M365: Apps by License
Premium and above adds security and compliance.
Microsoft 365 Licenses
Do not confuse Microsoft 365 licenses with Office 365 ones. For example, Office 365 E3 does NOT come with the security and compliance of Microsoft 365 E3.
APP-ONLY Licenses: Basic and Standard.
| App | Basic | Standard | Premium | Enterprise (E3 and E5) |
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| Teams, OneDrive (Full desktop + web) | 1 TB per user | 1 TB per user | 1 TB+ (expandable) | |
| Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote | Web only | Full desktop + web | ||
| Whiteboard | Plan 1 | Plan 1 | Plan 1 | Plan 2 (Advanced) |
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Enterprise Edition |
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| Visio for Web | Basic | Basic | |
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| Project for Web | Basic | Basic | Basic | |
Common across all plans: To Do, StickyNotes, Lists, Planner, SharePoint, Forms, Sway, Clipchamp, Delve, Loop, etc.
Security and Compliance
By license.
| Feature | Basic | Standard | Premium | Enterprise (E3) |
Enterprise (E5) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Conditional Access | ✔ (via Entra P1) | ✔ (via Entra P1) | ✔ (via Entra P2) | ||
| Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) | ✔ | ✔ (advanced DLP) | |||
| eDiscovery & Audit | ✔ (Standard) | ✔ (Premium) | |||
| Microsoft Entra ID Protection | ✔ (via Entra P2) | ||||
| Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | ✔ (Phishing, Safe Links, etc.) | ||||
| Communication Compliance, Insider Risk Mgmt | ✔ | ||||
| Information Barriers & Customer Lockbox | ✔ | ||||
| Advanced Audit & Alert Policies | ✔ |
Common across all plans: Encrypted email, basic spam filtering, secure OneDrive file sharing, and Microsoft Secure Score visibility (if configured).