Create a business plan - Microsoft Support (2024)

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Does Microsoft Office have business plan templates? ›

Start with a template

Download these templates from the Office Templates site to create your plan: Fill in your Business plan. Analyze your market with the Business market analysis template. Detail your financials in a Financial plan.

Microsoft 365 for business

Sign in to Microsoft 365 admin center with your Microsoft 365 admin account, and select Support > Help and support, enter your question and select Contact support. If you're an admin on the account you can also call (800) 865-9408 (toll-free, US only).

Give us a call at 866-425-4709, or visit small business learning resources to find help and tutorials.

There are two main formats that you can use to write a business plan: a PowerPoint deck or a Word document. Both work well, but make sure that if you use a PowerPoint format, you also have a separate (and shorter) pitch deck. Initially you will share only the pitch deck with potential investors.

Planner comes with these subscriptions: Microsoft 365 Business Basic. Microsoft 365 Business Standard.

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Microsoft To Do is free when you use your personal Microsoft Account, which means Microsoft To Do is available to all Microsoft 365 Family or Personal customers as well.

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In this case we suggest you contact the Accounts and Billing Department by calling 1- 877-568-2495 in Canada or 1-800-642-7676 in the US, this team has trained professionals to help resolve your issue. You can also reach them by going to Virtual Agent - Microsoft Support. We look forward to your response.

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If writing and editing aren't your strong suit, you may want to hire a professional business plan writer, copy editor or proofreader. Use free resources: SCORE is a nonprofit association that offers a large network of volunteer business mentors and experts who can help you write or edit your business plan.

Writing your business plan is likely to require two days if your mind and storytelling are crystal clear, up to a couple of months if you have to build things from scratch. Some do it themselves or with a team.

Get a Word business proposal template.

Give yourself a headstart when you're responding to requests for proposals (RFPs) or submitting unsolicited proposals, with our free downloadable template in Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Planner

Planner is a light weight, mobile and web-based application that comes with most Office 365 for business subscriptions. With Planner you and your team can to create plans, assign tasks, chat about tasks, and see charts of your team's progress.

You can download free, pre-built document templates with useful and creative themes from Office when you click File > New in your Office app. Templates can include calendars, business cards, letters, cards, brochures, newsletters, resumes, cover letters, presentations, social media and much more.

Yes, you can mix and match Office 365 plans. Please note that there are some license limitations at the plan level. The Office 365 Business, Business Essentials, and Business Premium plans each have a limit of 300 users, while the Enterprise plans are for an unlimited number of users.