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✨ Microsoft 365 for Personal Use

More Than Just a New Name

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Let’s be honest: Microsoft has a long tradition of renaming things just when you’ve finally remembered what they were called. But this time, the rebranding from Office 365 Personal/Home to Microsoft 365 Single/Family isn’t just about slapping on a new label—it’s a whole new era of personal productivity.

So grab a ☕, buckle up, and let’s dive into what’s really changing on April 21, 2020 and why you (yes, even you!) might want to get a little excited. 💡

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📦 New Name, New Powers – What’s Changing?

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Here’s the headline:
Starting April 21, Office 365 Personal becomes Microsoft 365 Single and
Office 365 Home becomes Microsoft 365 Family.

But unlike the rebranding on the business side, where it’s mostly a name swap, personal users get real feature upgrades on top of the standard toolkit: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, 1 TB of OneDrive storage, and 60 Skype minutes per month.

You still get all that goodness…
But now with a turbocharged twist.

And the price? Still just €69/year for Single and €99/year for Family.
(That’s less than what I once paid for an Office 2007 CD-ROM. With no updates. Ever.)

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🎨 Design Like a Pro – Even If You’re Not One

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With the new Microsoft 365 subscription, you’re not just editing documents, you’re crafting masterpieces.

What’s new:

• 200+ brand-new premium templates for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Over 8,000 stunning Getty Images photos and 175 looping videos
• 300 fresh fonts and 2,800 new icons

Want to design a killer résumé, dreamy wedding invite, sleek newsletter, or even printable flashcards for the kids? Done.

Whether you’re sending a birthday invite or launching your side hustle, you now have the design power of a small agency—without opening Photoshop. 🧑‍🎨

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🧠 Meet Your New AI Presentation Coach in PowerPoint

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You’ve heard of Siri and Alexa. Now meet your AI-powered speaking coach.

PowerPoint is rolling out a new Presenter Coach that gives you real-time feedback while practicing your talk. It’ll let you know if:

• You’re speaking too fast
• You’re reading directly from your slides
• You’re relying on too many filler words (like “uh”, “so”, or “basically”)
• Or even if your tone and grammar need some polishing

This is honestly one of the coolest features I’ve seen in the Office universe in years. Initially free as a public preview, but later exclusive to Microsoft 365 subscribers.

Think of it as Toastmasters in your browser, but without the awkward clapping. 🧑‍🏫🎤

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✍️ Microsoft Editor – Your AI Writing Buddy

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Let’s face it: spellcheck is old school.

The new Microsoft Editor is like spellcheck’s evolved form—powered by AI and running across Word, Outlook.com, Microsoft Edge, and even Google Chrome.

With it, you get:

• Smart spelling & grammar suggestions
• Style improvements and clarity tweaks
• Multilingual support in 20+ languages

Think of it as Grammarly, but it lives right inside your Microsoft world—and Microsoft 365 subscribers get all the premium suggestions, not just the basics.

Oh, and did I mention it’s now a browser extension? Because, yes. ✍️🌐

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💰 Money in Excel – Personal Finance Gets Serious

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Money might not grow on trees, but it now grows in Excel. 🌳📊

With Money in Excel, Microsoft is giving subscribers a powerful new way to manage personal finances directly in the world’s favorite spreadsheet.

It connects securely to your bank accounts and credit cards, pulls in your transactions, and lets you:

• See where your money is going
• Track recurring expenses
• Visualize spending categories (hello, coffee addiction)
• Get alerts for fees, spikes, or suspicious activity

Currently rolling out first in the US, but hopefully coming to Europe soon.
Because Excel was always meant to do this.

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👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Microsoft Teams – Now for Families

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We all know Teams has become the hero of remote work. But now? It’s coming for your family group chats, event planning, and household chaos.

Coming soon:

• Separate personal + work accounts in one Teams app
• Shared family to-do lists, calendars, and task assignments
• Group chat with reactions, file sharing, and video calls
• Organizing school schedules, grocery lists, even Wi-Fi passwords

Imagine Teams as your digital family hub with fewer WhatsApp GIFs and more actual productivity.
And yes, it still does video calls. 🎥👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

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🛡️ Microsoft Family Safety – Digital Parenting Evolved

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If you’re a parent like me, you already know the struggle:
Too much screen time. Inappropriate websites. Fortnite at 3am.

Microsoft’s Family Safety helps you actually stay in control—by managing:

• Screen time limits (for devices and apps)
• App and web filters
• Time extensions (if chores are done 😉)
• Weekly reports and usage summaries

But now, it’s even better:
Family Safety is becoming a mobile app for iOS and Android, with:

• Location sharing
• Arrival/departure notifications (e.g. school, home, grandma’s house)
• Driving reports for teen drivers (yes, really)

It’s not about spying, it’s about protecting and supporting our families in a hyper-connected world. 📱🛡️

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🧠 Final Thoughts from Mr. Microsoft

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This is more than just a rebrand. It’s a reimagination of how we work, create, communicate, and protect our loved ones at home.

With Microsoft 365 for Personal and Family, Microsoft is blurring the lines between professional productivity and personal life management. And they doing it in a way that’s actually useful.

Whether you’re:

• Managing your household budget
• Creating a killer presentation for your side hustle
• Helping your kids learn remotely
• Or just trying to keep family life a little more organized

…Microsoft 365 gives you the tools to handle it all.

🧭 What You Get with Microsoft 365 Single & Family

Feature	Microsoft 365 Single	Microsoft 365 Family
Office Apps (Word, Excel, etc.)	✅	✅ (up to 6 people)
1 TB OneDrive Storage	✅	✅ per person
Microsoft Editor (Premium)	✅	✅
Money in Excel	✅	✅
PowerPoint Presenter Coach	✅	✅
Microsoft Teams (Personal)	✅	✅
Microsoft Family Safety App	✅	✅
Price per Year	€69	€99

💬 Want to know more about Microsoft 365 for business? Stay tuned for the next part, where we dive into licensing madness, plan changes, and what the renaming means for consultants and IT admins like you and me.

Stay clever. Stay curious.
Your Mr. Microsoft,
Uwe Zabel

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