Microsoft 365 plan components: what is inside, side by side
Every Microsoft 365 subscription is a fixed set of service plans, the indivisible units a license switches on: Exchange Online, Teams, Intune, Entra ID, Defender, Purview and the rest, each at a level. This page reads Microsoft’s own map and shows it the way a buyer needs it: compare plans component by component, open one plan to see everything inside, or tick the components you need and find the cheapest plan that carries them, at Microsoft list price.
| Component | Business Premium$22.00 per user per month, commercial list | Microsoft 365 E3$39.00 per user per month, commercial list | Microsoft 365 E5$60.00 per user per month, commercial list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | |||
| Microsoft Entra ID | P1 | P1 | P2 |
| Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Exchange Online | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Exchange Online Archiving | ✓ | — | — |
| Files and sites | |||
| Office for the Web | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SharePoint | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Meetings and chat | |||
| Audio Conferencing | — | — | ✓ |
| Microsoft Teams | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voice | |||
| Teams Phone (Phone System) | — | — | ✓ |
| Office apps | |||
| Microsoft 365 Apps for business | ✓ | — | — |
| Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Excel Advanced Analytics | — | — | ✓ |
| Devices and Windows | |||
| Basic Mobility and Security | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Intune | Plan 1 | Plan 1 | Plan 1 |
| Universal Print | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows Autopatch | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows Business (upgrade rights) | ✓ | — | — |
| Windows Enterprise | — | E3 | E3 |
| Windows Update for Business Deployment Service | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security | |||
| Defender for Business | ✓ | — | — |
| Defender for Cloud Apps | Discovery | Discovery | Full |
| Defender for Endpoint | — | Plan 1 | Plan 2 |
| Defender for Identity | — | — | ✓ |
| Defender for IoT - Enterprise IoT Security | — | — | ✓ |
| Defender for Office 365 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Defender XDR | — | — | ✓ |
| Safe Documents | — | — | ✓ |
| Compliance | |||
| Azure Information Protection | P1 | P1 | P2 |
| Customer Lockbox | — | — | ✓ |
| Data Classification in Microsoft 365 | — | — | ✓ |
| Data Loss Prevention | ✓ | — | — |
| Information Barriers | — | — | ✓ |
| Information Protection and Governance Analytics – | — | Standard | Premium |
| Information Protection for Office 365 | — | Standard | Premium |
| Microsoft 365 Communication Compliance | — | — | ✓ |
| Microsoft Communications DLP | — | — | ✓ |
| Microsoft Customer Key | — | — | ✓ |
| Microsoft Endpoint DLP | — | — | ✓ |
| Microsoft ML-Based Classification | — | — | ✓ |
| Premium Encryption in Office 365 | — | — | ✓ |
| Purview Audit (Premium) | — | — | ✓ |
| Purview Discovery | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Purview eDiscovery (Premium) | — | — | ✓ |
| Purview Information Governance | — | — | ✓ |
| Purview Insider Risk Management | — | — | ✓ |
| Purview Privileged Access Management | — | — | ✓ |
| Purview Records Management | — | — | ✓ |
| Analytics and insights | |||
| Power BI Pro | — | — | P2 |
| Viva Insights (MyAnalytics) | Personal | Personal | Full |
| Automation and low code | |||
| Copilot Studio for Office 365 (Power Virtual Agents) | P3 | P2 | P3 |
| Power Apps for Office 365 | P1 | P2 | P3 |
| Power Automate for Office 365 | P1 | P2 | P3 |
| Workplace apps | |||
| Microsoft Bookings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Clipchamp | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Forms | E1 | E3 | E5 |
| Microsoft Loop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Planner | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Stream | E1 | E3 | E5 |
| Project for Office | E5 | E3 | E5 |
| Sway | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| To-Do | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Viva Engage (Yammer) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Viva Engage Core | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Viva Learning Seeded | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Whiteboard | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Quote | 25 users → | 25 users → | 25 users → |
A level (Plan 1, P2, E3) is the edition of the component the plan carries; a check mark means the component has one edition; a dash means the plan does not carry it. Prices are Microsoft list, annual commitment paid upfront, per user per month.
Components, levels and what the page leaves out
Quick start
- Compare plans: pick two to four plans; tick “differences only” to see what the step up or down changes. The bold cell is the highest level in the row.
- Inside one plan: every component of one plan, grouped by family, with a line on what each does and a link where Microsoft sells it standalone.
- Find a plan by component: tick what you need; the plans that carry all of it list cheapest first, and “Compare” drops one into the matrix.
Not here: feature limits inside a component (mailbox sizes, storage pools, meeting caps), tenant-level switches, and the no-Teams variants. The cost calculator prices a mix under each commitment, and the E5 vs E3 + add-ons calculator answers the upgrade question in dollars.
Editorial comparisons
- Microsoft 365 Business Premium vs E3: Side-by-Side Comparison & How to Choose
- Microsoft 365 E3 vs E5: What the Upgrade Actually Buys You
- Microsoft 365 Business Standard vs Business Premium: Is the Upgrade Worth It?
Guides
- Microsoft 365 Business Basic vs Standard vs Premium (October 2026 Prices): Which Plan for 10, 50 and 200 Users
- Office 365 E1 vs Office 365 E3 vs Microsoft 365 E3: What Each Includes, October 2026 Prices, and Who Should Pick Which
- Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 vs E5: What Each Includes, What It Costs, and When Microsoft 365 E3 Already Covers It
- Microsoft 365 License Rules: Devices, Shared Mailboxes, Who Needs One
The components, by family
74 components across 36 plans, from Microsoft’s licensing service plan reference as mirrored on 2026-11-01.
Identity
- Microsoft Entra ID — The identity service. Free is the directory every tenant has; P1 adds Conditional Access, group management and self-service password reset; P2 adds Identity Protection risk policies and Privileged Identity Management. Standalone price →
- Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication — Multifactor authentication with the full policy controls, as opposed to the security defaults every tenant can switch on.
- Exchange Online — Mailboxes, calendars and mail flow. Plan 1 is the 50 GB mailbox most plans carry; Plan 2 is the 100 GB mailbox with the unlimited archive and data loss prevention; Kiosk is the 2 GB mailbox for frontline and shared-device users. Standalone price →
- Exchange Online Archiving — An archive mailbox for plans whose primary mailbox does not include one.
Files and sites
- Office for the Web — Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote in the browser.
- OneDrive — The personal file store; the bundles carry it through the SharePoint plan.
- SharePoint — Team sites, document libraries and intranet pages; Plan 1 and Plan 2 differ in the storage pool and in the enterprise search, forms and content-services features.
Meetings and chat
- Audio Conferencing — Dial-in numbers for Teams meetings.
- Microsoft Teams — Chat, meetings, channels and calling between users. The no-Teams variants of the enterprise plans leave it out.
- Microsoft Teams Essentials — Teams meetings and chat as a standalone license for organizations without a Microsoft 365 suite.
Voice
- Teams Phone (Phone System) — The phone system behind Teams calling: voicemail, call queues, auto attendants. Calling plans or an operator connect the public network. Standalone price →
Office apps
- Microsoft 365 Apps for business — The installed Office apps for organizations up to 300 users.
- Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise — The installed Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote on up to five PCs or Macs, five tablets and five phones per user, with shared computer activation.
- Microsoft Excel Advanced Analytics
Devices and Windows
- Basic Mobility and Security — The light mobile device management built into Office 365, a subset of Intune.
- Microsoft Intune — Device and application management for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android. Standalone price →
- Remote help
- Universal Print
- Windows Autopatch
- Windows Business (upgrade rights) — The right to upgrade Windows Pro devices to the Business Premium Windows features.
- Windows Enterprise — The Windows Enterprise upgrade rights and features for devices already licensed with Windows Pro.
- Windows Update for Business Deployment Service
Security
- Defender for Business — The small-business edition of Defender for Endpoint, for organizations up to 300 users. Standalone price →
- Defender for Cloud Apps — Visibility and control over cloud apps. Discovery shows what is in use; the Office 365 edition covers Microsoft's own apps; the full edition covers third-party apps with session control.
- Defender for Endpoint — Endpoint protection. Plan 1 is next-generation protection and attack surface reduction; Plan 2 adds endpoint detection and response, vulnerability management and automated investigation.
- Defender for Identity — Sensors on domain controllers that detect identity attacks on premises.
- Defender for IoT - Enterprise IoT Security
- Defender for Office 365 — Protection for mail and files. Plan 1 is Safe Links and Safe Attachments; Plan 2 adds attack simulation, automated investigation and threat hunting.
- Defender XDR — The combined console and automated response across the Defender products.
- Safe Documents
Compliance
- Azure Information Protection — Sensitivity labels and encryption. P1 is manual and policy-based labeling; P2 adds automatic classification.
- Azure Rights Management
- Customer Lockbox
- Data Classification in Microsoft 365
- Data Loss Prevention — Policies that stop sensitive data leaving in mail and files.
- Information Barriers
- Information Protection and Governance Analytics –
- Information Protection for Office 365
- Microsoft 365 Communication Compliance
- Microsoft Azure Rights Management Service
- Microsoft Communications DLP
- Microsoft Customer Key
- Microsoft Endpoint DLP
- Microsoft ML-Based Classification
- Premium Encryption in Office 365
- Purview Audit (Premium) — The longer audit retention and the richer audit events.
- Purview Discovery
- Purview eDiscovery (Premium) — The premium eDiscovery workflow with custodians, review sets and analytics.
- Purview Information Governance — Retention policies across mail, files and Teams.
- Purview Insider Risk Management — Policies that flag risky user activity, with communication compliance.
- Purview Privileged Access Management
- Purview Records Management — Retention labels, records and disposition.
Analytics and insights
- Power BI Pro — Publish and share reports and dashboards. Standalone price →
- Viva Insights (MyAnalytics) — Personal productivity insights from your own calendar and mail; the full edition adds manager and leader views.
Automation and low code
- Copilot Studio for Office 365 (Power Virtual Agents) — The agent-building capacity included with Office 365, formerly Power Virtual Agents for Teams.
- Power Apps for Office 365 — Apps on standard connectors inside Office 365, without premium connectors or standalone Dataverse.
- Power Automate for Office 365 — Flows that use the standard connectors, within Office 365.
Copilot
- Microsoft 365 Copilot — Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, grounded in your tenant's data. Sold as an add-on to a qualifying base plan. Standalone price →
Workplace apps
- Microsoft Bookings — Appointment scheduling pages.
- Microsoft Clipchamp
- Microsoft Forms — Surveys and quizzes.
- Microsoft Loop
- Microsoft Planner — Task boards; the premium features need a Planner or Project license.
- Microsoft Stream — Video in SharePoint and Teams.
- Project for Office
- Sway
- To-Do
- Viva Engage (Yammer) — Communities and company-wide conversation.
- Viva Engage Core
- Viva Learning Seeded
- Whiteboard
Education
- Education Analytics
- Minecraft Education Edition
- School Data Sync
Assumptions and sources
- Composition. Microsoft’s “Product names and service plan identifiers for licensing” reference, read from the MicrosoftDocs mirror on 2026-11-01; Microsoft updates it about monthly and the import re-runs with the price list. Service plans are folded into components by edition (Plan 1, P2, E3) and the Government and Education variants into the same component.
- Prices. Microsoft list price from the current price list, annual commitment paid upfront, per user per month, in the segment the plan is sold in. Plans without a product on our list show “price on request”.
- Hidden by default. Plumbing plans (Exchange Foundation, Nucleus, Microsoft Search, Common Data Service), retired items and the sub-features of Microsoft 365 Copilot; a toggle shows them.
Questions this page gets asked
What is a service plan?
The indivisible unit Microsoft switches on when a license is assigned: Exchange Online (Plan 1), Microsoft Teams, Intune, Entra ID P1 and so on. Every subscription is a fixed set of them, published by Microsoft in its licensing service plan reference, which is the map this page reads.
What does a level like Plan 1, P2 or E3 mean?
The edition of the component the plan carries. Exchange Online Plan 1 is a 50 GB mailbox and Plan 2 a 100 GB mailbox with an archive; Entra ID P1 adds Conditional Access and P2 adds Identity Protection and Privileged Identity Management. The compare view marks the highest level in bold when the plans differ.
Why does a plan show more service plans than components?
Microsoft lists every technical unit, including plumbing such as Exchange Foundation or Nucleus, retired items, and several entries for one product's editions. The page folds editions into one component with a level and hides the plumbing; the toggle shows everything.
Which plans are covered?
The Business, Enterprise and Frontline suites, the Exchange Online plans, Apps for business and enterprise, EMS E3 and E5, the E5 Security and E5 Compliance suites, the common add-ons, and the Education and Government suites we sell. Microsoft publishes several hundred SKUs; this page carries the ones a buyer compares.
Are the prices the ones we would pay?
They are Microsoft's list prices from the current price list, annual commitment paid upfront, per user per month, for the segment the plan is sold in: Commercial for most, Education and Government for the A and G plans. Nonprofit prices are on each plan's page. The quote link carries the exact SKU.
A component is in my plan but I cannot find the feature. Why?
A service plan can be present and still need setup, a prerequisite, or a tenant-level switch; a few also depend on the Teams-included or no-Teams variant of the plan. The component glossary says what each one does; our team confirms the entitlement for your exact SKU before you buy.