New Microsoft 365 pricing live, some products up by 42% due to AI

Post by jamesfinlayson » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 12:42 AM UTC

chairmansteve wrote: post #4

If AI is so great, these price rises will pay for themselves many times over..... Have any HNer's experienced or observed any productivity increases, or even any utility increases from co pilot?

Post by ninko » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 1:17 AM UTC

craftkiller wrote: post #10

ninko wrote: post #2

Microsoft is committed to delivering continuous innovation and value through Microsoft 365. Over the past several years, we’ve invested deeply in security, compliance, productivity, AI, and IT management— helping organizations stay productive, secure, and competitive in a rapidly evolving landscape. This change reflects the significant innovation delivered over the past several years and the added value customers wil…

You worded that as if you speak for Microsoft, but your account is 2 days old and this is your first comment, which makes me suspect you are a karma-farming bot.

Post by netsharc » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 1:20 AM UTC

jamesfinlayson wrote: post #11

chairmansteve wrote: post #4

If AI is so great, these price rises will pay for themselves many times over..... Have any HNer's experienced or observed any productivity increases, or even any utility increases from co pilot?

Had a clueless business analyst get Copilot to write a bunch of stories for an epic, then when she had a meeting with me (and three other people!) to go through the stories I had to tell them that 90% of what they had done was wrong. If they'd come to me from the outset I could have told them the one story title and handful of acceptance criteria that was required but instead we wasted 5 person hours and whatever Cop…

Post by RetroTechie » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 1:54 AM UTC

jinxmeta wrote: post #3

ninko wrote: post #2

Microsoft is committed to delivering continuous innovation and value through Microsoft 365. Over the past several years, we’ve invested deeply in security, compliance, productivity, AI, and IT management— helping organizations stay productive, secure, and competitive in a rapidly evolving landscape. This change reflects the significant innovation delivered over the past several years and the added value customers wil…

so a long way of saying: we need to fund our AI.

Post by jamesfinlayson » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:05 AM UTC

spacechild1 wrote: post #18

netsharc wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Without context it reads like you work in a publisher that publishes fiction...

I thought the same. Business lingo has really jumped the shark. "story" is already stupid enough, but "epic"? Seriously? :-D