Microsoft 365 E5

For Advanced Security

Combines best-in-class productivity apps with advanced security, compliance, voice, and analytical capabilities.

Overview:

Microsoft 365 E5 provides best-in-class productivity apps with advanced enterprise analytics, security, and data protection. Discover the features of the E5 license.

Extend identity and threat protection with integrated and automated security to help stop damaging attacks.
Bring together information protection and advanced compliance capabilities to protect and govern data while reducing risk.
Get audio conferencing and calling capabilities in the cloud to enable your teams.
Benefit from Power BI capabilities that help you realize significant business value from your data.

A powerful solution built for your enterprise

Microsoft 365 combines best-in-class productivity apps with intelligent cloud services to transform the way you work.

Apps and Services Includes

Word

Bring your words to life with smart writing assistance, document designs, and collaboration tools.

Excel

Easily create spreadsheets from templates and use modern formulas to perform calculations.

PowerPoint

Convert docs to presentations, create new decks from prompts, and find impactful imagery.

Outlook

Efficiently manage emails, calendars, contacts, and tasks from one app.

Teams

OneNote

Meet all your notetaking needs with one cross-functional notebook.

Word

Exchange

Work smarter with business-class email and calendaring.

SharePoint

Empower teamwork, quickly find information, and collaborate across your organization.

Microsoft Teams

Bring everyone together in one place to meet, chat, call, and collaborate.

OneDrive

Save, access, edit, and share files and photos whether you’re in the office or on the go.

Windows

Empower your team to connect faster, get creative, be more productive, and bring everyone closer to what matters most.

Microsoft Stream

Engage and inform with intelligent video.

Microsoft Bookings

Simplify how customers schedule and manage appointments.

Microsoft Publisher (PC only)

Create polished, professional layouts without the hassle.

Microsoft Access (PC only)

Create and share business apps without being a developer.

Viva Connections

Bring together news, conversations, and resources in a curated, experience.

Viva Engage

Connect everyone at your organization through employee communities and conversations.

Viva Insights

Improve productivity and wellbeing with data-driven personal insights and recommendations.

Microsoft Lists

Stay on top of it all with the smart information-tracking app.

Microsoft Forms

Easily create surveys and polls.

Sway

Create interactive reports, presentations, personal stories, and more.

Visio

Create flowcharts, network diagrams, Azure diagrams, org charts, and more.

Power Apps

Build the apps you need and extend or customize existing apps.

Power Automate

Make repetitive tasks easy with workflow automation.

Power Virtual Agents

Respond to business needs with custom chatbots for Teams.

Visio

Microsoft Planner

Organize teamwork with intuitive, collaborative, visual task management.

Power Apps

Microsoft To Do

Plan your day and manage your life.

Microsoft Loop

Maximize collaboration—cocreate, get up to date, and stay in sync with your teammates.

Power Virtual Agents

Clipchamp

Make great videos fast with Clipchamp and Microsoft 365.

Clipchamp

Power BI Pro

Deliver insights to enable fast, informed decisions with business analytics.

Add-on Services

Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365
Use AI to help your organization achieve more than ever before.

Microsoft Syntex
Add advanced AI and machine teaching to amplify human expertise, automate content processing, and transform content into knowledge.

Windows 365
Securely stream your Windows experience—including apps, content, and settings—from the Microsoft Cloud to any device.

Microsoft Viva Insights (manager and leader insights)
Understand the impact of work patterns on employee wellbeing and business outcomes. Default safeguards protect individual privacy.

Microsoft Viva Learning
Seamlessly integrate access to learning content into the places employees already spend their time.

Microsoft Priva Privacy Risk Management
Help identify and protect against privacy risks and automate and manage subject requests at scale.

Features

Features unique to Microsoft 365 E5

Microsoft Entra ID P2

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory or Azure AD) provides identity and access management solutions for hybrid and multicloud environments.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Scale your security with a unified endpoint security platform for preventative protection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response.

Microsoft Defender XDR

Protect your organization against sophisticated attacks such as phishing and zero-day malware.

Microsoft Defender for Identity

Use a cloud-based solution that helps protect your organization’s identities from multiple types of advanced targeted cyberattacks.

Azure Information Protection Plan 2

Discover, classify, label, and protect sensitive documents and emails.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

View apps used in your organization, identify and combat cyberthreats, and monitor and control data travel in real time.

Information protection and governance

Identify risks by locating data and understanding how it’s used. Help safeguard data where it lives by configuring protection and retention labels.

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery

Help your organization find relevant data quickly and cost-effectively.

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management

Intelligently identify, investigate, and take quick action on insider risks.

Built-in non-Microsoft connectors

Empower multiple compliance solutions with high-fidelity data ingestion from a multitude of non-Microsoft data sources including social media platforms, instant messaging platforms, and document collaboration platforms.

Microsoft Teams Audio Conferencing

Conduct or call into meetings from your phone with Microsoft Teams Audio Conferencing, which allows up to 250 phone attendees.

Microsoft Teams Phone Standard

Enable call control and Private Branch Exchange (PBX) capabilities in the cloud with Microsoft Teams Phone Standard.

Power BI Pro

Deliver insights to enable fast, informed decisions with business analytics.

Features included in Microsoft 365 E5 and E3

Windows 11 Enterprise E3

Powerful for employees. Consistent for IT. Secure for all.

Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise

Install Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and Access (PC only) on up to five PCs or Macs, five tablets, and five smartphones per user.

Microsoft 365 for mobile

Microsoft 365 for mobile combines Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with exclusive features to make it your go-to productivity app.

Microsoft 365 on the web

Create, share, and collaborate with Microsoft 365 on the web.

Outlook

Connect and stay organized with email, calendar, and contacts all in one place.

Exchange

Work smarter with business-class email and calendaring.

Microsoft Bookings

Simplify how customers schedule and manage appointments.

Microsoft Teams

Chat, meet, share files, and work with business apps within a shared workspace.

OneDrive for work

Access, share, and collaborate on files from anywhere.

Microsoft Lists

Stay on top of it all with Microsoft Lists, the smart information tracking app.

Microsoft Stream

Engage and inform with intelligent video.

Sway

Create visually striking newsletters, presentations, and documentation in minutes.

Power Apps for Microsoft 365

Build the business apps you need and extend or customize the apps you already use.

Power Automate for Microsoft 365

Make repetitive tasks easy with workflow automation.

Power Virtual Agents for Teams

Respond to business needs with custom chatbots for Teams.

Dataverse for Teams

Build with confidence on a low-code database for Teams.

Microsoft Planner

Organize teamwork with intuitive, collaborative, visual task management.

Microsoft To Do

Plan your day and manage your life.

Microsoft 365 admin center

Set up your organization in the cloud. Manage users and subscriptions, reset passwords, and much more.

Microsoft Viva Insights (personal insights)

Help employees thrive with data-driven, privacy-protected insights and personal wellbeing experiences.

Endpoint analytics proactive remediation

Fix common support issues with proactive remediations in endpoint analytics before end users notice.

Microsoft Viva Connections

Keep employees connected and informed with a modern engagement experience.

Microsoft Viva Engage (community and conversations)

Build meaningful relationships at work by giving employees a place to connect, express themselves, and find belonging.

Windows Autopatch

Automate Windows and Microsoft 365 updates.

Windows Autopilot

Reduce overall costs of deploying, managing, and retiring Windows devices by leveraging cloud-based services.

Windows Hello

Universal Print

Eliminate print server needs and enable users to print from the cloud.

Direct Access

Connect remote users without the need for traditional Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections.

Mobile device management

Manage company security policies and business applications, while helping maintain users’ privacy on their personal devices.

Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Help secure devices with next-generation protection, manual response actions, and attack surface reduction.

Microsoft Intune

Enable your workforce to be productive on all their mobile devices, while helping to keep your organization's information protected.

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (for email and files)

Use automatic or ad-hoc policies to help protect sensitive messages regardless of the recipient’s email domain.

Windows Defender credential guard

Help protect derived domain credentials.

BitLocker

Address threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned computers.

Windows Defender Application Control

Help prevent malicious code from running by ensuring only known good code can run.

Microsoft Security and Compliance Center

Monitor your overall compliance posture, review recommended actions, and configure settings to meet complex compliance obligations.

Windows Information Protection

Help protect enterprise apps and data against accidental data leaks on enterprise and personal devices.

Microsoft Secure Score

Increase your visibility and control over your organization’s security posture with a centralized dashboard.

Visio for the web

Create, edit, share, and coauthor professional diagrams and flowcharts with Visio for the web.

Basic auditing and retention tools

Use manual retention labels, content search, and basic auditing to help with compliance.

Microsoft Loop

Microsoft Loop is a co-creation app which enables your team to bring all the parts of your project together in one place and stay in sync across apps.

SharePoint

Share and manage content, knowledge, and applications to empower teamwork.

Microsoft 365 For Enterprise: Compare Plans

Microsoft 365 E3
Subscription

Microsoft 365 apps for desktop and mobile
Windows for Enterprise
Chat, meetings, and file sharing within shared workspaces
1 TB of cloud storage
Core security and identity management capabilities
Copilot for Microsoft 365, available as an add-on

Apps and services included:

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Teams

Windows

SharePoint

Exchange

OneNote

OneDrive

Stream

Bookings

Publisher
(PC only)

Access
(PC only)

Viva
Connections

Viva
Engage

Viva
Insights

Lists

Forms

Sway

Visio

Power
Apps

Power
Automate

Power Virtual
Agents

Planner

To Do

Loop

Clipchamp

Microsoft 365 E5
Subscription

Everything in Microsoft 365 E3, plus:

Advanced security and compliance capabilities
Scalable business analytics with Power BI
Audio conferencing for up to 1,000 attendees
Copilot for Microsoft 365, available as an add-on

Apps and services included:

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Teams

Windows

SharePoint

Exchange

OneNote

OneDrive

Stream

Bookings

Publisher
(PC only)

Access
(PC only)

Viva
Connections

Viva
Engage

Viva
Insights

Lists

Forms

Sway

Visio

Power
Apps

Power
Automate

Power Virtual
Agents

Planner

To Do

Loop

Clipchamp

Power BI
Pro

Microsoft 365 F3
Subscription

Web and mobile versions of Microsoft 365 apps
Standard security capabilities
Centralized hub for collaboration and productivity
Custom apps to automate tasks and processes

Apps and services included:

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Teams

Windows

SharePoint

Exchange

OneNote

OneDrive

Stream

Bookings

Viva
Connections

Viva
Engage

Lists

Forms

Sway

Visio

Power
Apps

Power
Automate

Power Virtual
Agents

Planner

To Do

	Microsoft 365 E3	Microsoft 365 E5	Microsoft 365 F3
Microsoft 365 apps
Microsoft 365 mobile app			See terms³
Install apps on up to five PCs or Macs, five tablets, and five mobile devices			See terms³
Make Microsoft 365 for mobile your productivity app with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Transform the way you use and visualize data with Visio for the web
Install desktop client apps⁵
Co-create, organize, and work together on projects with Loop
Email, calendar, and scheduling
Work smarter using business-class email and calendaring with Exchange	Plan 2 (100 GB mailbox)	Plan 2 (100 GB mailbox)	Kiosk (2 GB mailbox)
Create, update, and manage schedules for your team with Shifts in Microsoft Teams
Simplify how customers schedule and manage appointments with Microsoft Bookings
Meetings, calling, and chat
Chat, meet, share files, and use business apps in a shared workspace with Teams
Conduct or call in to meetings with audio conferencing for up to 1,000 phone attendees⁶	See terms⁷	See terms⁸	See terms⁷
Enable call control and PBX capabilities in the cloud with Teams
Social, intranet, and storage
Share and manage content, knowledge, and apps to empower teamwork with SharePoint	Plan 2⁹ (unlimited OneDrive storage¹⁰)	Plan 2⁹ (unlimited OneDrive storage¹⁰)	Kiosk¹¹ (2 GB OneDrive storage)
Connect everyone at your organization through employee communities and conversations with Viva Engage¹²
Provide a modern engagement experience for employees with Viva Connections¹²
Content services
Provide access to insights in the Microsoft Cloud using the Microsoft Graph API
Engage and inform with intelligent video using Microsoft Stream			See terms¹³
Create and share surveys, quizzes, and polls with Microsoft Forms¹⁴
Stay on top of it all with Microsoft Lists, the smart information tracking app
Insights and analytics
Improve productivity with data-driven, privacy-protected personal insights from Viva Insights¹⁵
Deliver insights to enable fast, informed decisions with Power BI Pro
Project and task management
Organize teamwork with collaborative task management in Microsoft Planner
Plan your day and manage your life with Microsoft To Do
Automation, app building, and chatbots¹⁶
Build the business apps you need and customize the apps you use with Power Apps
Make repetitive tasks easy using workflow automation in Power Automate
Respond to business needs with custom chatbots for Teams using Power Virtual Agents
Build with confidence on a low-code database with Microsoft Dataverse for Teams
Information protection
Discover, classify, and help protect documents and emails with Microsoft Purview Information Protection	Plan 1	Plan 2	Plan 1
Monitor the actions taken on sensitive items and prevent unintentional sharing
Threat protection
Use a unified endpoint security platform for preventative protection, post-breach detection, automated investigation, and response with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint	Plan 1	Plan 2
Help protect against advanced targeted cyberattacks with Microsoft Defender for Identity
Help protect against malicious threats with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2
Isolate enterprise-defined untrusted sites with Microsoft Defender Application Guard
Cloud access security broker
Support deployment modes including log collection, API connectors, and reverse proxy
View apps used in your organization, combat cyberthreats, and control data travel in real time
Identity and access management
Enhance security, simplify access, and set smart policies with one identity platform	Plan 1	Plan 2	Plan 1
Help protect your organization against breaches due to lost or stolen credentials
Get a succinct, real-time view of an attack timeline with Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics¹⁷
Sign in to laptops, tablets, devices, or apps fast with Windows Hello for Business
Endpoint and app management
Help your workforce be productive and protected on mobile devices with Microsoft Intune
Manage company security policies and business apps while maintaining privacy on personal devices
Deploy software, protect data, monitor health, and enforce device compliance
Manage company security policies and business apps, while maintaining privacy on personal devices
Insider risk management
Detect, identify, and act on potential risks in your organization
Quickly identify and remediate code-of-conduct policy violations that occur across company communications
Restrict communication and collaboration between internal groups to avoid conflicts of interest
Help protect your organization from breaches and meet compliance best practices
Windows
Get an intuitive, intelligent experience that works how you work with Windows 11	Enterprise	Enterprise	Enterprise¹⁸
Deploy and scale your virtualized Windows desktops and apps on Azure
AI assistant for work
Use Copilot for Microsoft 365 seamlessly with Teams, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and other Microsoft 365 apps	Available as an add-on	Available as an add-on
Use AI-powered chat with real-time access to your business context and content in the Microsoft Graph in Copilot	Available as an add-on	Available as an add-on
Enterprise-grade security, privacy, and compliance	Available as an add-on	Available as an add-on

[1] After your one-month free trial ends, your subscription will automatically convert into a 12-month paid subscription and you will be charged the applicable subscription fee. Cancel anytime during your free trial to stop future charges. Credit card required to sign-up. Learn more.
[2] Copilot for Microsoft 365 may not be available for all markets and languages. To purchase, enterprise customers must have a license for Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 or Office 365 E3 or E5, and business customers must have a license for Microsoft 365 Business Standard or Business Premium.
[3] Microsoft 365 F3 includes Microsoft 365 apps for web and mobile only. Microsoft 365 mobile is limited to devices with integrated screens 10.9” diagonally or less.
[4] Mobile apps only.
[5] Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. Also includes Access and Publisher for (PC only.
[6] Check country and region availability.
[7] Available via the no-cost add-on license for Microsoft Teams Audio Conferencing with dial-out to the US and Canada. Includes unlimited toll dial-in, 60 minutes per user per month dial-out to phone numbers in the US and Canada, and Operator Connect Conferencing.
[8] Includes unlimited toll dial-in, 60 minutes per user per month dial-out to Zone A countries and regions, and Operator Connect Conferencing.
[9] Includes 10 GB of SharePoint storage in addition to 1 TB of storage provided per organization.
[10] Microsoft will provide up to 5 TB of initial OneDrive storage per Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 user based on the default quota for the tenant. Additional storage can be requested by contacting Microsoft Support. Subscriptions for fewer than five Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 users receive 1 TB of OneDrive storage that cannot be expanded. Microsoft 365 F3 plans include 2 GB of OneDrive storage per user. Storage allocations in Education tenants may be limited. Please see Office 365 Education service description for details.
[11] No site mailbox. No personal site. Cannot create forms.
[12] Premium features require a Microsoft Viva license.
[13] Users can record meetings and consume Stream content but cannot publish to Stream.
[14] Licensed users can create, share, and manage forms. Completing and responding to forms does not require a Microsoft Forms license.
[15] Requires Exchange Online. Analyst workbench tools and accelerators, manager and leader insights and experiences, and additional premium personal insights and experiences are available with the Viva Insights and Viva suite add-ons.
[16] Review the Power Apps licensing FAQ and Licensing Guide for details including functionality limits.
[17] Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) ended Mainstream Support on January 12, 2021. Extended Support will continue until January 2026.
[18] No LTSC. No MDOP. VDI only for licensed users of a shared device with a qualified operating system (except for Azure Virtual Desktop).

FAQs

What is the difference between Microsoft 365 and Office 365?

Microsoft 365 is the cloud-first productivity platform that delivers intelligent experiences, enterprise-grade management, and advanced security to take your business further. It includes apps such as Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneDrive.

Office 365 is a suite of productivity apps and services including Outlook, Word, Excel, and more.

What is included in Microsoft 365?

Microsoft 365 combines best-in-class productivity apps with intelligent cloud services to transform the way you work. The interconnectivity and intelligence built into Microsoft 365 helps customers innovate and compete more effectively on their digital transformation journey.

Are free deployment resources available?

Microsoft FastTrack is the customer success service that helps you move to Microsoft 365 smoothly and confidently and deliver business value faster. Customers with eligible subscriptions to Microsoft 365 can use FastTrack at no additional cost for the life of their subscription.

How do I upgrade to another Microsoft 365 plan?

Customers with Microsoft 365 E3 subscriptions are eligible to purchase Microsoft 365 E5 compliance and Microsoft 365 E5 security as add-ons to their Microsoft 365 E3 subscriptions. Depending on the subscription level, customers can also combine their Microsoft 365 Enterprise subscriptions with plans and add-ons from Azure, Dynamics 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security, and Microsoft 365.

Can I have different types of Microsoft 365 plans within my organization?

Yes, your organization can use any combination of plans if you meet the prerequisites. Prerequisites vary by plan.

What happens to my data if I cancel my subscription?

Microsoft has a data retention period that is typically set to 90 days for most subscriptions. This period begins upon subscription cancellation. You may retrieve your data in this period even though your subscription is disabled.