Microsoft 365 A5 for faculty

What this plan gives you

Email & collaboration

Bookings Online appointment scheduling.
Clipchamp (video editor) Video creation and editing.
Email & calendar Exchange Online mailboxes, calendar and contacts.
Forms Surveys, quizzes and polls.
Kaizala Mobile messaging for frontline and large groups.
Microsoft Loop Co-authored workspaces and components.
Planner & To-Do Task and team work management.
Skype for Business (legacy) Legacy Skype for Business Online, superseded by Teams.
Stream (video) Enterprise video hosting.
Sway Interactive reports and presentations.
Teams (chat & meetings) Microsoft Teams chat, meetings and channels.
Viva Engage (Yammer) Enterprise social network and communities.
Whiteboard Collaborative digital canvas.

Files & content

Microsoft Search Unified enterprise search across your content.
Office for the web Word, Excel and PowerPoint in the browser.
SharePoint & OneDrive Intranet, team sites and personal file storage.
Universal Print Cloud print management.

Meetings & voice

Audio conferencing Dial-in numbers for Teams meetings.
Teams Phone (PBX) Cloud phone system / calling in Teams.

Office apps

Excel advanced analytics Premium data and modelling features in Excel.
Office desktop apps Installed Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook on PC and Mac.
Project Project planning and portfolio management.

Identity & access

Entra ID P1 (Conditional Access, SSO) Conditional access, self-service and single sign-on.
Entra ID P2 (Identity Protection, PIM) Risk-based access and privileged identity management.
Multi-factor authentication Standalone Azure MFA.

Devices & management

Basic Mobile Device Management Lightweight MDM built into Office 365.
Intune (full device management) Full device and app management (MDM/MAM) for PCs and mobile.
Microsoft 365 Lighthouse Multi-tenant management for partners.
Windows Enterprise Windows 10/11 Enterprise edition and virtualization rights.
Windows Update / Autopatch Managed Windows update deployment.

Threat protection

Cloud App Security for Office 365 App discovery scoped to Office 365.
Defender for Cloud Apps Cloud access security broker (CASB).
Defender for Endpoint (Plan 2) Full endpoint detection and response (EDR).
Defender for Identity On-prem identity threat detection.
Defender for Office 365 (Plan 1) Safe Links / Safe Attachments for email and files.
Defender for Office 365 (Plan 2) Anti-phishing plus threat hunting and automation.
Microsoft 365 Defender (XDR) Unified incidents portal across Defender products.

Information protection & compliance

Advanced auditing Long-term, high-value audit events.
Communication compliance Detect policy violations in messages.
Customer Key Bring-your-own encryption keys.
Customer Lockbox Approve Microsoft support access to your data.
Data loss prevention (DLP) Prevent oversharing of sensitive information.
eDiscovery & investigations Legal hold, review, analytics and data investigations.
Information barriers Restrict communication between groups.
Information protection & encryption Rights management, sensitivity encryption and message encryption.
Insider risk management Identify risky internal activity.
Privileged access management Just-in-time, task-level access approval.
Records & information governance Retention and records management.
Sensitivity labels & classification Auto-labelling and data classification.

Analytics & automation

Copilot Studio / Virtual Agents Build chatbots and agents.
Dataverse The data platform behind Power Platform.
Power Apps (seeded) Low-code business apps (Office 365 use rights).
Power Automate (seeded) Workflow automation (Office 365 use rights).
Power BI Self-service business analytics and dashboards.
Viva Insights Productivity and wellbeing analytics.
Viva Learning Learning content in Teams.

AI

Copilot chat (data protection) Enterprise-protected AI chat.

Technical detail: the 87 underlying service plans

Service (friendly)	Internal name	Capability
AZURE INFORMATION PROTECTION PREMIUM P2	RMS_S_PREMIUM2	Information protection & encryption
Azure Rights Management	RMS_S_ENTERPRISE	Information protection & encryption
Commercial data protection for Microsoft Copilot	Bing_Chat_Enterprise	Copilot chat (data protection)
Common Data Service	DYN365_CDS_O365_P3	Dataverse
Common Data Service for Teams	CDS_O365_P3	Dataverse
Customer Lockbox	LOCKBOX_ENTERPRISE	Customer Lockbox
Customer Lockbox (A)	CustomerLockboxA_Enterprise	Customer Lockbox
Data Classification in Microsoft 365	MIP_S_Exchange	Sensitivity labels & classification
Defender Platform for Office 365	COMMON_DEFENDER_PLATFORM_FOR_OFFICE	—
Education Analytics	EducationAnalyticsP1	—
EXCHANGE ONLINE (PLAN 2)	EXCHANGE_S_ENTERPRISE	Email & calendar
Graph Connectors Search with Index	GRAPH_CONNECTORS_SEARCH_INDEX	Microsoft Search
Information Barriers	INFORMATION_BARRIERS	Information barriers
Information Protection and Governance Analytics - Premium	Content_Explorer	Sensitivity labels & classification
Information Protection and Governance Analytics – Standard	ContentExplorer_Standard	Sensitivity labels & classification
Information Protection for Office 365 - Premium	MIP_S_CLP2	Sensitivity labels & classification
Information Protection for Office 365 - Standard	MIP_S_CLP1	Sensitivity labels & classification
Intune ServiceNow Integration	Intune_ServiceNow	—
Microsoft 365 Advanced Auditing	M365_ADVANCED_AUDITING	Advanced auditing
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise	OFFICESUBSCRIPTION	Office desktop apps
Microsoft 365 Audio Conferencing	MCOMEETADV	Audio conferencing
Microsoft 365 Audit Platform	M365_AUDIT_PLATFORM	Advanced auditing
Microsoft 365 Communication Compliance	MICROSOFT_COMMUNICATION_COMPLIANCE	Communication compliance
Microsoft 365 Defender	MTP	Microsoft 365 Defender (XDR)
Microsoft 365 Lighthouse (Plan 1)	M365_LIGHTHOUSE_CUSTOMER_PLAN1	Microsoft 365 Lighthouse
Microsoft 365 Phone System	MCOEV	Teams Phone (PBX)
Microsoft Azure Multi-Factor Authentication	MFA_PREMIUM	Multi-factor authentication
Microsoft Bookings	MICROSOFTBOOKINGS	Bookings
Microsoft Clipchamp	CLIPCHAMP	Clipchamp (video editor)
MICROSOFT CLOUD APP SECURITY	ADALLOM_S_STANDALONE	Defender for Cloud Apps
Microsoft Communications Compliance	COMMUNICATIONS_COMPLIANCE	Communication compliance
Microsoft Communications DLP	COMMUNICATIONS_DLP	Data loss prevention (DLP)
Microsoft Customer Key	CUSTOMER_KEY	Customer Key
Microsoft Data Investigations	DATA_INVESTIGATIONS	eDiscovery & investigations
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	WINDEFATP	Defender for Endpoint (Plan 2)
MICROSOFT DEFENDER FOR IDENTITY	ATA	Defender for Identity
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (Plan 1)	ATP_ENTERPRISE	Defender for Office 365 (Plan 1)
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (Plan 2)	THREAT_INTELLIGENCE	Defender for Office 365 (Plan 2)
Microsoft Endpoint DLP	MICROSOFTENDPOINTDLP	Data loss prevention (DLP)
Microsoft Entra ID Basic for Education	AAD_BASIC_EDU	—
Microsoft Entra ID P1	AAD_PREMIUM	Entra ID P1 (Conditional Access, SSO)
Microsoft Entra ID P2	AAD_PREMIUM_P2	Entra ID P2 (Identity Protection, PIM)
Microsoft Entra RIGHTS	RMS_S_PREMIUM	Information protection & encryption
Microsoft Excel Advanced Analytics	EXCEL_PREMIUM	Excel advanced analytics
Microsoft Forms (Plan 3)	OFFICE_FORMS_PLAN_3	Forms
Microsoft Information Governance	INFO_GOVERNANCE	Records & information governance
Microsoft Insider Risk Management	INSIDER_RISK	Insider risk management
Microsoft Insider Risk Management - Exchange	INSIDER_RISK_MANAGEMENT	Insider risk management
Microsoft Intune	INTUNE_A	Intune (full device management)
Microsoft Intune for Education	INTUNE_EDU	Intune (full device management)
Microsoft Kaizala Pro	KAIZALA_STANDALONE	Kaizala
Microsoft Loop	MICROSOFT_LOOP	Microsoft Loop
Microsoft ML-Based Classification	ML_CLASSIFICATION	Sensitivity labels & classification
Microsoft MyAnalytics (Full)	EXCHANGE_ANALYTICS	Viva Insights
Microsoft Planner	PROJECTWORKMANAGEMENT	Planner & To-Do
Microsoft Records Management	RECORDS_MANAGEMENT	Records & information governance
Microsoft Search	MICROSOFT_SEARCH	Microsoft Search
Microsoft StaffHub	Deskless	—
Microsoft Stream for Office 365 E5	STREAM_O365_E5	Stream (video)
Microsoft Teams	TEAMS1	Teams (chat & meetings)
Minecraft Education Edition	MINECRAFT_EDUCATION_EDITION	—
Mobile Device Management for Office 365	INTUNE_O365	Basic Mobile Device Management
Nucleus	Nucleus	—
Office 365 Advanced eDiscovery	EQUIVIO_ANALYTICS	eDiscovery & investigations
Office 365 Cloud App Security	ADALLOM_S_O365	Cloud App Security for Office 365
Office 365 Privileged Access Management	PAM_ENTERPRISE	Privileged access management
Office 365 SafeDocs	SAFEDOCS	Defender for Office 365 (Plan 1)
Office for the Web for Education	SHAREPOINTWAC_EDU	Office for the web
Power Apps for Office 365 (Plan 3)	POWERAPPS_O365_P3	Power Apps (seeded)
Power Automate for Office 365	FLOW_O365_P3	Power Automate (seeded)
Power BI Pro	BI_AZURE_P2	Power BI
Power Virtual Agents for Office 365	POWER_VIRTUAL_AGENTS_O365_P3	Copilot Studio / Virtual Agents
Premium Encryption in Office 365	PREMIUM_ENCRYPTION	Information protection & encryption
Project for Office (Plan E5)	PROJECT_O365_P3	Project
Purview Discovery	PURVIEW_DISCOVERY	eDiscovery & investigations
Remote help	REMOTE_HELP	—
School Data Sync (Plan 2)	SCHOOL_DATA_SYNC_P2	—
SharePoint (Plan 2) for Education	SHAREPOINTENTERPRISE_EDU	SharePoint & OneDrive
Skype for Business Online (Plan 2)	MCOSTANDARD	Skype for Business (legacy)
Sway	SWAY	Sway
To-Do (Plan 3)	BPOS_S_TODO_3	Planner & To-Do
Universal Print	UNIVERSAL_PRINT_01	Universal Print
Viva Learning Seeded	VIVA_LEARNING_SEEDED	Viva Learning
Whiteboard (Plan 3)	WHITEBOARD_PLAN3	Whiteboard
Windows 10/11 Enterprise	Virtualization Rights for Windows 10 (E3/E5+VDA)	Windows Enterprise
Windows Update for Business Deployment Service	WINDOWSUPDATEFORBUSINESS_DEPLOYMENTSERVICE	Windows Update / Autopatch
Yammer for Academic	YAMMER_EDU	Viva Engage (Yammer)

At a glance

Everyday work

Business email ✓
Teams ✓
SharePoint & OneDrive ✓
Office apps Desktop

Security & devices

Conditional access P2
Device management ✓
Endpoint protection Plan 2
Email threat protection Plan 2

Compliance

Data loss prevention ✓
eDiscovery ✓
Insider risk ✓

Extras

Teams Phone ✓
Power BI Pro ✓
Windows Enterprise ✓