password at first sign-in.
- Microsoft 365, 100 GB and five devices ($13.99): a ready login with a two-year plan. Keep copies of important files elsewhere because this account's OneDrive region can error.
How accounts and invites activate
For the Family member invite and six-month upgrade, enter your Microsoft email at checkout. Accept the invitation or confirmation on that account. Ready-account products come with a separate login; use its portal to install Office. Follow that listing's password rules, since the Family admin accounts have different requirements from the one-year Office 365 account.
Microsoft's own education option
Students and educators with an eligible education email can get Office 365 A1 free through Microsoft's education program. Check your school's access first. A1 is a different plan from a Personal subscription or the Family invite listed here; do not assume it includes the same desktop apps.
Before you buy
A Family member invite does not give you admin access or the plan owner's Copilot AI credits. Personal is for one person; the admin listings let you invite five other people. Read the Microsoft 365 listing comparison if you are deciding between them.