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Microsoft 365 Business Basic vs Microsoft 365 Business Standard

The service plans Microsoft lists for each licence, side by side.

In short: Microsoft 365 Business Basic includes 14 service plans and Microsoft 365 Business Standard includes 37. They share 13. Microsoft 365 Business Basic has 1 that Microsoft 365 Business Standard doesn't, and Microsoft 365 Business Standard has 24 that Microsoft 365 Business Basic doesn't.

DetailMicrosoft 365 Business BasicMicrosoft 365 Business Standard
SKU part numberO365_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALSO365_BUSINESS_PREMIUM
SKU ID3b555118-da6a-4418-894f-7df1e2096870f245ecc8-75af-4f8e-b61f-27d8114de5f3
Service plans1437

Only in Microsoft 365 Business Basic (1)

  • OFFICEMOBILE_SUBSCRIPTION OFFICEMOBILE_SUBSCRIPTION

Only in Microsoft 365 Business Standard (24)

  • Microsoft Invoicing DYN365BC_MS_INVOICING
  • Avatars for Teams MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS
  • Avatars for Teams (additional) MESH_AVATARS_ADDITIONAL_FOR_TEAMS
  • Common Data Service for Teams CDS_O365_P2
  • Commercial data protection for Microsoft Copilot Bing_Chat_Enterprise
  • Insights by MyAnalytics MYANALYTICS_P2
  • Microsoft 365 Apps for business OFFICE_BUSINESS
  • Microsoft 365 Lighthouse (Plan 1) M365_LIGHTHOUSE_CUSTOMER_PLAN1
  • Microsoft Bookings MICROSOFTBOOKINGS
  • Microsoft Clipchamp CLIPCHAMP
  • Microsoft Kaizala Pro KAIZALA_O365_P2
  • Microsoft Loop MICROSOFT_LOOP
  • Microsoft Search MICROSOFT_SEARCH
  • Microsoft StaffHub Deskless
  • Mobile Device Management for Office 365 INTUNE_O365
  • Nucleus Nucleus
  • Project for Office (Plan E3) PROJECT_O365_P2
  • RETIRED - Outlook Customer Manager O365_SB_Relationship_Management
  • Stream for Office 365 STREAM_O365_SMB
  • Viva Learning Seeded VIVA_LEARNING_SEEDED
  • Whiteboard (Plan 1) WHITEBOARD_PLAN1
  • Common Data Service DYN365_CDS_O365_P2
  • Microsoft Azure Rights Management Service RMS_S_BASIC
  • Power Virtual Agents for Office 365 POWER_VIRTUAL_AGENTS_O365_P2

Service plans are how Microsoft enables features in a licence. Some features come in different plan versions (for example Exchange Online Plan 1 and Plan 2), so they show as different plans even though both licences include that product. Check Microsoft's service descriptions before buying.

O365_BUSINESS_ESSENTIALS details O365_BUSINESS_PREMIUM details

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