# Dynamics 365 Sales Professional > A focused Dynamics 365 sales CRM option for eligible education customers that need to manage relationships, pipeline work, and follow-up with the right student, faculty, standalone, or qualifying attach licensing path. Canonical: https://o365hq.com/subscriptions/dynamics-365-sales-professional-education-pricing Provider: IT Partner LLC — US Microsoft partner since 2006. Book: https://o365hq.com/book ## Pricing (CSP / NCE, per seat per month unless noted) | Segment | Term · Billing | Invoice per cycle | Monthly equivalent | vs annual-upfront | |---|---|---|---|---| | Education | 1-year · Annual | $96 | $8/mo | -27.3% | | Education | 1-year · Monthly | $8.40 | $8.40/mo | -23.6% | | Education | Monthly · Monthly | $9.60 | $9.60/mo | -12.7% | | Education | 1-year · Annual | $132 | $11/mo | +0.0% | | Education | 1-year · Monthly | $11.55 | $11.55/mo | +5.0% | | Education | Monthly · Monthly | $13.20 | $13.20/mo | +20.0% | | Education | 1-year · Annual | $312 | $26/mo | +136.4% | | Education | 1-year · Monthly | $27.30 | $27.30/mo | +148.2% | | Education | Monthly · Monthly | $31.20 | $31.20/mo | +183.6% | | Education | 1-year · Annual | $429.60 | $35.80/mo | +225.5% | | Education | 1-year · Monthly | $37.59 | $37.59/mo | +241.7% | | Education | Monthly · Monthly | $42.96 | $42.96/mo | +290.5% | Prices are Microsoft ERP (estimated retail) — the same price as buying direct; IT Partner adds advisory and support on top. Last price sync: 2026-10-01. Dynamics 365 Sales Professional gives eligible education users a streamlined Dynamics 365 sales CRM experience for managing relationship and pipeline work. ## What's included - Dynamics 365 Sales Professional user access for licensed users. - Core sales CRM capabilities such as account, contact, lead, opportunity, and activity management. - Sales process and pipeline tracking for teams that need structured follow-up and visibility. - Education student and faculty licensing paths, including standalone and attach options when the user qualifies. ## Not included - Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise or Sales Premium feature sets. - Other Dynamics 365 apps such as Customer Service, Field Service, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or Customer Insights unless licensed separately. - A qualifying base Dynamics 365 license for attach SKUs. - Unlimited customization, automation, or Power Platform capacity beyond the rights included with the licensed product and tenant configuration. ## FAQ ### What is Dynamics 365 Sales Professional used for? Dynamics 365 Sales Professional is a per-user Dynamics 365 sales CRM option for eligible education customers, because it gives licensed users a focused way to manage accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, activities, and pipeline follow-up. It is commonly evaluated for admissions, enrollment outreach, advancement, partnerships, and other relationship-management teams that do not need the broader Sales Enterprise or Sales Premium feature sets. ### What is included with Dynamics 365 Sales Professional for an education user? Dynamics 365 Sales Professional includes licensed user access to a streamlined Dynamics 365 sales CRM experience, because the plan is designed around core sales and relationship-management work. Typical included capabilities cover account, contact, lead, opportunity, activity, sales process, and pipeline tracking for users assigned the license. ### What is not included in Dynamics 365 Sales Professional Education licensing? Dynamics 365 Sales Professional does not include Sales Enterprise, Sales Premium, or other Dynamics 365 apps, because those are separate products or higher-tier sales offerings. It also does not include a qualifying base Dynamics 365 license for attach SKUs, unlimited customization or automation capacity, or separate apps such as Customer Service, Field Service, Finance, Supply Chain Management, or Customer Insights unless those are licensed separately. ### How should an education customer choose between student pricing and faculty pricing? Choose student pricing only for users who qualify as students and faculty pricing only for users who qualify as faculty or staff, because Microsoft Education offers are audience-specific. Before purchase, IT Partner should confirm both the organization’s Microsoft Education eligibility and which users fit the student versus faculty licensing path. ### What is the difference between a standalone Dynamics 365 Sales Professional license and an attach license? A standalone Dynamics 365 Sales Professional license can be assigned by itself to an eligible user, because it provides the Sales Professional user entitlement directly. An attach license is only valid when that same user already has a qualifying Dynamics 365 base offer, so it should not be purchased unless the qualifying base license is confirmed first. ### Is there a free trial for Dynamics 365 Sales Professional in the Education price list? No trial SKU is listed for Dynamics 365 Sales Professional in the current Education source pack, because the available Education entries are paid student, faculty, standalone, and attach offers. If a trial or evaluation path is needed, confirm current Microsoft availability with IT Partner before planning a rollout. ### What commitment and billing options are available for Dynamics 365 Sales Professional Education licensing? The current Education source pack lists monthly commitment and annual commitment options, because both short-term flexibility and annual planning paths are available. Annual commitment can be billed upfront or paid monthly depending on the offer, while month-to-month provides more flexibility with less long-term commitment. ### Which Dynamics 365 Sales Professional Education buying option is usually lowest-risk for a new department rollout? A smaller monthly-commitment purchase is often lower-risk for a first rollout, because it lets the institution validate users, security roles, data model, and adoption before making a longer commitment. For stable long-term users, annual commitment is usually the more predictable licensing posture, but IT Partner should review the tenant’s required use cases before seats are purchased. ### Can we add or reduce Dynamics 365 Sales Professional seats during the term? You can generally add seats during an active term, because CSP subscriptions are designed to let customers scale licensed users as needs grow. Seat reductions and cancellations are more restricted under Microsoft commerce rules and usually depend on the subscription term, renewal timing, and any applicable cancellation window, so confirm the exact rules before purchasing annual commitments. ### What happens at renewal for Dynamics 365 Sales Professional Education subscriptions? At renewal, the subscription typically continues into a new term unless renewal settings are changed, because CSP subscriptions are term-based. Education customers should review seat counts, student versus faculty assignments, attach eligibility, and whether annual or monthly commitment still fits before the renewal date. ### Does Dynamics 365 Sales Professional include Microsoft Teams? Dynamics 365 Sales Professional does not by itself include Microsoft Teams, because Teams is licensed through Microsoft 365 or other eligible Microsoft offers. Dynamics 365 can be used with Teams-related collaboration scenarios when the tenant, Teams licensing, user permissions, and admin settings support it, so Teams readiness should be verified separately. ### Does Dynamics 365 Sales Professional include Microsoft Copilot or Copilot for Sales? Do not assume Copilot is included with Dynamics 365 Sales Professional Education licensing, because Copilot capabilities can depend on the specific Microsoft Copilot product, region, tenant configuration, licensing prerequisites, and admin enablement. If users need Copilot for Sales or AI-assisted selling features, IT Partner should confirm the current Microsoft licensing and technical prerequisites before purchase. ### Do users need Microsoft 365, Entra ID, or Power Platform licenses to use Dynamics 365 Sales Professional? Dynamics 365 Sales Professional relies on the organization’s Microsoft cloud identity and administration model, because users authenticate through Microsoft Entra ID and are managed in the tenant. Separate Microsoft 365, Teams, Power Platform, email, storage, or automation needs should be reviewed because Sales Professional does not automatically grant every adjacent Microsoft service or unlimited platform capacity. ### How does security work in Dynamics 365 Sales Professional for an education tenant? Security is managed through the tenant’s identity, roles, and permissions, because Dynamics 365 uses Microsoft Entra ID sign-in and Dynamics security roles to control what users can access and do. Education customers should define roles for admissions, advancement, supervisors, administrators, and student workers before assigning production access. ### Is Dynamics 365 Sales Professional compliant for education data such as student or admissions records? Dynamics 365 is a Microsoft cloud service with enterprise security and compliance capabilities, but compliance is not automatic, because the institution must configure identity, access control, retention, data loss prevention, auditing, sharing, and administrative processes correctly. If the tenant has FERPA, regional privacy, research, or institutional data-handling requirements, confirm the required configuration and Microsoft service commitments with IT Partner before deployment. ### Can an education customer control data residency for Dynamics 365 Sales Professional? Data residency depends on the Microsoft cloud region, tenant setup, and the Dynamics 365 environment selected, because licensing alone does not choose every residency or compliance boundary. If the institution has strict residency requirements, IT Partner should confirm the available Dynamics 365 geography, environment strategy, and any special compliance needs before purchase. ### How do we migrate from spreadsheets or another CRM into Dynamics 365 Sales Professional? Migration is usually feasible, because Sales Professional supports structured CRM records such as accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, and activities. The practical work is data cleanup, field mapping, duplicate handling, security design, import testing, and user validation, so the institution should plan migration before assigning all seats. ### What should an education organization do first before deploying Dynamics 365 Sales Professional? Start with licensing validation and a use-case review, because choosing student, faculty, standalone, or attach seats incorrectly can create compliance and cost problems later. Then confirm tenant readiness, security roles, data model, integration needs, migration scope, and whether Sales Professional is sufficient versus Sales Enterprise or Sales Premium. ### Can we move our Dynamics 365 Sales Professional CSP relationship to IT Partner without downtime? A CSP relationship or subscription transfer can usually be handled without a Dynamics 365 data migration, because the customer tenant and Dynamics environment remain the same. IT Partner should still confirm the current subscription type, renewal timing, transfer eligibility, and admin steps; the underlying Microsoft CSP offer is the same Microsoft catalog licensing path, though invoices can vary by partner terms, taxes, or added services. ### Can an education institution buy Government, GCC High, Charity, or Commercial versions instead of Education pricing? Education, Government, Charity, and Commercial are separate Microsoft eligibility and offer segments, because each segment has its own qualification rules and available SKUs. A public institution with GCC or GCC High requirements, a nonprofit education organization seeking charity eligibility or grants, or a commercially operated affiliate should confirm the correct eligibility path with IT Partner before buying Sales Professional seats. --- To buy or migrate with zero downtime, book a call with Mike (https://o365hq.com/book) or email sales@o365hq.com. Same Microsoft price, partner support included.