You can now try Microsoft Teams Premium for free — here’s how to sign up
30-day free trials are now available for Microsoft Teams Premium.
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What you need to know
Microsoft Teams Premium is now available in preview. Admins can set up a 30-day trial for the add-on for free through theMicrosoft 365 Admin Center. Teams Premium is currently set to ship in February 2023, so organizations have a couple of months to try the add-on out before it becomes generally available. When it does ship, it is expected to cost $10 per user per month.
Announced earlier this year, Microsoft Teams Premium is an add-on that adds options for personalization and branding, improves security, and provides AI tools for enhancing meetings.
Teams Premium users can have 40 spoken languages translated into captions, use templates for webinars, and brand their meetings. The subscription also provides tools to streamline the webinar experience and protect meetings with advanced security tools.
Some Teams Premium features are not available in preview at this time. Custom branding for meetings should ship to preview users in January 2023. Intelligent recap for meetings is also on the way, but Microsoft did not specify a timeline for it.
Microsoft has anextensive Tech Community postthat breaks down every feature with a full set of details and screenshots. The company also shared a list of highlights, noting that with Teams Premium you can:
Aseparate post from Microsoftexplains the license requirements to purchase Teams Premium. To obtain a subscription, a user must be a commercial, worldwide public sector, EDU, GCC, or non-profit tenant. GCC High and DoD tenants will not be able to purchase Teams Premium licenses when the subscription launches in February 2023. Microsoft also notes that there won’t be an EDU-specific license for Teams premium at launch or special pricing for tenants in education.
Microsoft breaks down thesteps to sign-up for a trialto help people try the add-on.
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