Microsoft is including a brand new low-end subscription tier to its Microsoft 365 carrier designed to cater to current OneDrive subscribers and those who need extra options for his or her Outlook inboxes however are not looking for the entire desktop variations of Phrase, Excel, or PowerPoint.

The Verge reports that Microsoft 365 Elementary will price $1.99 a month or $19.99 a 12 months, and it comprises 100GB of OneDrive cloud garage, gets rid of advertisements from the Outlook internet and cellular purchasers, and provides “advanced security” for Outlook customers within the type of malware-scanning for hyperlinks and attachments and additional encryption options.

The primary shortcoming of the Elementary plan relative to the opposite Microsoft 365 subscription tiers is that you will not get get entry to to the entire desktop variations of the apps previously referred to as Microsoft Place of job: Phrase, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Outlook. You can nonetheless be capable to use the extra feature-limited on-line variations, however the ones also are to be had to any person with a unfastened Microsoft account. To get the ones apps, you’ll be able to nonetheless wish to improve to the Microsoft 365 Non-public ($6.99 a month, $69.99 a 12 months) or Microsoft 365 Circle of relatives ($9.99 a month, $99.99 a 12 months) tiers, each and every of which additionally comes with further OneDrive garage and different perks.

Microsoft 365 Elementary will release on January 30. Any subscribers to the prevailing $1.99-per-month 100GB OneDrive tier will robotically be upgraded to Microsoft 365 Elementary at the moment.