Microsoft 365 is more than an email address. It is the full Microsoft office, delivered as a subscription: Outlook for email and calendar, Teams for chat and meetings, OneDrive for file storage, and Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for documents. Your team signs in once and has everything it needs, on phone, laptop, or browser.
The email itself is Outlook on your own domain — yourname@yourcompany.in — with a 50 GB mailbox, strong spam and virus filtering, and shared calendars that make scheduling a meeting a two-click job. For an Indian small business, the practical benefit is familiarity: most offices already know Word and Excel, staff need almost no training, and clients already know how to open a Word quotation or an Excel price list.
HostMinute sells Microsoft 365 in Indian rupees, with yearly billing. There are two plans most small businesses choose between:
| Plan | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 Business Basic | ₹2,040/user/year +GST (₹170/user/month) | Teams that need email, Teams, OneDrive, and web Office apps |
| Microsoft 365 Business Standard | ₹10,320/user/year +GST | Teams that also need the full desktop Office apps |
Billing is yearly only. A discount of up to 10% is available on Microsoft 365 plans. To see how these plans compare with Google Workspace and Zoho Mail, visit hostminute.com/compare, or read our business email hosting overview.
| Feature | Business Basic — ₹2,040/user/year +GST | Business Standard — ₹10,320/user/year +GST |
|---|---|---|
| Outlook email on your domain | Yes — 50 GB mailbox | Yes — 50 GB mailbox |
| OneDrive cloud storage | 1 TB per user | 1 TB per user |
| Microsoft Teams | Yes — chat, meetings, and calls | Yes — chat, meetings, and calls |
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint | Web and mobile versions | Web, mobile, and full desktop versions |
| Outlook desktop app | No — web and mobile only | Yes |
| Shared calendars and contacts | Yes | Yes |
Choose Business Basic if your team is happy working in a browser and on phones, and mainly needs email, Teams, and file storage. Choose Business Standard if your team works in Word and Excel all day on a PC or Mac and wants the full desktop apps, offline access, and the complete Outlook desktop experience.
If you are still unsure, start with Business Basic. You can move users to Standard later as their needs grow — you do not have to decide for everyone on day one.
A 50 GB mailbox per user, shared calendars, meeting scheduling, and focused inbox sorting that keeps the important mail visible. Outlook works on the web, on Android and iPhone, and — with Standard — on desktop.
Chat with colleagues, hold video meetings with clients, share your screen, and keep meeting notes in one place. Teams replaces the scattered mix of phone calls, WhatsApp groups, and separate meeting links that many small offices juggle today.
Each user gets 1 TB of OneDrive storage. Save a file once, share a link with a client, and stop emailing the same document back and forth. Files stay synced across devices, and you control who can view or edit them.
Create quotations in Word, price lists in Excel, and presentations in PowerPoint — in the browser with Basic, or in the full desktop apps with Standard. Several people can edit the same document at the same time, and every change is saved automatically.
Spam and malware filtering, multi-factor authentication, and an admin centre where you can add or remove users, reset passwords, and set policies. When an employee leaves, you can disable their account and keep the business data safe.
Microsoft 365 suits accountants, chartered accountants, consultants, law firms, traders, manufacturers, and any office where Word and Excel documents are part of daily work. It also suits companies that already use Windows PCs, because the desktop apps fit naturally into that setup.
It is a good fit when you want one subscription to cover email, meetings, documents, and storage, instead of paying for four separate tools. It is less necessary if you only need email — in that case, Zoho Mail from ₹59 per user per month may be the simpler and cheaper choice. And if your team prefers Gmail and Google Drive, compare Google Workspace before you decide.
Free migration is included. Moving from Gmail, Zoho, cPanel, or another provider? We move your mailboxes and your old mail to Microsoft 365 with no downtime and no lost mail, and we set up your MX, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records correctly. Learn more on our email migration page.
Setup usually takes hours, not days. If you do not own a domain yet, domain registration is ₹1,199 plus GST, and we can register it for you. We can also help with domain and SSL and web hosting if your website needs a home too.
Buying Microsoft 365 from a large portal means doing the setup yourself and waiting on a ticket when something breaks. Buying from HostMinute means a person helps you set it up, moves your mail, and answers on WhatsApp when you need help. Our headline difference is 24/7 support, including 24/7 WhatsApp support with real humans.
We price in rupees, bill yearly, and explain the price before you pay. We understand Indian small businesses — the GST invoice, the yearly budget, the phone-first way of working — and we recommend the plan that fits your team, not the most expensive one. If Business Basic is enough, we will say so.
We also stay after setup. Password resets, a new employee joining, an old employee leaving, a mailbox that will not sync — message us and we sort it out. That ongoing help is part of the service, not an extra charge to negotiate later.
Message us on WhatsApp with your domain and user count. We will confirm your price and start your setup the same day — with free migration included.
With HostMinute, Microsoft 365 Business Basic costs ₹2,040 per user per year plus GST (₹170 per user per month), and Business Standard costs ₹10,320 per user per year plus GST. Billing is yearly only, and a discount of up to 10% is available.
Both include Outlook email with a 50 GB mailbox, 1 TB OneDrive, Teams, and the web and mobile Office apps. Business Standard adds the full desktop versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook for PC and Mac.
Yes. Free email migration is included with every email plan from HostMinute. We move your existing mailboxes and mail with no downtime and no lost mail.
No. You can use Outlook on the web from any browser, or the Outlook app on your phone. Business Standard also gives you the desktop Office apps to install on your PC or Mac.
Yes. HostMinute offers 24/7 support, including 24/7 WhatsApp support with real humans, for setup, migration, passwords, and mailbox problems.
