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Microsoft SharePoint / Microsoft 365

Team document libraries with granular access, Microsoft Office workflows and extensive administration. The selected Business Basic and Business Standard with Copilot bundles deliberately have different AI and desktop entitlements.

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The lower bound counts documented points; the upper bound includes the maximum remaining points if unknown capabilities are confirmed. This is not a final ranking.

Best suited to

Teams already using Microsoft 365 Structured team sites and permissioned document libraries

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Buyers expecting personal OneDrive storage to be a shared team allowance Businesses requiring verified local hosting or full legal-hold licensing without assessment

Documented strengths

Document libraries, managed metadata and scoped permissions

PH-market plan prices are published

Migration

Use migration tools and verify ownership, history and links with a representative sample

Product capabilities and plan entitlements are separate

General capabilities appear separately from assessed plans. Product-wide claims are not automatically carried over to a cheaper or different plan.

Product evidence

Product evidence Document Management

Product documentation does not prove that a capability is included in every plan.

26/30 criteria with evidence

Provisional score range56–67/ 100

Weighted evidence coverage: 89%

No final score yet

Not fully confirmed

Market eligibility: PH-market product offering verified, but business checkout, tax and tenant-specific entitlement not tested. Not a final publication approval. www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29

Assessment criterionStatusResearch details
Team storage allocation and growth4%DocumentedSharePoint team pool is 1 TB plus 10 GB per purchased licence, separate from personal OneDrive storage.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Per-file upload and path limits4%Documented250 GB per file; 400-character decoded path and 20 GB generated ZIP limits.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Team-owned repositories and leaver ownership4%ConditionalTeam sites and libraries are supported; complete leaver transfer/deletion process still needs an account test.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Folder and document access roles4%DocumentedSite, library and item access use configurable roles including read, contribute, edit and approval.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Controlled external sharing4%DocumentedGuest or specific-person links, tenant/site restrictions and anonymous-link expiry; anonymous access cannot identify every viewer.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Version comparison and restore4%DocumentedLibrary versions can be retained and restored by authorised users; permissions govern restoration.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Concurrent document editing and comments3%ConditionalOffice web collaboration is included; file format, checkout and concurrent editing constraints require a representative-file test.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Content search and scan/OCR limitations3%ConditionalSharePoint content search is documented. OCR of scanned content and any extra processing charge are not established for these bundles.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Custom document metadata and classification3%DocumentedDocument libraries, content types and managed metadata are documented SharePoint capabilities.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Formal document approval workflow3%ConditionalApproval permissions and content approval are documented; advanced multi-stage automation and premium connectors need separate licensing checks.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Exportable document and administrator audit3%ConditionalAuditing must be enabled for Business licences; documented default log retention is 180 days, subject to policy/licence. Validate export and coverage.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
External upload-only file requests2%ConditionalUpload-only request links are available only when tenant/site Anyone-link and folder settings permit them.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Deleted-file recovery and ransomware options2%ConditionalDeleted-site restore and document-library rollback are documented; exact selected-plan recovery windows and independent backup remain unverified.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Read/write API scope and operational limits4%ConditionalSharePoint REST and Graph are documented; application permissions and throttling apply. No unlimited allowance verified.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Bulk export with usable exit fidelity4%ConditionalFiles can be downloaded with a 20 GB generated-ZIP ceiling; full fidelity for metadata, versions, ACLs and logs is not established.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Bulk migration and ownership preservation3%ConditionalMicrosoft migration tools are documented; sources, permissions, historical-version fidelity and any partner fee require a migration sample.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Office-suite and business-app integration3%ConditionalMicrosoft 365 Business Basic: Web/mobile Office included; desktop Office applications are not bundled in Business Basic. Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot: Desktop, web and mobile Office apps and SharePoint are bundled; independent third-party connectors can still cost extra.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Change events and webhooks3%ConditionalWebhooks are documented. Classic SharePoint Alerts retired in July 2026; choose a supported webhook or Power Automate design.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Central identity, SSO and provisioning3%ConditionalCore identity administration is included; advanced conditional access/provisioning must be checked against the selected licence.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Philippine customer purchase eligibility4%ConditionalA Microsoft PH-market sales page offers these named plans. Actual Philippine business checkout and contract identity were not completed.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Philippine billing, seats, currency and taxes4%ConditionalPH-market page uses USD annual paid-yearly pricing excluding tax; renewal and any advanced AI consumption charges must be budgeted.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Support channels and Philippine-hours coverage3%ConditionalBusiness page advertises anytime phone/web support; Philippine escalation number, service response and onboarding scope not tested.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
English/mobile/offline work for distributed PH teams3%ConditionalWeb/mobile access is included. Offline document editing differs by licence and local device setup; no Philippine connectivity pilot performed.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
In-plan AI document summarisation4%ConditionalMicrosoft 365 Business Basic: Basic includes web-grounded chat and writing assistance; native document-app summarisation is not established for this base bundle. Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot: Bundled Copilot in Office apps supports document assistance; generated output needs human checking.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Grounded file questions and source checking4%ConditionalMicrosoft 365 Business Basic: The base plan advertises web-grounded chat, not the work-data-grounded Copilot bundle assessed here. A separate licence/agent may change scope. Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot: Work-data grounding respects accessible Graph documents; citations and existing permissions matter.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
AI plan, regional, language and usage boundaries4%ConditionalMicrosoft 365 Business Basic: Base chat versus paid Copilot is separated; numeric PH usage and language limits have not been confirmed. Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot: Selected advanced AI features use consumption billing; numeric quotas and language/PH account activation remain to be confirmed.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
4 criteria still to verify
Assessment criterionStatusResearch details
Retention schedules and legal holds2%Not verifiedGeneral SharePoint documentation lists retention/eDiscovery but does not establish legal-hold entitlement for these two Business bundles.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Processing locations, processor terms and PH safeguards3%Not verifiedActual Philippine tenant geography, processor contract and cross-border safeguards were not verified. Do not infer Philippine hosting from a PH price page.privacy.gov.ph · 2026-10-29
Cancellation, return and deletion commitments3%Not verifiedAnnual auto-renewal is stated; exact cancellation, post-termination export and deletion windows remain unverified.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
AI administration, providers and data-use controls3%Not verifiedMicrosoft 365 Business Basic: The paid work-grounded Copilot privacy page is not sufficient to establish every Basic chat/agent setting. Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot: Vendor states Graph content/prompts are not foundation-model training data; extensions, web queries and third-party models have extra controls/terms.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Plan evidence

Microsoft 365 Business Basic Document Management

$3.50

USD 3.50/user/month, paid yearly; tax excluded

per monthTax: excludedBilling: annual commitment, paid yearlyPer seat per year: $42.00Minimum seats: 1www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29

26/30 criteria with evidence

Provisional score range54–65/ 100

Weighted evidence coverage: 89%

No final score yet

Not fully confirmed

Market eligibility: PH-market product offering verified, but business checkout, tax and tenant-specific entitlement not tested. Not a final publication approval. www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29

Assessment criterionStatusResearch details
Team storage allocation and growth4%DocumentedSharePoint team pool is 1 TB plus 10 GB per purchased licence, separate from personal OneDrive storage.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Per-file upload and path limits4%Documented250 GB per file; 400-character decoded path and 20 GB generated ZIP limits.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Team-owned repositories and leaver ownership4%ConditionalTeam sites and libraries are supported; complete leaver transfer/deletion process still needs an account test.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Folder and document access roles4%DocumentedSite, library and item access use configurable roles including read, contribute, edit and approval.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Controlled external sharing4%DocumentedGuest or specific-person links, tenant/site restrictions and anonymous-link expiry; anonymous access cannot identify every viewer.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Version comparison and restore4%DocumentedLibrary versions can be retained and restored by authorised users; permissions govern restoration.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Concurrent document editing and comments3%ConditionalOffice web collaboration is included; file format, checkout and concurrent editing constraints require a representative-file test.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Content search and scan/OCR limitations3%ConditionalSharePoint content search is documented. OCR of scanned content and any extra processing charge are not established for these bundles.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Custom document metadata and classification3%DocumentedDocument libraries, content types and managed metadata are documented SharePoint capabilities.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Formal document approval workflow3%ConditionalApproval permissions and content approval are documented; advanced multi-stage automation and premium connectors need separate licensing checks.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Exportable document and administrator audit3%ConditionalAuditing must be enabled for Business licences; documented default log retention is 180 days, subject to policy/licence. Validate export and coverage.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
External upload-only file requests2%ConditionalUpload-only request links are available only when tenant/site Anyone-link and folder settings permit them.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Deleted-file recovery and ransomware options2%ConditionalDeleted-site restore and document-library rollback are documented; exact selected-plan recovery windows and independent backup remain unverified.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Read/write API scope and operational limits4%ConditionalSharePoint REST and Graph are documented; application permissions and throttling apply. No unlimited allowance verified.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Bulk export with usable exit fidelity4%ConditionalFiles can be downloaded with a 20 GB generated-ZIP ceiling; full fidelity for metadata, versions, ACLs and logs is not established.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Bulk migration and ownership preservation3%ConditionalMicrosoft migration tools are documented; sources, permissions, historical-version fidelity and any partner fee require a migration sample.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Office-suite and business-app integration3%ConditionalWeb/mobile Office included; desktop Office applications are not bundled in Business Basic.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Change events and webhooks3%ConditionalWebhooks are documented. Classic SharePoint Alerts retired in July 2026; choose a supported webhook or Power Automate design.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Central identity, SSO and provisioning3%ConditionalCore identity administration is included; advanced conditional access/provisioning must be checked against the selected licence.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Philippine customer purchase eligibility4%ConditionalA Microsoft PH-market sales page offers these named plans. Actual Philippine business checkout and contract identity were not completed.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Philippine billing, seats, currency and taxes4%ConditionalPH-market page uses USD annual paid-yearly pricing excluding tax; renewal and any advanced AI consumption charges must be budgeted.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Support channels and Philippine-hours coverage3%ConditionalBusiness page advertises anytime phone/web support; Philippine escalation number, service response and onboarding scope not tested.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
English/mobile/offline work for distributed PH teams3%ConditionalWeb/mobile access is included. Offline document editing differs by licence and local device setup; no Philippine connectivity pilot performed.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
In-plan AI document summarisation4%ConditionalBasic includes web-grounded chat and writing assistance; native document-app summarisation is not established for this base bundle.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Grounded file questions and source checking4%Not supportedThe base plan advertises web-grounded chat, not the work-data-grounded Copilot bundle assessed here. A separate licence/agent may change scope.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
AI plan, regional, language and usage boundaries4%ConditionalBase chat versus paid Copilot is separated; numeric PH usage and language limits have not been confirmed.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
4 criteria still to verify
Assessment criterionStatusResearch details
Retention schedules and legal holds2%Not verifiedGeneral SharePoint documentation lists retention/eDiscovery but does not establish legal-hold entitlement for these two Business bundles.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Processing locations, processor terms and PH safeguards3%Not verifiedActual Philippine tenant geography, processor contract and cross-border safeguards were not verified. Do not infer Philippine hosting from a PH price page.privacy.gov.ph · 2026-10-29
Cancellation, return and deletion commitments3%Not verifiedAnnual auto-renewal is stated; exact cancellation, post-termination export and deletion windows remain unverified.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
AI administration, providers and data-use controls3%Not verifiedThe paid work-grounded Copilot privacy page is not sufficient to establish every Basic chat/agent setting.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Plan evidence

Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot Document Management

$23.50

USD 23.50/user/month, paid yearly; tax excluded; some advanced AI usage billed separately

per monthTax: excludedBilling: annual commitment, paid yearlyPer seat per year: $282.00Minimum seats: 1www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29

27/30 criteria with evidence

Provisional score range63–71/ 100

Weighted evidence coverage: 92%

No final score yet

Not fully confirmed

Market eligibility: PH-market product offering verified, but business checkout, tax and tenant-specific entitlement not tested. Not a final publication approval. www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29

Assessment criterionStatusResearch details
Team storage allocation and growth4%DocumentedSharePoint team pool is 1 TB plus 10 GB per purchased licence, separate from personal OneDrive storage.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Per-file upload and path limits4%Documented250 GB per file; 400-character decoded path and 20 GB generated ZIP limits.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Team-owned repositories and leaver ownership4%ConditionalTeam sites and libraries are supported; complete leaver transfer/deletion process still needs an account test.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Folder and document access roles4%DocumentedSite, library and item access use configurable roles including read, contribute, edit and approval.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Controlled external sharing4%DocumentedGuest or specific-person links, tenant/site restrictions and anonymous-link expiry; anonymous access cannot identify every viewer.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Version comparison and restore4%DocumentedLibrary versions can be retained and restored by authorised users; permissions govern restoration.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Concurrent document editing and comments3%ConditionalOffice web collaboration is included; file format, checkout and concurrent editing constraints require a representative-file test.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Content search and scan/OCR limitations3%ConditionalSharePoint content search is documented. OCR of scanned content and any extra processing charge are not established for these bundles.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Custom document metadata and classification3%DocumentedDocument libraries, content types and managed metadata are documented SharePoint capabilities.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Formal document approval workflow3%ConditionalApproval permissions and content approval are documented; advanced multi-stage automation and premium connectors need separate licensing checks.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Exportable document and administrator audit3%ConditionalAuditing must be enabled for Business licences; documented default log retention is 180 days, subject to policy/licence. Validate export and coverage.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
External upload-only file requests2%ConditionalUpload-only request links are available only when tenant/site Anyone-link and folder settings permit them.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Deleted-file recovery and ransomware options2%ConditionalDeleted-site restore and document-library rollback are documented; exact selected-plan recovery windows and independent backup remain unverified.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Read/write API scope and operational limits4%ConditionalSharePoint REST and Graph are documented; application permissions and throttling apply. No unlimited allowance verified.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Bulk export with usable exit fidelity4%ConditionalFiles can be downloaded with a 20 GB generated-ZIP ceiling; full fidelity for metadata, versions, ACLs and logs is not established.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Bulk migration and ownership preservation3%ConditionalMicrosoft migration tools are documented; sources, permissions, historical-version fidelity and any partner fee require a migration sample.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Office-suite and business-app integration3%DocumentedDesktop, web and mobile Office apps and SharePoint are bundled; independent third-party connectors can still cost extra.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Change events and webhooks3%ConditionalWebhooks are documented. Classic SharePoint Alerts retired in July 2026; choose a supported webhook or Power Automate design.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Central identity, SSO and provisioning3%ConditionalCore identity administration is included; advanced conditional access/provisioning must be checked against the selected licence.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Philippine customer purchase eligibility4%ConditionalA Microsoft PH-market sales page offers these named plans. Actual Philippine business checkout and contract identity were not completed.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Philippine billing, seats, currency and taxes4%ConditionalPH-market page uses USD annual paid-yearly pricing excluding tax; renewal and any advanced AI consumption charges must be budgeted.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Support channels and Philippine-hours coverage3%ConditionalBusiness page advertises anytime phone/web support; Philippine escalation number, service response and onboarding scope not tested.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
English/mobile/offline work for distributed PH teams3%ConditionalWeb/mobile access is included. Offline document editing differs by licence and local device setup; no Philippine connectivity pilot performed.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
In-plan AI document summarisation4%DocumentedBundled Copilot in Office apps supports document assistance; generated output needs human checking.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29 learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Grounded file questions and source checking4%DocumentedWork-data grounding respects accessible Graph documents; citations and existing permissions matter.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
AI plan, regional, language and usage boundaries4%ConditionalSelected advanced AI features use consumption billing; numeric quotas and language/PH account activation remain to be confirmed.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
AI administration, providers and data-use controls3%ConditionalVendor states Graph content/prompts are not foundation-model training data; extensions, web queries and third-party models have extra controls/terms.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
3 criteria still to verify
Assessment criterionStatusResearch details
Retention schedules and legal holds2%Not verifiedGeneral SharePoint documentation lists retention/eDiscovery but does not establish legal-hold entitlement for these two Business bundles.learn.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29
Processing locations, processor terms and PH safeguards3%Not verifiedActual Philippine tenant geography, processor contract and cross-border safeguards were not verified. Do not infer Philippine hosting from a PH price page.privacy.gov.ph · 2026-10-29
Cancellation, return and deletion commitments3%Not verifiedAnnual auto-renewal is stated; exact cancellation, post-termination export and deletion windows remain unverified.www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29

Identified plans

Microsoft 365 Business Basic

$3.50

USD 3.50/user/month, paid yearly; tax excluded

per monthTax: excludedBilling: annual commitment, paid yearlyPer seat per year: $42.00Minimum seats: 1www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29

Microsoft 365 Business Standard with Copilot

$23.50

USD 23.50/user/month, paid yearly; tax excluded; some advanced AI usage billed separately

per monthTax: excludedBilling: annual commitment, paid yearlyPer seat per year: $282.00Minimum seats: 1www.microsoft.com · 2026-10-29

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