Microsoft cuts cloud costs

Microsoft has announced price cuts to its hosted Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) in Australia,which includes online versions of Exchange, SharePoint, Office Communications and Office Live Meeting.

Pricing now starts at $A13.25 (inc. GST) per user per month, and mailbox storage has been increased to 25GB for users of the standard service, while new administration scripting capabilities are offered.

The BPOS services are offered direct to large enterprise customers and small and medium business customers via the Telstra T-Suite.