What does a Windows 11 license cost for business?

Enterprise desktop administrators have to wade into the waters of licensing for the Windows 11 OS and associated business applications, security systems, cloud services and more.

With numerous options to choose from depending on use cases, IT departments need to determine exactly what their desired Windows 11 license comes with.

Windows 11 licensing with Office 365, Microsoft 365 and Windows 365

Microsoft offers several services that include the number 365 — Office 365, Microsoft 365 and Windows 365 — some of which offer Windows 11 licensing with the right bundle. It’s worth getting to know each service, especially Office 365 and Microsoft 365.

Office 365

This is a cloud subscription service that eased the pain of desktop software maintenance and licensing for businesses. Organizations can choose from a range of features for this service, including a suite of productivity apps, cloud storage, unified communications and more.

Microsoft 365

The Microsoft 365 service was initially thought to be a replacement for Office 365, but they function to this day as separate services. Microsoft 365 serves as a more extensive feature set than Office 365. In addition, Microsoft defined a new product set called Microsoft 365 for frontline workers that includes both Office 365 and Microsoft 365 products, but this is set to an Enterprise class license only.

Windows 365

The newest of these offerings, Windows 365, is a cloud service that distributes Windows 11 to clients as a service in much the same way Google distributes ChromeOS for Chromebooks. Microsoft calls this approach to OS licensing and delivery a Cloud PC. Windows 365 is the OS — not Office 365 or Microsoft 365, which are application services. As such, it is outside of the purview of this discussion.

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