Microsoft 365 Enterprise Features Comparison

Compare Microsoft 365 Enterprise features across E1, E3, and E5 to evaluate collaboration, security, compliance, and analytics capabilities tailored to large-scale organizational needs

Overview

This Microsoft 365 Enterprise comparison highlights the functional differences across E1, E3, and E5, helping IT and business leaders assess security, compliance, collaboration, and productivity capabilities as they plan platform modernization or expansion.

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Microsoft 365 Enterprise Features Comparison

Microsoft 365 Enterprise Features Comparison
Microsoft 365 Enterprise Features Microsoft 365 E3/G3 Microsoft 365 E5/G5 Microsoft 365 E5/G5 Security Microsoft 365 E5/G5 Compliance Office 365 E1/G1 Office 365 E3/G3 Office 365 E5/G5 Enterprise Mobility and Security E3/G3 Enterprise Mobility and Security E5/G5 Windows 11 Pro Windows 11 Enterprise E3 Windows 11 Enterprise E5 Microsoft 365 Frontline F1 Microsoft 365 Frontline F3 Microsoft 365 Frontline F5 Security Microsoft 365 Frontline F5 Compliance Microsoft 365 Frontline F5 Sec + Comp Office 365 Frontline F3
Desktop client apps Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Office Mobile apps Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Read Only Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Install apps on up to 5 Devices Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Office for the web Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Read Only Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Visio for the web Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Read Only Included Included Included Included Included
Microsoft Editor premium features Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Multilingual user interface for Office apps Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Exchange Kiosk (2 GB mailbox) Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Exchange Plan 1 (50 GB mailbox) Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Exchange Plan 2 (100 GB mailbox) Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Calendar Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Outlook Desktop Client Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Auto-expanding Email Archive Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Exchange Online Protection Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Public Folder Mailboxes Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Resource Mailboxes Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Inactive Mailboxes Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Microsoft Shifts Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Microsoft Bookings Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Microsoft Teams Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Unlimited Chat Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Online Meetings Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Live Events Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Webinars Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Screen sharing and custom backgrounds Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Record Meetings Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Priority Notifications Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Teams Phone Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Audio Conferencing Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
SharePoint Kiosk (2 GB OneDrive storage) Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
SharePoint Plan 1(1 TB OneDrive storage) Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
SharePoint Plan 2) Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Yammer Enterprise Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Microsoft Viva Connections Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Microsoft Graph API Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Microsoft Search Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Microsoft Steam (on SharePoint) Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Microsoft Forms Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Microsoft Lists Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Delve Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Expertise Identification Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Access content centers Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Microsoft Planner Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Microsoft To-Do Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Productivity Score Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Secure Store Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Compliance Management Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Power BI Pro Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Personal insights in Teams Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Outlook add-in and inline suggestions Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Daily briefing email Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Monthly email digest and personal dashboard Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Premium personal insights Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Viva Learning in Teams Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Create learning tabs in Teams channels Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Search, share, and chat about learning content Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Microsoft Learn and Microsoft 365 Training libraries Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Organization-generated content with SharePoint and Viva Learning Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Power Apps Basic Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Power Automate Basic Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Power Virtual Agent for Teams Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Dataverse for Teams Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Azure Information Protection Plan 1 Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Azure Information Protection Plan 2 Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Manual, default, and mandatory sensitivity labeling in Office 365 Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Automatic sensitivity labeling in Office 365 apps Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Manual labeling with the AIP app and plugin Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Automatic labeling in the AIP plugin Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Automatic sensitivity labels in Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Sensitivity labels based on Machine Learning/Trainable Classifiers Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Sensitivity labeling for containers in Office 365 Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for emails & files Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
DLP for Teams chat Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Endpoint DLP Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Basic Message Encryption Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Advanced Message Encryption Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Customer Key Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Microsoft Defender Antimalware Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Microsoft Defender Firewall Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Microsoft Defender Credential Guard Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
BitLocker and BitLocker To Go Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Windows Information Protection Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Included Not included
Microsoft Defender for Identity Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Included Not included
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Included Not included
Application Guard for Office 365 Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Included Not included
Safe Document Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included
Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Discovery Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Office 365 Cloud App Security Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Azure Active Directory Premium Plan 1 Included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Azure Active Directory Premium Plan 2 Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Included Not included
User Provisioning Included Included Included Not included Included Included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Included Included
Self Service Password Reset Included Included Included Not included Included Included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Included Included
Advanced Security Reports Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Included Not included
Multi Factor Authentication Included Included Included Not included Included Included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Included Included
Conditional Access Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Included Not included
Risk Based Conditional Access / Identity Protection Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Included Not included
Privileged Identity Management Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Included Not included
Access Reviews Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Included Not included
Entitlement Management Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Included Not included
Microsoft 365 Groups Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
On-premises Active Directory sync for SSO Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Included Included
DirectAccess supported Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Windows Hello for Business Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Included Not included
Windows Store Access Management Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Microsoft Intune Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Mobile Device Management Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Included Included Included Included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Microsoft Endpoint Manager Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Mobile application management Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Windows AutoPilot Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Group Policy support Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Office cloud policy support Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Shared computer activation for M365 Apps Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Endpoint Analytics Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Cortana management Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Manual retention labels Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Basic org-wide or location-wide retention policies Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Rules-based automatic retention policies Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Machine Learning-based retention Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Teams message retention policies Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Included Included Included
Records Management Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Content Search Included Included Not included Included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
eDiscovery (Standard) (including Hold and Export) Included Included Not included Included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Litigation Hold Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
eDiscovery (Premium) Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Audit (Standard) Included Included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Not included Not included Included
Audit (Premium) Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Insider Risk Management Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Communication Compliance Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Information Barriers Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Customer Lockbox Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Privileged Access Management Not included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included
Windows 11 Edition Enterprise Enterprise Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Pro Enterprise Enterprise Not included Enterprise Not included Not included Not included Not included
Azure Virtual Desktop Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included
Universal Print Included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Not included Included Included Included Not included Included Not included Not included Not included Not included

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