Where work happens
Productivity & collaboration
Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange and Copilot migrated, governed and rolled out with adoption support — not just a tenant handover.
- Teams
- SharePoint
- Exchange
- Copilot
Microsoft 365 CSP · Secure Deployments
Secure Microsoft 365 deployments that use every feature you already pay for.
Modern 42 is an Australian-owned Microsoft 365 reseller and CSP partner that configures what it sells. We supply Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licences for small business through to enterprise, then switch on the Entra ID, Conditional Access, Defender and Purview security inside your subscription.
100%Australian-owned
100+IAM & PAM projects
25+Identity specialists
2+Top-10 ASX IAM clients
Beyond Security
Security house. Full collaboration depth.
Identity and security are how Modern 42 got here, but the same engineers deliver the workloads your people actually live in — Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange, Intune and Active Directory — and the automation that keeps them flowing. One platform. One accountable delivery team.
Teams
SharePoint
Exchange
CopilotEvery device, current
Endpoint & device management
Intune, Autopilot, Windows Update for Business and app protection — zero-touch enrolment, drift detection and BYOD that is actually safe.
- Intune
- Microsoft 365
Intune
Microsoft 365The front door, hardened
Identity & directory
Active Directory, Entra ID, Entra Connect, Conditional Access and Privileged Identity Management — built for the identity model your business actually has.
- Entra ID
- Entra Connect
- PIM
- MFA
Entra ID
Entra Connect
PIM
MFAThreat & data protection
Security & compliance
Defender XDR, Purview, sensitivity labels and DLP switched on past the defaults — the security capability that came with the licence, actually deployed.
- Defender
- ID Protection
- Governance
Defender
ID Protection
GovernanceRight-licensed · Automated · Long-lived
Maximise every workload you already pay for.
We map licence selection to the workloads your business actually needs, then deploy with code — Bicep, Microsoft Graph PowerShell and DevOps pipelines. The next change is a pull request, not a runbook, and Sharepoint, Exchange and Intune scale without becoming brittle.
- Bicep
- Microsoft Graph PowerShell
- Azure DevOps
- Power Platform
- Logic Apps
- Terraform
Everything you need to price, switch and secure.
Tools and guides for every stage, from a quick price check to a full secure deployment. Each one is built and kept current by our team.
Pricing calculator
Compare Microsoft 365 plan costs at any seat count in AUD, including the 1 July 2026 changes. Indicative pricing as at May 2026.
Essential Eight & Microsoft 365
A control-by-control mapping of the ASD Essential Eight to Microsoft 365 capabilities and licence tiers, with honest gap notes.
Switch your CSP partner
Move to Modern 42 without losing data or downtime. The exact Partner Center process, GDAP, and NCE subscription transfers explained.
1 July 2026 price changes
What is changing, who is affected, and how to lock in current pricing by renewing before 30 June.
Microsoft 365 CSP Canberra
Sovereign, Australian-owned Microsoft 365 licensing for ACT government, Defence industry and Canberra commercial firms.
You bought the security. It was never switched on.
Business Premium, E3 and E5 are among the most capable security platforms an Australian organisation can buy. The problem is never the licence. It is that the protection ships switched off, and stays that way.
Secure Score
12/100
Same licence. Same tenant. Switched on.
Controls in your licence0/10 switched on
Conditional Access enforced
Phishing-resistant MFA
Privileged Identity Management
Legacy authentication blocked
Defender for Office 365
Defender for Endpoint
Attack Surface Reduction rules
Device compliance policies
Sensitivity labels & DLP
Audit logging & alerting
+84 pointsOut of the box a tenant's Secure Score sits in the low teens. Switched on and hardened by Modern 42, it climbs past 90 — every control above was already paid for.
The licence renews every year. The protection it pays for never ships. That gap is what Modern 42 closes. We are a licensing partner and an identity-security specialist in one team, so the people who sell you the plan are the people who deploy and harden it.
Inside a secure Microsoft 365 deployment.
The capabilities your licence already includes, deployed properly. We name the licence tier each one needs so you buy the right plan, not the most expensive one.
Identity and access
Entra ID P1 / P2
Conditional Access framework design, phishing-resistant MFA rollout, Entra ID Governance and access reviews. The front door, locked properly.
Inside our Entra ID hardening servicePrivileged access
Entra ID P2 (E5 or add-on)
Privileged Identity Management activated on every admin role with just-in-time elevation, approvals and reviews. No standing global admins.
How our Microsoft PIM and PAM engagement runsThreat protection
Defender (Business / P1 / P2)
Defender for Office 365 and Endpoint tuned past defaults, Attack Surface Reduction rules moved from audit to enforcement, alerting that someone actually owns.
Defender controls in the Essential Eight mappingDevice management
Intune (Business Premium / E3 / E5)
Intune enrolment, compliance policies, update rings and Windows Autopatch, with monitoring so drift and offline devices get followed up.
Intune and patching in the Essential Eight mappingData protection
Purview (E3 / E5)
Sensitivity labelling, Data Loss Prevention and retention configured around the data you actually hold, ready before you turn on Copilot.
Purview and data protection in the Essential EightCopilot readiness
Copilot add-on
Copilot inherits your access model, so oversharing becomes an AI problem fast. We get identity, labelling and governance right before rollout.
Plan a Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness reviewA licence buys access to these tools. Configuration buys the protection. Reaching and holding a target security posture, such as an Essential Eight maturity level, takes engineering and ongoing operation regardless of the tier you are on. See our Essential Eight to Microsoft 365 mapping for the control-by-control detail.
Licence, configure, then keep it that way.
One accountable team across the whole lifecycle, instead of a reseller for the invoice and someone else for the security.
Right-size the licence
We review your plan mix, seat count and renewal dates, model the 1 July 2026 price changes, and recommend the right tier. You can buy through us as your CSP, or keep your licences where they are.
Compare Microsoft 365 pricing in AUDDeploy the security
Our security-specialist engineers configure and harden Entra ID, Conditional Access, Defender, Intune and Purview, and evidence the controls against frameworks like the Essential Eight.
See the Essential Eight to Microsoft 365 mappingKeep it secure
Tenants drift as people, devices and apps change. We can manage your environment on an ongoing basis so policies stay enforced and new capability gets switched on as Microsoft ships it.
Explore our managed identity and security serviceWhich Microsoft 365 plan for your Australian business?
Most Australian small businesses run on Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Business Standard or Business Premium (1 to 300 seats). Mid-market and enterprise step up to Microsoft 365 E3 or E5. We right-size to the role mix you actually have, not the longest invoice.
Microsoft 365 Business Basic
Small business · 1–300 seats
Email, Teams and web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneDrive. The lowest-priced licensed Microsoft 365 plan for an Australian small business.
Lowest entry price
See Business Basic pricing in AUDMicrosoft 365 Business Standard
Small business · 1–300 seats
Adds the desktop Office apps and Microsoft Bookings to Business Basic. The mainstream SMB productivity plan most resellers quote first.
Mainstream SMB plan
Compare Business Standard pricing in AUDMicrosoft 365 Business Premium
Small business · 1–300 seats
Adds Intune device management, Defender for Business and Entra ID P1 with Conditional Access. The security baseline we recommend for most Australian SMBs.
Recommended SMB security baseline
Business Premium in the Essential Eight mappingMicrosoft 365 E3
Mid-market & enterprise · unlimited seats
Enterprise productivity with Defender P1, Intune, Entra ID P1 and Purview essentials. The mid-market step up from Business Premium.
Enterprise foundation
Microsoft 365 E3 controls in the Essential EightMicrosoft 365 E5
Mid-market & enterprise · unlimited seats
Adds Defender P2, full Purview, Entra ID P2 with Privileged Identity Management and Power BI Pro. The full Microsoft 365 security and compliance stack.
Top tier
What Microsoft 365 E5 unlocks for the Essential EightCompare AUD pricing
Indicative figures, confirmed on quote
Open the calculator to compare per-seat and annual costs across every Microsoft 365 plan in Australian dollars, including the 1 July 2026 changes. Pricing as at May 2026.
Live calculator
Frontline workers (warehouse, retail, manufacturing) usually sit on Microsoft 365 F1 or F3. Microsoft 365 Copilot is a paid add-on on top of an eligible base plan. We tell you which plan honestly fits each role: the cheapest licensed option that meets the requirement, not the most expensive. Cross-check what each tier unlocks in our Essential Eight to Microsoft 365 licence mapping.
Buying Microsoft 365 in Australia. CSP, NCE, annual vs monthly.
The short answer for how Australian businesses actually buy Microsoft 365 today, and where a CSP partner like Modern 42 fits in the picture.
What a Microsoft 365 CSP partner does
Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) is Microsoft's standard reseller channel. As your Australian CSP partner, Modern 42 supplies your Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licences, invoices in AUD, runs mixed plans for different teams on a single subscription, and stays accountable for the licensing relationship.
Microsoft 365 NCE pricing, explained
The New Commerce Experience (NCE) is the commercial model every CSP subscription runs under today. It defines annual vs monthly pricing, allows seat increases mid-term but reductions only at renewal, and is what our pricing calculator models. There is no separate non-NCE price for new Microsoft 365 subscriptions.
Microsoft 365 CSP vs buying direct
Microsoft does not undercut its own CSP partners; headline list prices are the same either way. Buying through an Australian CSP partner adds local AUD invoicing, a single Australian point of contact, mixed-plan flexibility, and security configuration baked into the same engagement when you partner with Modern 42.
Annual vs monthly Microsoft 365 pricing
Under NCE, monthly commitment is roughly 20% more expensive per seat than annual. Annual is the right call for stable headcount and still allows seat additions mid-term. Monthly only earns its premium when seat counts move up and down fast: project staff, seasonal hiring, or rapid scale-ups.
1 July 2026 price increase
Renew before 30 June to lock in current pricing.
Microsoft has confirmed price increases from 1 July 2026 across several Microsoft 365 and Office 365 plans. The new price applies at your next renewal after 1 July, so a pre-renewal review now can both lock current pricing and tighten your security posture at the same time.
Price increasing
- Business Basic
- Business Standard
- Office 365 E3
- Microsoft 365 F3
- Microsoft 365 E3
- Microsoft 365 E5
No change
- Business Premium
- Office 365 E1
Australian dollar pricing is indicative until Microsoft publishes local rates. Modern 42 confirms exact CSP pricing on quote (figures as at May 2026).
Why Modern 42
Licences from a security partner. Not just a reseller.
A 100% Australian-owned, identity-specialist team stands behind every subscription.
Microsoft Solutions Partner
Microsoft Solutions Partner for Security with an Identity and Access Management specialisation, and an ECIF-approved partner. The team behind your licences understands Entra ID, Conditional Access and Privileged Identity Management.
100% Australian-owned
Not a subsidiary, franchise or local arm of an overseas firm. Headquartered in Canberra with AGSVA-cleared engineers and sovereign delivery; two of the top 10 ASX-listed organisations are among the clients of our identity and access management practice.
Australian distribution
Modern 42 is an indirect reseller operating through an Australian-owned technology distributor, which provides the local billing infrastructure behind your subscriptions.
- Microsoft Solutions Partner for Security
- Identity and Access Management Specialisation
- ECIF-approved partner
- BeyondTrust Partner of the Year 2024-25
- AGSVA-cleared engineers
- 100+ IAM and PAM projects delivered
FAQ
Secure Microsoft 365 deployments
Common questions from organisations buying Microsoft 365 licensing and the security configuration that should come with it.
A secure Microsoft 365 deployment is one where the security capabilities in your licence are actually configured and enforced, not just available. That means Conditional Access in enforcement mode, phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication for every user, Privileged Identity Management on every admin role, Microsoft Defender and Intune tuned past their defaults, and Purview protecting sensitive data. Most tenants run a fraction of this. Modern 42 closes the gap between the licence you pay for and the protection you actually have.
Yes. You do not need to switch licences or migrate your tenant to engage us. We run a review of your current Microsoft 365 environment, identify the security capabilities you are licensed for but have not switched on, and configure them. If you also move your CSP to Modern 42, the licence and the configuration become a single accountable engagement, but securing an existing tenant is a service in its own right.
Most resellers send you an invoice and little else. Modern 42 is a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Security with an Identity and Access Management specialisation. The team behind your licences configures Entra ID, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management, Defender and Purview, and can evidence the controls for frameworks like the Essential Eight. We supply the licence and stand behind the deployment that uses it.
It depends on your size, your obligations and which controls you must evidence. Business Premium covers a great deal of the security baseline for organisations up to 300 seats. Microsoft 365 E5 unlocks Entra ID P2 (Privileged Identity Management, risk-based Conditional Access) and the full Defender and Purview stack. The licence is necessary but never sufficient: every tier still requires configuration. Use our pricing calculator to compare costs and our Essential Eight mapping to see which controls each tier supports.
No. Modern 42 is headquartered in Canberra and 100% Australian-owned, and we supply and secure Microsoft 365 for organisations across Australia, with dedicated landing pages for Canberra, Sydney and Newcastle. Pricing is indicative and dated; we confirm exact CSP pricing on quote.
Yes. Modern 42 is an Australian-owned Microsoft 365 CSP partner and licensing reseller. We supply Microsoft 365 and Office 365 licences across Australia, from the small-business plans (Business Basic, Business Standard, Business Premium) through Microsoft 365 E3, E5, frontline plans and Microsoft 365 Copilot. The difference from a commodity reseller is that we are a security specialist behind the licence, not just an order form.
Yes. We supply Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Business Standard and Business Premium to Australian small and mid-sized businesses, with a right-sized plan recommendation up front. Business Premium is the security baseline we point most SMBs at because it bundles Intune, Defender for Business and Entra ID P1 with Conditional Access. We will still recommend Business Basic or Business Standard when that is the honest fit for your business.
Headline list prices through an Australian CSP partner are not lower than buying direct from Microsoft, because Microsoft does not undercut its own channel. The value of a CSP is local AUD invoicing, mixed-plan flexibility, a single Australian point of contact across all your Microsoft 365 subscriptions, and security configuration baked into the same engagement when you partner with Modern 42. The real cost difference between vendors is usually in what you get configured with the licence, not the licence itself.
NCE is the New Commerce Experience, Microsoft's standard commercial model for CSP subscriptions. It sets annual commitment vs monthly pricing (monthly is roughly 20% more per seat), allows seat increases mid-term but no reductions until renewal, and is what every Australian CSP partner now resells under. Our Microsoft 365 pricing calculator models both annual and monthly under NCE so you can compare them directly.
Annual commitment is around 20% cheaper per seat than monthly under NCE. That is Microsoft's own pricing, not a discount we control. Monthly is only worth the premium when your seat count moves up and down fast: project staff, seasonal workforces, or rapid scale-ups. For stable headcount the annual term is the right call, and you can still add seats mid-term; seat reductions wait until renewal.
Let’s talk about your Microsoft 365 licensing
No pressure, no lock-in. A straight conversation about your licences, the 1 July 2026 price changes, and whether you are paying for security you are not using.
- Review your current Microsoft 365 plans and renewal dates
- Check the 1 July 2026 price changes against your mix
- Get a clear CSP quote, with no obligation
Free licence review
No commitment required
Tell us your plan mix and seat count. We confirm exact CSP pricing on quote, and show you where you could get more from what you already pay for.