<p>GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving, a former Microsoft and Yahoo executive, at the domain giant's new Kirkland engineering outpost last year.</p><p>GoDaddy has struck an exclusive partnership with Microsoft to sell Office 365 email and productivity tools to the domain registrar's small-business customers including a streamlined, lower-cost Office 365 bundle.</p><p>The partnership was announced this morning. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. It's part of GoDaddy's effort to reposition itself as a one-stop shop for online services for small businesses under CEO Blake Irving, a former Microsoft and Yahoo executive. Microsoft, meanwhile, is trying to expand the reach of its Office 365 email and productivity subscription service in the face of tough competition from Google and others.</p><p>The agreement includes a new "Email Essentials" bundle that will start at $3.99 per user/month for GoDaddy customers, about $1 per user/month less than the lowest-cost Office 365 bundle normally available for small businesses. The new bundle, with 5 GB of email storage and 2 GB of cloud storage, was jointly created by the two companies, allowing businesses to have basic email accounts under a custom domain.</p><p><a href="http://www.geekwire.com/2014/godaddy-offer-microsoft-office-365-exclusive-deal-including-new-low-cost-bundle/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://mspmentor.net/software-service-and-hardware-service/011414/microsoft-office-365-partner-commission-cuts-new-godaddy-deal">Microsoft Office 365: Partner Commission Cuts, New GoDaddy Deal</a> (MSPmentor)</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2086648/godaddy-teams-with-microsoft-to-offer-office-365-to-small-businesses.html">GoDaddy teams with Microsoft to offer Office 365 to small businesses</a> (PCWorld)</p><p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/13/microsoft-partners-with-godaddy-to-bring-office-365-to-more-small-businesses/">Microsoft Partners With GoDaddy To Bring Office 365 To More Small Businesses</a> (TechCrunch)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dduwzMzECT-g7tMzXsRw8iFsTylgM&authuser=0&ned=us">102 additional articles.</a></p>