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Our Microsoft 365 plans give you the ability to easily and securely share and collaborate on documents using OneDrive for Business and Online Office apps. With Online Essentials and Business Premium you can also create a domain-based email address and share calendars and contacts with people inside and outside of your company. Oct 23, 2020 Find out what's new in Dynamics 365 (including Sales, Service, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Human Resources, Business Central, and Commerce apps) and Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents). Find the right Microsoft 365 Family or Personal plan for all your devices. Includes AI-powered Office apps, 1 TB of cloud storage, and premium mobile features. Microsoft / Office 365 has been the flagship office software plan for Microsoft for nearly a decade. It is popular with companies of all sizes and has achieved high rates of adoption and user loyalty. Key to this success has been Microsoft’s ability to create different Microsoft 365 plans. The branding shift is meant to better reflect the innovative cloud-based productivity tools offered in these plans, as well as the new Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions, according to a blog post authored by Jared Spataro, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft 365. But the name changes should also help better differentiate between.

Microsoft 365 is available in a variety of plans to best meet the needs of your organization. If you're looking for the differences between the Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Education plans, this article will show you which features are included in each of them.

Microsoft 365 provides a complete system, including Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility and Security. The following table lists the Office 365 for Education A1, A3, and A5 features along with the corresponding Microsoft 365 for Education A3 and A5 features. To compare features across business and enterprise plans, see Compare Microsoft 365 for business plans, or, for a more detailed list of features, see the relevant service description under Microsoft 365 and Office 365 service descriptions. To search for support articles and information, see Office Help & Training.

Services and features

Each Microsoft 365 Education plan includes a number of individual services, such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. The following table shows the services that are available in each Office 365 and Microsoft 365 plan so that you can choose the solution that best meets your needs. To review services and features in greater detail, see the Office 365 Education service description.

Service	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Office 365 platform	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Office for the web	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Exchange Online	Yes1	Yes2	Yes2	Yes2	Yes2	Yes1	Yes1	Yes1	Yes1
SharePoint Online	Yes3	Yes4	Yes4	Yes4	Yes4	Yes3	Yes3	Yes3	Yes3
OneDrive for Business	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Teams	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Skype for Business Online	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Project	No5	No5	No5	No5	No5	No5	No5	No5	No5
Yammer Academic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Stream	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Planner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Classroom tools	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Classroom experiences in Microsoft Teams	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
OneNote Class Notebook	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Sway	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Forms	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Learning tools	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Accessibility Checker	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Office Lens	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Minecraft Education Edition with Code Builder	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Take a Test app	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Set up School PCs app	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Voice video and meetings	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Skype Meeting Broadcast	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Bookings	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Audio Conferencing	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Phone System	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Analytics	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Delve	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Power BI Pro	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
My Analytics	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Azure Active Directory	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Azure Active Directory Basic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Azure Active Directory Plan 1	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Azure Active Directory Plan 2	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Compliance	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Office 365 Rights Management	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Azure Information Protection Plan 1	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Azure Information Protection Plan 2	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Litigation Hold	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Content search	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Core eDiscovery (including Hold and Export)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Advanced eDiscovery	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Data loss prevention (DLP) for email and files	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Endpoint DLP	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Communications DLP (Teams chat)	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Communication Compliance	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Customer Key	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Basic Auditing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Advanced Auditing	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Basic Office 365 Message Encryption	Yes9	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes9	Yes9	Yes9	Yes9
Advanced Office 365 Message Encryption	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Customer Lockbox	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Insider Risk Management	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Privileged Access Management	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Management and security	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Microsoft Defender for Office 36510 Plan 2	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
School Data Sync	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Advanced Security Management	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Intune for Education6	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Advanced Threat Analytics	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Defender Antivirus	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Defender Device Guard	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Defender for Identity11	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Office 365 Cloud App Security	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft 365 Cloud App Security	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint12	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Server and CAL benefits	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Exchange7	No	No	No	Yes8	Yes	No	No	No	No
SharePoint7	No	No	No	Yes8	Yes	No	No	No	No
Skype for Business7	No	No	No	Yes8	Yes	No	No	No	No
Windows Server CAL	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
System Center Endpoint Protection	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No

Note

¹ Includes Exchange Online Plan 1 plus supplemental features.
² Includes Exchange Online Plan 2.
³ Includes SharePoint Online Plan 1 plus supplemental features.
⁴ Includes SharePoint Online Plan 2.
⁵ Microsoft Project is not included in Office 365 but can be acquired separately. Project Online Essentials is free. If you are a student or an educational institution, you may be eligible to purchase Project Plan 3 and Plan 5 at educational prices.
⁶ Includes Intune.
⁷ Servers and CALs are included for Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business.
⁸ ECAL or Core CAL, depending on the version of A3 that is purchased—with A5, the ECAL rights are included.
⁹ Microsoft 365 apps is required in order to apply protections and send protected emails from the Outlook Desktop.
¹⁰ Formerly Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection.
¹¹ Formerly Azure Advanced Threat Protection.
¹² Formerly Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection.

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Microsoft 365 is available in a variety of plans to best meet the needs of your organization. If you're looking for the differences between the Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Education plans, this article will show you which features are included in each of them.

Microsoft 365 provides a complete system, including Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility and Security. The following table lists the Office 365 for Education A1, A3, and A5 features along with the corresponding Microsoft 365 for Education A3 and A5 features. To compare features across business and enterprise plans, see Compare Microsoft 365 for business plans, or, for a more detailed list of features, see the relevant service description under Microsoft 365 and Office 365 service descriptions. To search for support articles and information, see Office Help & Training.

Services and features

Each Microsoft 365 Education plan includes a number of individual services, such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. The following table shows the services that are available in each Office 365 and Microsoft 365 plan so that you can choose the solution that best meets your needs. To review services and features in greater detail, see the Office 365 Education service description.

Compare Microsoft 365 Plans

Service	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Office 365 platform	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Office for the web	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Exchange Online	Yes1	Yes2	Yes2	Yes2	Yes2	Yes1	Yes1	Yes1	Yes1
SharePoint Online	Yes3	Yes4	Yes4	Yes4	Yes4	Yes3	Yes3	Yes3	Yes3
OneDrive for Business	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Teams	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Skype for Business Online	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Project	No5	No5	No5	No5	No5	No5	No5	No5	No5
Yammer Academic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Stream	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Planner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Classroom tools	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Classroom experiences in Microsoft Teams	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
OneNote Class Notebook	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Sway	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Forms	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Learning tools	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Accessibility Checker	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Office Lens	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Minecraft Education Edition with Code Builder	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Take a Test app	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Set up School PCs app	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Voice video and meetings	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Skype Meeting Broadcast	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Bookings	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Audio Conferencing	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Phone System	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Analytics	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Delve	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Power BI Pro	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
My Analytics	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Azure Active Directory	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Azure Active Directory Basic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Azure Active Directory Plan 1	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Azure Active Directory Plan 2	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Compliance	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Office 365 Rights Management	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Azure Information Protection Plan 1	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Azure Information Protection Plan 2	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Litigation Hold	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Content search	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Core eDiscovery (including Hold and Export)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Advanced eDiscovery	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Data loss prevention (DLP) for email and files	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Endpoint DLP	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Communications DLP (Teams chat)	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Communication Compliance	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Customer Key	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Basic Auditing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Advanced Auditing	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Basic Office 365 Message Encryption	Yes9	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes9	Yes9	Yes9	Yes9
Advanced Office 365 Message Encryption	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Customer Lockbox	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Insider Risk Management	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Privileged Access Management	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Management and security	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Microsoft Defender for Office 36510 Plan 2	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
School Data Sync	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Advanced Security Management	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Intune for Education6	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Advanced Threat Analytics	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Defender Antivirus	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Defender Device Guard	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Defender for Identity11	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Office 365 Cloud App Security	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft 365 Cloud App Security	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint12	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Server and CAL benefits	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Exchange7	No	No	No	Yes8	Yes	No	No	No	No
SharePoint7	No	No	No	Yes8	Yes	No	No	No	No
Skype for Business7	No	No	No	Yes8	Yes	No	No	No	No
Windows Server CAL	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
System Center Endpoint Protection	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No

Microsoft 365 Plans Personal

Note

Microsoft 365 Plans

¹ Includes Exchange Online Plan 1 plus supplemental features.
² Includes Exchange Online Plan 2.
³ Includes SharePoint Online Plan 1 plus supplemental features.
⁴ Includes SharePoint Online Plan 2.
⁵ Microsoft Project is not included in Office 365 but can be acquired separately. Project Online Essentials is free. If you are a student or an educational institution, you may be eligible to purchase Project Plan 3 and Plan 5 at educational prices.
⁶ Includes Intune.
⁷ Servers and CALs are included for Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business.
⁸ ECAL or Core CAL, depending on the version of A3 that is purchased—with A5, the ECAL rights are included.
⁹ Microsoft 365 apps is required in order to apply protections and send protected emails from the Outlook Desktop.
¹⁰ Formerly Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection.
¹¹ Formerly Azure Advanced Threat Protection.
¹² Formerly Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection.