Can I Buy a Lifetime Microsoft 365 Subscription? (w/Examples) + FAQs

Cumulative five-year cost: Microsoft 365 Personal subscription vs. a one-time Office Home 2024 license, based on Microsoft's 2026 list pricing.

No, Microsoft does not sell a lifetime Microsoft 365 subscription. Microsoft 365 comes only as a monthly or annual plan. So "lifetime license" ads are reselling Office, the older one-time-purchase product, or riskier unauthorized keys that Microsoft can shut off without notice. Sellers of these deals range from Microsoft's own partners to gray-market resellers. That […]

Does Microsoft Have a Project Management Tool? (w/Examples) + FAQs

Microsoft Planner Plan 1 costs $10 per user per month; Planner and Project Plan 3 costs $30, both billed annually. A free tier is also included in most Microsoft 365 business and enterprise plans.

Yes, Microsoft has several project management tools, and picking the right one depends on how complex your work gets. Microsoft Planner handles boards, tasks, and simple schedules inside Microsoft 365, while Microsoft Project adds Gantt charts and resource management for bigger programs. Paid Planner tiers start at $10 a user per month, billed yearly, as […]

Does Microsoft 365 Offer Web Hosting? (w/Examples) + FAQs

Microsoft 365 covers business email; a separate host or builder covers the public website.

No, Microsoft 365 does not offer web hosting. The subscription covers email, Office apps, and internal file sharing through SharePoint. It never puts a public page on the internet. A business that buys a domain through Microsoft still needs a separate host for its site. That gap catches new owners off guard. The Microsoft 365 […]

Is Grammarly Available for Microsoft Word? (w/Examples) + FAQs

Adding Grammarly to Word takes five steps, the same way on Windows and Mac.

Yes, Microsoft Word supports Grammarly through an official desktop app and a Word add-in. Both work on Windows, Mac, and Word for the web. Grammarly says 50,000 companies and tens of millions of people use it daily, and which setup you need depends on your version of Word. Most confusion starts because Grammarly reaches Word […]

Is Microsoft Forms Part of Office 365? (w/Examples) + FAQs

Free, personal-account Forms vs. the version bundled into Microsoft 365 and Office 365 plans, as of 2026.

Yes, Microsoft Forms ships with qualifying Microsoft 365 and Office 365 plans, and a free version also exists for solo users. Microsoft names at least a dozen plans on its own access page, and the free tier carries fewer admin controls than a paid one. That split matters most for founders, IT admins, and students […]

Can You Buy Microsoft 365 Without a Subscription? (w/Examples) + FAQs

Office 2024's one-time purchase vs. a Microsoft 365 subscription, feature by feature.

No, Microsoft 365 itself is always a subscription. Microsoft still sells a one time purchase option under a different name, though. Office 2024 charges one upfront payment for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook on a single computer. There is no recurring fee attached, and the two products share the same core apps. The mix-up is […]

Can I Use Word Without Microsoft 365? (w/Examples) + FAQs

Word Online, Office Home 2024, and Microsoft 365 Personal pricing compared.

Yes, and a Microsoft 365 plan is often not the cheapest path to get it. Microsoft's own pricing page lists Microsoft 365 Personal at $99.99 a year. A one-time license for the full Office 2024 suite runs about $149.99, with no yearly fee at all. You can also skip Word entirely and use Word Online, […]

Do I Need Microsoft 365 Email Essentials from Godaddy? (w/Examples) + FAQs

GoDaddy's Microsoft 365 email lineup: Email Essentials, Email Plus, and the business tiers compared.

Only if you want a professional inbox on your own domain and do not need Office desktop apps. Microsoft 365 Email Essentials from GoDaddy gives you mail, contacts, and a synced calendar for 10 GB per mailbox. GoDaddy's own plan comparison page confirms its higher business tiers jumped from 50 GB to 100 GB per […]

Is Adobe Acrobat Pro Included in Microsoft 365? (w/Examples) + FAQs

Word and Edge cover free viewing and basic PDF creation. Real editing, OCR, and e-signature workflows still need a separate Adobe Acrobat Pro license.

No, Adobe Acrobat Pro is not included in any Microsoft 365 plan. Adobe and Microsoft are separate companies, and Acrobat Pro is sold on its own subscription, apart from Word, Excel, and every other Microsoft 365 app. Microsoft 365 does include free basic PDF tools, but they stop well short of what Acrobat Pro does. […]

Does Microsoft Project Come with Office 365? (w/Examples) + FAQs

Project Standard 2024 and Project Professional 2024 are both one-time purchases, priced apart from every Microsoft 365 plan.

No, Microsoft Project is not included in any standard Office 365 or Microsoft 365 plan. It is sold as a separate product, either as a one-time desktop purchase or as its own monthly subscription. That split trips up buyers who assume "Microsoft 365" covers every Microsoft app, including the one built for scheduling a real […]