Features unique to Microsoft 365 E5
Microsoft Entra ID P2
Microsoft Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory or Azure AD) provides identity and access management solutions for hybrid and multicloud environments.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
Scale your security with a unified endpoint security platform for preventative protection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response.
Microsoft Defender XDR
Protect your organization against sophisticated attacks such as phishing and zero-day malware.
Microsoft Defender for Identity
Use a cloud-based solution that helps protect your organization’s identities from multiple types of advanced targeted cyberattacks.
Azure Information Protection Plan 2
Discover, classify, label, and protect sensitive documents and emails.
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps
View apps used in your organization, identify and combat cyberthreats, and monitor and control data travel in real time.
Information protection and governance
Identify risks by locating data and understanding how it’s used. Help safeguard data where it lives by configuring protection and retention labels.
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Help your organization find relevant data quickly and cost-effectively.
Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Intelligently identify, investigate, and take quick action on insider risks.
Built-in non-Microsoft connectors
Empower multiple compliance solutions with high-fidelity data ingestion from a multitude of non-Microsoft data sources including social media platforms, instant messaging platforms, and document collaboration platforms.
Microsoft Teams Audio Conferencing
Conduct or call into meetings from your phone with Microsoft Teams Audio Conferencing, which allows up to 250 phone attendees.1
Microsoft Teams Phone Standard
Enable call control and Private Branch Exchange (PBX) capabilities in the cloud with Microsoft Teams Phone Standard.
Power BI Pro
Deliver insights to enable fast, informed decisions with business analytics.
Features included in Microsoft 365 E5 and E3
Windows 11 Enterprise E3
Powerful for employees. Consistent for IT. Secure for all.
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise
Install Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Access (PC only) on up to five PCs or Macs, five tablets, and five smartphones per user.
Microsoft 365 for mobile
Microsoft 365 for mobile combines Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with exclusive features to make it your go-to productivity app.2
Microsoft 365 on the web
Create, share, and collaborate with Microsoft 365 on the web.
Outlook
Connect and stay organized with email, calendar, and contacts all in one place.
Exchange
Work smarter with business-class email and calendaring.
Microsoft Bookings
Simplify how customers schedule and manage appointments.
Microsoft Teams
Chat, meet, share files, and work with business apps within a shared workspace.
SharePoint
Share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork.
Visio for the web
Create, edit, share, and coauthor professional diagrams and flowcharts with Visio for the web.
OneDrive for work
Access, share, and collaborate on files from anywhere.
Microsoft Lists
Stay on top of it all with Microsoft Lists, the smart information tracking app.
Microsoft Stream
Engage and inform with intelligent video.
Sway
Create visually striking newsletters, presentations, and documentation in minutes.
Power Apps for Microsoft 365
Build the business apps you need and extend or customize the apps you already use.
Power Automate for Microsoft 365
Make repetitive tasks easy with workflow automation.
Power Virtual Agents for Teams
Respond to business needs with custom chatbots for Teams.
Dataverse for Teams
Build with confidence on a low-code database for Teams.
Microsoft Planner
Organize teamwork with intuitive, collaborative, visual task management.
Microsoft To Do
Plan your day and manage your life.
Microsoft Viva Engage (community and conversations)
Build meaningful relationships at work by giving employees a place to connect, express themselves, and find belonging.
Microsoft Viva Insights (personal insights)
Help employees thrive with data-driven, privacy-protected insights and personal wellbeing experiences.
Microsoft 365 admin center
Set up your organization in the cloud. Manage users and subscriptions, reset passwords, and much more.
Microsoft Viva Connections
Keep employees connected and informed with a modern engagement experience.
Endpoint analytics proactive remediation
Fix common support issues with proactive remediations in endpoint analytics before end users notice.
Windows Autopilot
Reduce overall costs of deploying, managing, and retiring Windows devices by leveraging cloud-based services.
Windows Hello
Sign in to laptops, tablets, devices, or apps fast and password-free.
Microsoft Intune
Enable your workforce to be productive on all their mobile devices, while helping to keep your organization's information protected.
Direct Access
Connect remote users without the need for traditional Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections.
Windows Defender credential guard
Help protect derived domain credentials.
Windows Defender Application Control
Help prevent malicious code from running by ensuring only known good code can run.
Microsoft Entra ID P1
Safeguard your organization with identity and access management (formerly known as Azure Active Directory).
Windows Information Protection
Help protect enterprise apps and data against accidental data leaks on enterprise and personal devices.
Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Help secure devices with next-generation protection, manual response actions, and attack surface reduction.
Microsoft Secure Score
Increase your visibility and control over your organization’s security posture with a centralized dashboard.
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (for email and files)
Use automatic or ad-hoc policies to help protect sensitive messages regardless of the recipient’s email domain.
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Find relevant data with basic organization-wide or location-wide retention policies, Teams retention policies, core e-discovery, and litigation hold.
BitLocker
Address threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned computers.
Windows Autopatch
Automate Windows and Microsoft 365 updates.
Microsoft Security and Compliance Center
Monitor your overall compliance posture, review recommended actions, and configure settings to meet complex compliance obligations.
Universal Print
Eliminate print server needs and enable users to print from the cloud.
Basic auditing and retention tools
Use manual retention labels, content search, and basic auditing to help with compliance.
Device health
Proactively remediate common end-user device issues, reduce support calls, and improve end-user productivity.
Azure Information Protection Plan 1
Control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that you share outside your company.
Microsoft Loop
Microsoft Loop is a co-creation app which enables your team to bring all the parts of your project together in one place and stay in sync across apps.
Add-on services
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365
Use AI to help your organization achieve more than ever before.
Microsoft Syntex
Add advanced AI and machine teaching to amplify human expertise, automate content processing, and transform content into knowledge.
Windows 365
Securely stream your Windows experience—including apps, content, and settings—from the Microsoft Cloud to any device.
Microsoft Viva Insights (manager and leader insights)
Understand the impact of work patterns on employee wellbeing and business outcomes. Default safeguards protect individual privacy.
Microsoft Viva Learning
Seamlessly integrate access to learning content into the places employees already spend their time.
Microsoft Priva Privacy Risk Management
Help identify and protect against privacy risks and automate and manage subject requests at scale.
Frequently asked questions
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Microsoft 365 is the cloud-first productivity platform that delivers intelligent experiences, enterprise-grade management, and advanced security to take your business further. It includes apps such as Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneDrive.
Office 365 is a suite of productivity apps and services including Outlook, Word, Excel, and more.
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Microsoft 365 combines best-in-class productivity apps with intelligent cloud services to transform the way you work. The interconnectivity and intelligence built into Microsoft 365 helps customers innovate and compete more effectively on their digital transformation journey.
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Microsoft FastTrack is the customer success service that helps you move to Microsoft 365 smoothly and confidently and deliver business value faster. Customers with eligible subscriptions to Microsoft 365 can use FastTrack at no additional cost for the life of their subscription. Sign in to request assistance and get started.
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Customers with Microsoft 365 E3 subscriptions are eligible to purchase Microsoft 365 E5 compliance and Microsoft 365 E5 security as add-ons to their Microsoft 365 E3 subscriptions. Depending on the subscription level, customers can also combine their Microsoft 365 Enterprise subscriptions with plans and add-ons from Azure, Dynamics 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and Microsoft 365.
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Yes, your organization can use any combination of plans if you meet the prerequisites. Prerequisites vary by plan.
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Microsoft has a data retention period that is typically set to 90 days for most subscriptions. This period begins upon subscription cancellation. You may retrieve your data in this period even though your subscription is disabled.
Microsoft 365 Enterprise E3 (Annual Subscription)
Microsoft 365 Enterprise E5 (Annual Subscription)