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Feature matrices exist. Price lists exist. They are almost never on the same page, and neither of them tells a European buyer what the EEA versions without Teams cost. This one does both, in your currency.
Pick exactly two to see what changes between them.
Scroll the table sideways to see all selected plans. The feature column stays put.
| Feature | Apps for business€11.00per user / month | Business Basic€6.07per user / month | Business Standard€12.13per user / month | Business Premium€19.06per user / month | Office 365 E1€8.66per user / month | Office 365 E3€26.27per user / month | Office 365 E5€41.42per user / month | Microsoft 365 E3€37.78per user / month | Microsoft 365 E5€58.13per user / month | Microsoft 365 F3€8.66per user / month |
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| Apps and productivity | ||||||||||
| Desktop Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Web and mobile Office apps | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Install on 5 PCs or Macs, 5 tablets, 5 phones per user | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Microsoft TeamsIn the EEA, most plans are also sold without Teams at a lower price. Teams is then bought separately. | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SharePoint | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Bookings | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Email and storage | ||||||||||
| Business email hosting (Exchange Online) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mailbox sizeBusiness Premium moved from 50 GB to 100 GB in summer 2026. | — | 50 GB | 50 GB | 100 GB | 50 GB | 100 GB | 100 GB | 100 GB | 100 GB | 2 GB |
| Auto-expanding archive mailboxBasic and Standard include a 50 GB archive that does not expand. Business Premium (through Exchange Online Archiving), E3 and E5 expand up to 1.5 TB. | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| OneDrive storage per user5 TB+ applies from five seats and can be raised on request to Microsoft. | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 1 TB | 5 TB+ | 5 TB+ | 5 TB+ | 5 TB+ | 2 GB |
| Identity and devices | ||||||||||
| Microsoft Entra ID P1This is the line that most often decides between Office 365 E3 and Microsoft 365 E3. | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Entra ID P2 (identity protection, PIM) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Conditional Access | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Microsoft Intune Plan 1 | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Windows 11 Enterprise upgrade rights | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security | ||||||||||
| Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 (Safe Links, Safe Attachments)Included in Microsoft 365 E3 from July 2026, with the E3 price change; earlier E3 had Exchange Online Protection only. | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 (attack simulation, threat hunting) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| Defender for Business (endpoint protection)The SMB endpoint product. Enterprise plans use Defender for Endpoint instead. | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Defender for Identity | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Defender for Cloud Apps | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Sensitivity labels and information protection | — | — | — | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Compliance | ||||||||||
| Data loss prevention for email and files | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Retention policies and litigation holdLitigation hold is a feature of Exchange Online Plan 2, and of Plan 1 with Exchange Online Archiving, which Business Premium includes. Basic, Standard and E1 need the Archiving add-on, around EUR 2.60 per user per month. | — | Add-on | Add-on | ✓ | Add-on | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Add-on |
| eDiscovery (Standard) | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| eDiscovery (Premium) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| Insider Risk Management | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Communication Compliance | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Customer Lockbox | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| Voice and analytics | ||||||||||
| Power BI Pro | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| Teams Phone (phone system)A calling plan or direct routing is still needed on top, and is bought separately. | — | — | — | — | — | — | ✓ | — | ✓ | — |
| Limits | ||||||||||
| Maximum usersThe 300-seat cap is the most common reason a growing company has to move off the Business plans. | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit | No limit |