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Put up to four subscriptions side by side and see what you gain or lose — in plain language.

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Feature Microsoft 365 Business Premium ✕ Microsoft 365 E3 ✕ Microsoft 365 E5 ✕
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Conditional access Entra ID Premium sign-in policies P1 P1 P2
Endpoint protection Microsoft Defender on devices Business Plan 1 Plan 2
Email threat protection Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 Plan 1 Plan 2
Data loss prevention Stop sensitive data leaving ✓ — ✓
eDiscovery Legal hold and investigations ✓ — ✓
Insider risk Detect risky user activity — — ✓
Teams Phone Cloud phone system — — ✓
Power BI Pro Reports and dashboards — — ✓
Windows Enterprise Enterprise edition licence — ✓ ✓
Email & collaboration
Email archiving & retention ✓ — —
Meetings & voice
Audio conferencing — — ✓
Teams Phone (PBX) — — ✓
Office apps
Excel advanced analytics — — ✓
Identity & access
Entra ID P2 (Identity Protection, PIM) — — ✓
Devices & management
Windows Enterprise — ✓ ✓
Threat protection
Cloud App Security for Office 365 — — ✓
Defender for Endpoint (Plan 1) — ✓ —
Defender for Endpoint (Plan 2) — — ✓
Defender for Identity — — ✓
Defender for IoT — — ✓
Defender for Office 365 (Plan 2) — — ✓
Microsoft 365 Defender (XDR) — — ✓
Information protection & compliance
Advanced auditing — — ✓
Communication compliance — — ✓
Customer Key — — ✓
Customer Lockbox — — ✓
Data loss prevention (DLP) ✓ — ✓
eDiscovery & investigations ✓ — ✓
Information barriers — — ✓
Insider risk management — — ✓
Privileged access management — — ✓
Records & information governance — — ✓
Sensitivity labels & classification — ✓ ✓
Analytics & automation
Power BI — — ✓
Business applications (Dynamics 365)
Dynamics 365 (business applications) ✓ — —

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