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Microsoft 365 Business Standard vs Microsoft 365 Business Premium
The service plans Microsoft lists for each licence, side by side.
In short: Microsoft 365 Business Standard includes 37 service plans and Microsoft 365 Business Premium includes 55. They share 31. Microsoft 365 Business Standard has 6 that Microsoft 365 Business Premium doesn't, and Microsoft 365 Business Premium has 24 that Microsoft 365 Business Standard doesn't.
| Detail | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
|---|---|---|
| SKU part number | O365_BUSINESS_PREMIUM | SPB |
| SKU ID | f245ecc8-75af-4f8e-b61f-27d8114de5f3 | cbdc14ab-d96c-4c30-b9f4-6ada7cdc1d46 |
| Service plans | 37 | 55 |
Only in Microsoft 365 Business Standard (6)
- Common Data Service for Teams
CDS_O365_P2 - Project for Office (Plan E3)
PROJECT_O365_P2 - Stream for Office 365
STREAM_O365_SMB - 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
Only in Microsoft 365 Business Premium (24)
- Azure Rights Management
RMS_S_ENTERPRISE - Common Data Service for Teams
CDS_O365_P3 - Data Loss Prevention
BPOS_S_DlpAddOn - Exchange Foundation
EXCHANGE_S_FOUNDATION - Exchange Online Archiving
EXCHANGE_S_ARCHIVE_ADDON - Microsoft 365 Lighthouse (Plan 2)
M365_LIGHTHOUSE_PARTNER_PLAN1 - Microsoft Defender for Business
MDE_SMB - Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (Plan 1)
ATP_ENTERPRISE - Office Shared Computer Activation
OFFICE_SHARED_COMPUTER_ACTIVATION - Project for Office (Plan E5)
PROJECT_O365_P3 - Purview Discovery
PURVIEW_DISCOVERY - Universal Print
UNIVERSAL_PRINT_01 - Windows 10/11 Business
WINBIZ - Windows Update for Business Deployment Service
WINDOWSUPDATEFORBUSINESS_DEPLOYMENTSERVICE - Microsoft Entra ID
AAD_SMB - Azure Information Protection Premium P1
RMS_S_PREMIUM - Common Data Service
DYN365_CDS_O365_P3 - Microsoft Azure Multi-Factor Authentication
MFA_PREMIUM - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Discovery
ADALLOM_S_DISCOVERY - Microsoft Entra ID P1
AAD_PREMIUM - Microsoft Intune
INTUNE_SMBIZ - Microsoft Intune Plan 1
INTUNE_A - Microsoft Stream for Office 365 E1
STREAM_O365_E1 - Power Virtual Agents for Office 365
POWER_VIRTUAL_AGENTS_O365_P3
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.
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