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Microsoft's pay-as-you-go Office 365 is, first and foremost, a subscription. And like other subscriptions -- think newspapers (remember them?) or an online storage service -- missing a payment doesn't immediately mean you're cut off.
Because it's less expensive to retain a current subscriber than find a new subscriber as a replacement, providers sometimes go to great lengths to keep customers on the rolls.
When a business misses an Office 365 payment, or cancels the service, the applications and data don't immediately disappear. Instead, Microsoft steps a customer through a three-stage process that gradually decreases both employee and administrator access, but for months leaves the door open to a renewal.
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