Microsoft 365 E3 vs Microsoft 365 E5

Only in Microsoft 365 E3 (14)

• Common Data Service for Teams CDS_O365_P2
• Microsoft 365 Lighthouse (Plan 2) M365_LIGHTHOUSE_PARTNER_PLAN1
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 MDE_LITE
• Microsoft Forms (Plan E3) FORMS_PLAN_E3
• Microsoft Kaizala Pro KAIZALA_O365_P3
• Microsoft Stream for Office 365 E3 STREAM_O365_E3
• Project for Office (Plan E3) PROJECT_O365_P2
• To-Do (Plan 2) BPOS_S_TODO_2
• Whiteboard (Plan 2) WHITEBOARD_PLAN2
• Common Data Service DYN365_CDS_O365_P2
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Discovery ADALLOM_S_DISCOVERY
• Power Apps for Office 365 POWERAPPS_O365_P2
• Power Automate for Office 365 FLOW_O365_P2
• Power Virtual Agents for Office 365 POWER_VIRTUAL_AGENTS_O365_P2

Only in Microsoft 365 E5 (49)

• Common Data Service for Teams CDS_O365_P3
• Customer Lockbox LOCKBOX_ENTERPRISE
• Customer Lockbox (A) CustomerLockboxA_Enterprise
• Data Classification in Microsoft 365 MIP_S_Exchange
• Information Barriers INFORMATION_BARRIERS
• Information Protection and Governance Analytics - Premium Content_Explorer
• Information Protection for Office 365 - Premium MIP_S_CLP2
• Microsoft 365 Advanced Auditing M365_ADVANCED_AUDITING
• Microsoft 365 Audio Conferencing MCOMEETADV
• Microsoft 365 Audit Platform M365_AUDIT_PLATFORM
• Microsoft 365 Communication Compliance MICROSOFT_COMMUNICATION_COMPLIANCE
• Microsoft 365 Defender MTP
• Microsoft 365 Phone System MCOEV
• Microsoft Communications DLP COMMUNICATIONS_DLP
• Microsoft Customer Key CUSTOMER_KEY
• Microsoft Data Investigations DATA_INVESTIGATIONS
• Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (Plan 2) THREAT_INTELLIGENCE
• Microsoft Excel Advanced Analytics EXCEL_PREMIUM
• Microsoft Forms (Plan E5) FORMS_PLAN_E5
• Microsoft Information Governance INFO_GOVERNANCE
• Microsoft Insider Risk Management INSIDER_RISK
• Microsoft Kaizala Pro KAIZALA_STANDALONE
• Microsoft ML-Based Classification ML_CLASSIFICATION
• Microsoft MyAnalytics (Full) EXCHANGE_ANALYTICS
• Microsoft Records Management RECORDS_MANAGEMENT
• Microsoft Stream for Office 365 E5 STREAM_O365_E5
• Office 365 Advanced eDiscovery EQUIVIO_ANALYTICS
• Office 365 Cloud App Security ADALLOM_S_O365
• Office 365 Privileged Access Management PAM_ENTERPRISE
• Office 365 SafeDocs SAFEDOCS
• Power Apps for Office 365 (Plan 3) POWERAPPS_O365_P3
• Power BI Pro BI_AZURE_P2
• Premium Encryption in Office 365 PREMIUM_ENCRYPTION
• Project for Office (Plan E5) PROJECT_O365_P3
• Purview Discovery PURVIEW_DISCOVERY
• RETIRED - Microsoft Communications Compliance COMMUNICATIONS_COMPLIANCE
• RETIRED - Microsoft Insider Risk Management INSIDER_RISK_MANAGEMENT
• To-Do (Plan 3) BPOS_S_TODO_3
• Whiteboard (Plan 3) WHITEBOARD_PLAN3
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint WINDEFATP
• Microsoft Endpoint DLP MICROSOFTENDPOINTDLP
• Azure Information Protection Premium P2 RMS_S_PREMIUM2
• Common Data Service DYN365_CDS_O365_P3
• Defender for IoT - Enterprise IoT Security Defender_for_Iot_Enterprise
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps ADALLOM_S_STANDALONE
• Microsoft Defender for Identity ATA
• Microsoft Entra ID P2 AAD_PREMIUM_P2
• Power Automate for Office 365 FLOW_O365_P3
• 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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