This page provides an overview of the features included in the A1, A3, and A5 Microsoft Education licenses.
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This legend provides a quick reference to the icons used in the tables in this article.
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Microsoft365 A1 license |
License fulfilled by A1 license |
Microsoft365 A3 license |
License fulfilled by A3 license |
Microsoft365 A5 license |
Student Use license |
Office365 A1 license |
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Office365 A3 license |
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Office365 A5 license |
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A1 license fulfilled (faculty), Students Use available |
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A1 license purchase available (faculty), Students Use available |
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Analytics
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Compliance Management |
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| Education Insights in Teams |
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| Adoption Score |
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| Secure Score |
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| Power BI Pro |
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Microsoft Power Apps addons
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Power BI Pro |
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| Power BI Premium |
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Automation, app building, and chatbots
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Power Apps for Microsoft 365 |
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| Power Automate for Microsoft 365* |
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| Power Virtual Agent for Teams |
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| Dataverse for Teams |
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*Refer to the licensing FAQs and Licensing Guide for details including functionality limits.
(M365-A1, O365-A1) Cloud flows only; no desktop flows.
(Windows) Desktop flows only; no cloud flows.
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Classroom experience in Microsoft Teams |
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| Microsoft Whiteboard |
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| OneNote Class Notebook |
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| Minecraft Education |
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| Learning Accelerators |
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| Take a Test app |
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| Set up School PCs app |
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Cloud access security broker
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Discovery |
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| Defender for Cloud App Security |
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| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps |
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| App Governance in Defender for Cloud Apps |
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Content services
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Graph API |
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| Microsoft Search |
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| Microsoft Stream |
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| Microsoft Forms* |
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| Microsoft Lists |
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Note
*Licensed users can create/share/manage forms. Completing/responding doesn't require a Forms license.
Copilot addons
Microsoft 365 Copilot addons
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot |
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| Copilot Studio per tenant per month |
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Data lifecycle management
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Manual retention labels |
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| Basic org-wide or location-wide retention policies |
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| Teams retention policies |
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| Rules-based automatic retention policies |
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| Machine learning-based retention |
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| Records management |
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Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| DLP for emails and files |
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| DLP for Teams chat |
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| Endpoint DLP |
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eDiscovery and auditing
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Content Search |
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| eDiscovery (Standard) (including Hold and Export) |
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| Litigation Hold |
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| eDiscovery (Premium) |
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| Audit (Standard) |
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| Audit (Premium) |
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Email, calendar, and scheduling
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Exchange Plan 1 (50 GB mailbox + 50 GB archive) |
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| Exchange Plan 2 (100 GB mailbox + up to 1.5 TB archive)* |
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| Calendar |
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| Outlook desktop client |
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| Auto-expanding email archive |
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| Exchange Online Protection |
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| Public folder mailboxes |
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| Resource mailboxes |
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| Inactive mailboxes |
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| Microsoft Shifts |
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| Microsoft Bookings |
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Note
*100-GB initial archive with automatic expansion up to 1.5 TB.
Exchange Online addons
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Exchange Online Archiving |
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Endpoint and app management
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Intune for Education |
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| Microsoft Intune Remote Help |
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| Mobile Device Management |
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| Mobile application management |
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| Group Policy support for Windows |
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| Group Policy support for Microsoft 365 apps |
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| Cloud policy service for Microsoft 365 |
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| Shared computer activation for Microsoft 365 apps |
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| Endpoint Analytics |
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Identity and access management
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Entra ID for Education - Basic |
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| User Provisioning |
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| Cloud user self-service password change |
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| Multifactor authentication |
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| Conditional Access |
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| Microsoft 365 Groups |
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| Single sign-on (SSO) |
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| Windows Hello for Business |
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| School Data Sync |
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| Microsoft Entra ID Plan 1 |
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| Cloud user self-service password reset |
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| Hybrid user self-service password change/reset with on premises write-back |
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| Advanced Security Reports |
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| DirectAccess supported |
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| Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics |
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| Microsoft Entra ID Plan 2 |
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| Microsoft Entra ID Protection |
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| Risk Based Conditional Access / Identity Protection |
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| Privileged Identity Management |
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| Access Reviews |
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| Entitlement Management |
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| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Basic Message Encryption |
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| Manual, default, and mandatory sensitivity labeling in Microsoft 365 apps |
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| Sensitivity labeling for containers in Microsoft 365 |
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| Personal Data Encryption |
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| Azure Information Protection Plan 1 |
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| Azure Information Protection Plan 2 |
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| Automatic sensitivity labeling in Microsoft 365 apps |
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| Automatic sensitivity labels in Exchange, SharePoint and OneDrive |
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| Default sensitivity labels for SharePoint document libraries |
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| Sensitivity labels based on advanced classifiers (e.g., Trainable Classifiers, EDM, Named Entities, Contextual) |
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| Advanced Message Encryption |
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| Customer Key |
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Insider risk management
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Information Barriers |
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| Insider Risk Management |
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| Communication Compliance |
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| Customer Lockbox |
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| Privileged Access Management |
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Meeting, calling, and chat
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Teams |
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| 1:1 and group online audio and video calls |
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| Scheduled meetings |
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| Recorded meetings |
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| Town hall* |
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| Webinars |
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| Teams Phone Standard |
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| Audio Conferencing** |
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Microsoft Teams licenses addons
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Teams Premium |
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| Audio Conferencing |
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| Teams Phone Standard |
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| Domestic Calling Plan |
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| Pay-as-you-go Calling Plan |
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| International Calling Plan |
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| Teams Phone with Domestic Calling Plan |
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Microsoft 365 apps
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Desktop client apps* |
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| Microsoft 365 for mobile |
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| Install apps on up to 5 PCs/Mac + 5 tablets + 5 smartphones** |
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| Microsoft 365 for the web |
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| Visio for the web |
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| Multilingual user interface for Microsoft 365 apps |
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| Microsoft Editor premium features |
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Note
*Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access (PC only), and Publisher (PC only)
**(M365-A1 and O365-A1) Mobile Apps Only
Project and task management
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Planner |
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| Microsoft To-do |
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Social, intranet, and storage
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| SharePoint Plan 1 |
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| Yammer Academic |
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| SharePoint Plan 2 |
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Note
Effective February 1, 2024, Office 365 A1 free users will have a maximum limit of 100GB OneDrive storage.
Refer to the Office 365 Education service description for details on included storage.
Microsoft SharePoint and storage addons
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| SharePoint Advanced Management |
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| Extra Graph Connector Capacity |
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| Microsoft 365 Extra File Storage |
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| eDiscovery Storage |
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| Advanced Data Residency |
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Security and compliance addons
Microsoft 365 A5 license addons
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft 365 A5 Security |
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| Microsoft 365 A5 Compliance |
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| Microsoft 365 A5 Compliance - Students |
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| Microsoft 365 A5 Info Protection and Governance |
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| Microsoft 365 A5 Insider Risk Management |
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| Microsoft 365 A5 Insider Risk Management - Students |
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| Microsoft 365 A5 eDiscovery and Audit |
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| Microsoft 365 A5 eDiscovery and Audit - Students |
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Microsoft Defender addons
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Defender for Identity |
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| Microsoft Defender for Microsoft 365 Plan 1 |
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| Microsoft Defender for Microsoft 365 Plan 2 |
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| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps |
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| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 |
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| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 |
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| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 - Students |
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| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for servers |
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| Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management addon |
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| Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management addon to Defender for Endpoint for servers |
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Microsoft compliance addons
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Priva Privacy Risk Management |
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| Priva Subject Rights Requests |
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| Microsoft Purview DLP (for emails and files) |
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| Microsoft Cloud PKI |
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Microsoft Entra addons (identity)
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Entra ID Plan 1 |
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| Microsoft Entra ID Plan 2 |
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| Microsoft Entra ID Governance |
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| Microsoft Entra ID Governance P2 |
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| Microsoft Entra Suite |
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| Microsoft Entra Internet Access |
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| Microsoft Entra Private Access |
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Microsoft Intune addons (devices)
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Intune Plan 1 (for Education) |
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| Microsoft Intune Plan 2 |
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| Microsoft Intune Suite |
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| Microsoft Intune Remote Help |
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| Microsoft Intune Endpoint Privilege Management |
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| Microsoft Intune Advanced Analytics |
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| Microsoft Intune Enterprise Application Management |
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Threat protection
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Defender Antimalware |
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| Microsoft Defender Firewall |
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| Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard |
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| Microsoft Defender Credential Guard |
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| BitLocker and BitLocker To Go |
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| Windows Information Protection |
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| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 |
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| Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Edge |
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| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 |
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| Safe Documents |
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| Microsoft Defender for Identity |
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| Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2* |
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| Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office |
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Note
*Student Use Benefit = Microsoft Defender for Microsoft 365 Plan 1.
Viva Connections
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Viva Connections for Education |
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Viva Insights
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Viva Insights app in Teams |
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| Personal insights and experiences |
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| Premium personal insights and experiences |
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Note
*Requires Exchange Online. Manager and Leader insights, Advanced insights, and Premium personal insights are available with the Viva Insights and Viva Suite addons.
**Includes the Shorten a meeting feature, Delay delivery plan, and Track email open rate inline suggestions.
Viva Learning
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Viva Learning in Teams |
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| Create learning tabs in Teams channels |
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| Search, share, and chat about learning content |
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| Microsoft Learn and Microsoft 365 Training libraries + 125 top LinkedIn Learning courses |
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| Organization-generated content with SharePoint and Viva Learning |
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Note
*Included with Faculty licenses only. Course recommendations and progress tracking, integration with third-party content providers and Learning Management Systems, and learning content surfaced across Microsoft 365 suite are available with the Viva Learning or Viva suite addon license.
Microsoft Viva addons
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Viva Insights |
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| Viva Learning |
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| Viva Suite |
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| Viva Glint |
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Windows
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Universal Print |
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| Windows 11 Pro Education |
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| Virtual Desktop Access |
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| Windows 11 Education/Enterprise |
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| Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) |
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| Windows 365 Enterprise |
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| Windows Autopilot |
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| Windows Update for Business deployment service |
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Windows addons
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
Windows A3 |
Windows A5 |
| Universal Print Volume addon |
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| High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC) |
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