Enterprise Mobility + Security A5 for Education — Pricing, Plans & What's Included

Enterprise Mobility + Security A5 for Education is Microsoft’s advanced security and management suite for education users, because it focuses on identity protection, endpoint management, app governance, and information protection. It is licensed per user and is separate from the full Microsoft 365 A5 bundle.

Enterprise Mobility + Security A5 for Education includes advanced EMS capabilities such as Microsoft Entra ID Premium P2, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Microsoft Defender for Identity, and advanced information protection capabilities surfaced through Microsoft Purview/Information Protection experiences. These services support risk-based identity protection, privileged identity management, device and app management, cloud app visibility, SaaS controls, and protection for on-premises Active Directory identities.

Enterprise Mobility + Security A5 for Education does not include Microsoft 365 Apps desktop Office applications, Exchange Online mailboxes, SharePoint Online, OneDrive storage, or Teams service licensing by itself, because it is an EMS security and management plan rather than a productivity suite. It also is not a Windows operating system upgrade license and is not a replacement for Microsoft 365 A5 if the school needs the broader Microsoft 365 workloads.

No, Enterprise Mobility + Security A5 is not the same as Microsoft 365 A5 for Education, because EMS A5 covers security, identity, endpoint, cloud app, and information protection capabilities rather than the full productivity, Windows, and Microsoft 365 bundle. Schools that need Office apps, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Windows benefits, and EMS security should compare EMS A5 with the broader Microsoft 365 A5 options before buying.

No, Enterprise Mobility + Security A5 for Education does not license Microsoft Teams by itself, because Teams is part of Microsoft’s productivity and collaboration licensing rather than the standalone EMS security suite. A user who needs Teams must have an eligible Teams-inclusive or Teams-appropriate license assigned separately under Microsoft’s current education licensing rules.

No, Enterprise Mobility + Security A5 for Education does not include Microsoft 365 Copilot, because Copilot is a separate add-on that requires eligible underlying Microsoft 365 or Office 365 licensing. EMS A5 may strengthen identity, device, and information protection controls around a Copilot deployment, but IT Partner should confirm each user’s Copilot prerequisite license before purchase.

Enterprise Mobility + Security A5 can be part of the same tenant as Teams Premium or other Microsoft add-ons, but it does not replace the prerequisite service license, because add-ons generally require the underlying workload to be licensed first. For example, a Teams add-on normally requires the user to be licensed for Teams separately, so IT Partner should validate prerequisites before assigning add-ons.

The faculty SKU is intended for eligible faculty or staff users, the student SKU is intended for eligible student users, and the Student use benefit SKU is a distinct education student offer in the catalog. They should not be treated as interchangeable, because Microsoft education licensing depends on user population, eligibility, and assignment rules that should be confirmed before deployment.

A school should assign the license type that matches the user’s role, because faculty/staff and student SKUs are separate education offers with different licensing assumptions. If a user has a mixed role, such as a student employee or teaching assistant, IT Partner should review the scenario against Microsoft education licensing terms before assignment.

The Enterprise Mobility + Security A5 Student use benefit is a separate education student SKU shown in the catalog with its own selectable term and payment combinations. It should be validated before assignment, because eligibility, prerequisites, and use-benefit rules can depend on Microsoft’s current education licensing terms and the school’s qualifying purchases.

Yes, the education catalog supports month-to-month purchasing for Enterprise Mobility + Security A5, because the source catalog includes monthly-term options for faculty and student licensing. The live configurator should be treated as the source of truth for which terms and payment combinations are currently selectable.

Yes, the education catalog supports annual commitment options for Enterprise Mobility + Security A5, because annual terms are listed for faculty, student, and Student use benefit variants. Annual commitment can be paid upfront or, where available, paid monthly, but the live configurator should be checked before purchase.

Yes, annual upfront billing and annual commitment paid monthly are different payment structures, because both can keep an annual commitment while changing when payments are collected. For the paid faculty and student SKUs, the catalog indicates annual upfront is the lower per-seat catalog rate than annual commitment paid monthly; this comparison does not apply to the Student use benefit SKU listed at no catalog charge.

Seat increases are generally supported during the subscription term, because CSP licensing is designed to let organizations add users as needs grow. Seat reductions and cancellations are more constrained by the selected term, renewal date, and Microsoft cancellation rules, so IT Partner should confirm the exact options before the school chooses monthly or annual commitment.

At renewal, the subscription generally continues according to the selected term, billing frequency, and renewal settings, because CSP subscriptions are managed as commercial subscription records rather than one-time purchases. Schools should review user counts, faculty versus student mix, Student use benefit eligibility, and renewal preferences before the renewal date to avoid carrying the wrong seat count forward.

Cancellation depends on the selected commitment and Microsoft’s CSP cancellation rules, because month-to-month and annual commitments do not provide the same flexibility. Before buying, the school should confirm the cancellation window, reduction rules, and renewal behavior with IT Partner so the term matches budget and enrollment planning.

Yes, Enterprise Mobility + Security A5 helps with Conditional Access and identity risk scenarios, because it includes Microsoft Entra ID Premium P2 capabilities such as advanced identity protection and privileged identity management. These controls are commonly used to enforce risk-based access, reduce standing admin privileges, and improve protection for faculty and student accounts.

Yes, Enterprise Mobility + Security A5 includes Microsoft Intune, because EMS A5 is intended to support mobile device management, mobile application management, endpoint compliance policies, and app protection. The exact device enrollment model should be planned by device ownership type, operating system, age group, privacy requirements, and whether the school needs full device management or app-only controls.

Yes, Enterprise Mobility + Security A5 supports information protection and governance-related security controls, because it includes advanced information protection capabilities associated with Microsoft’s current Purview and Information Protection experiences. It can help classify, label, and protect sensitive information, but schools should confirm the current Microsoft entitlement list if they require a specific Purview feature.

Yes, moving CSP management to IT Partner is typically a partner and billing administration change rather than a tenant migration, because the school keeps its Microsoft tenant, user accounts, and assigned cloud services. IT Partner can help align the same Microsoft catalog offer where available, review faculty, student, and Student use benefit licensing, and time the transfer to avoid service interruption.