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Office 365 E3 vs Office 365 E5
The service plans Microsoft lists for each licence, side by side.
In short: Office 365 E3 includes 37 service plans and Office 365 E5 includes 57. They share 20. Office 365 E3 has 17 that Office 365 E5 doesn't, and Office 365 E5 has 37 that Office 365 E3 doesn't.
| Detail | Office 365 E3 | Office 365 E5 |
|---|---|---|
| SKU part number | ENTERPRISEPACK | ENTERPRISEPREMIUM |
| SKU ID | 6fd2c87f-b296-42f0-b197-1e91e994b900 | c7df2760-2c81-4ef7-b578-5b5392b571df |
| Service plans | 37 | 57 |
Only in Office 365 E3 (17)
- Avatars for Teams
MESH_AVATARS_FOR_TEAMS - Avatars for Teams (additional)
MESH_AVATARS_ADDITIONAL_FOR_TEAMS - Commercial data protection for Microsoft Copilot
Bing_Chat_Enterprise - Common Data Service for Teams
CDS_O365_P2 - Immersive spaces for Teams
MESH_IMMERSIVE_FOR_TEAMS - Microsoft 365 Lighthouse (Plan 1)
M365_LIGHTHOUSE_CUSTOMER_PLAN1 - Microsoft Forms (Plan E3)
FORMS_PLAN_E3 - Microsoft Kaizala Pro
KAIZALA_O365_P3 - Microsoft Stream for Office 365 E3
STREAM_O365_E3 - Nucleus
Nucleus - 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 - 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 Office 365 E5 (37)
- Common Data Service - O365 P3
DYN365_CDS_O365_P3 - Common Data Service for Teams_P3
CDS_O365_P3 - Customer Lockbox
LOCKBOX_ENTERPRISE - Data Classification in Microsoft 365
MIP_S_Exchange - Graph Connectors Search with Index
GRAPH_CONNECTORS_SEARCH_INDEX - Information Barriers
INFORMATION_BARRIERS - Information Protection and Governance Analytics – Premium
Content_Explorer - Information Protection for Office 365 – Premium
MIP_S_CLP2 - M365 Communication Compliance
MICROSOFT_COMMUNICATION_COMPLIANCE - Microsoft 365 Advanced Auditing
M365_ADVANCED_AUDITING - Microsoft 365 Audio Conferencing
MCOMEETADV - 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 Kaizala
KAIZALA_STANDALONE - Microsoft MyAnalytics (Full)
EXCHANGE_ANALYTICS - Microsoft Records Management
RECORDS_MANAGEMENT - Microsoft Stream for O365 E5 SKU
STREAM_O365_E5 - Office 365 Advanced eDiscovery
EQUIVIO_ANALYTICS - Office 365 Advanced Security Management
ADALLOM_S_O365 - Office 365 Privileged Access Management
PAM_ENTERPRISE - Power Automate for Office 365
FLOW_O365_P3 - Power BI Pro
BI_AZURE_P2 - Power Virtual Agents for Office 365 P3
POWER_VIRTUAL_AGENTS_O365_P3 - PowerApps for Office 365 Plan 3
POWERAPPS_O365_P3 - Premium Encryption in Office 365
PREMIUM_ENCRYPTION - Project for Office (Plan E5)
PROJECT_O365_P3 - Microsoft Communications Compliance
COMMUNICATIONS_COMPLIANCE - To-Do (Plan 3)
BPOS_S_TODO_3 - Whiteboard (Plan 3)
WHITEBOARD_PLAN3 - Microsoft Teams Events
MICROSOFT_TEAMS_EVENTS
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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