So for instance, Exchange plan 1 includes a 50 GB mailbox, whereas plan 2 includes 100 GB. On the other hand, E3 does boast “Plan 2” for both Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. These features are $2.00/user/month for ATP, and $6.00/user/month for Intune, if purchased separately–but they are INCLUDED in Microsoft 365 Business, making this SKU a killer deal, in my opinion. Intune does a lot for managing devices of all types (not just mobile devices), but most notably allows us to remotely wipe company data and do factory resets for Windows 10.

Just quickly: ATP gives us the ability to enable some advanced anti-phishing protections, safe links (all links are wrapped in a Microsoft URL and are scanned at time of the click), as well as safe attachments (attachments are detonated in a sandbox before delivery). Intune and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) are included with the Microsoft 365 Business subscription but not with Office 365 E3. Both include Exchange archiving, email encryption via Azure Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and more–how the two stack up against each other is actually pretty crazy.

Further, the one product is strictly an Office 365 product, while the other is Microsoft 365, including Office 365, some security/compliance enhancements, and Windows 10 licensing.īut it is hard not to invite the comparison, because both of these SKU’s are priced at $20.00/user/month (USD), and contain so many similar features. The new Microsoft 365 Business is a compelling competitor, in some ways, to Office 365 E3, even though one is from the “Enterprise” track while the other is from the “Business” side (Microsoft targets the Business product line to small and mid-sized organizations with less than 300 total users). But today I want to make a detailed comparison between two SKU’s from different universes. the Business track, or, by moving from E3 to E5 for example. That way you can see what is being “added” by being on the Enterprise vs. compare Office 365 E3 to E5, or to Office 365 Business Premium.

Generally, when you are comparing these SKU’s, you would look at “apples to apples” as much as possible–e.g. As previously explained, Microsoft 365 subscriptions are a relatively new beast, and they are essentially a “bundle of bundles”–they include Office 365 as well as some additional products for extra security, and even Windows 10 “subscription” licensing. Since that time, I have also been playing more and more with the Microsoft 365 Business subscription (as opposed to Office 365 Business).

Recently I wrote a few articles on the various subscriptions out there, and how confusing everything is getting as the 365 universe expands and morphs.

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