Microsoft Office 365

How Office 365 Enterprise and Business Plans Differ

Both the Microsoft 365 Business plans and Enterprise plans are available for organizations with fewer than 300 employees. Based on larger companies being more likely to be using Office 365, you might be contemplating whether to go with a Business or Enterprise option.

Here are some major features you gain with Office 365 Enterprise plans: 

• Microsoft Teams PBX and PSTN conferencing (PSTN calling is available as an add-on in E3 and E5)
• Advanced Information Protection
• Advanced Threat Protection
• Active Directory integration
• Power BI
• Delve Analytics
• Litigation Hold
• Unlimited archive and mail storage
• Enterprise app management

ggjEnterprise plans are only available when purchased as a one-year commitment.

Here’s a breakdown of all Microsoft 365 Business plans so you can better understand how they differ. 

Microsoft 365 Business Plans

Microsoft 365 Business plans were created for small businesses with fewer than 300 employees that might not need all the bells and whistles Enterprise Microsoft 365 and Office 365 offer.

Here’s what’s included in each Microsoft 365 Business plan for small companies.

Microsoft 365 Business Basic (Formerly Office 365 Business Essentials)

Looking to get basic Microsoft 365 functionality? Microsoft 365 Business Basic offers business email with 50 GB mailbox storage, custom email domain, and web versions of essential Office 365 applications like Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Here’s what you need to know about the Business Basic license:

Microsoft 365 Apps for Business (Formerly Office 365 Business)

Next is the Office 365 Business plan. Here are the price and specs for this license option:

Microsoft 365 Business Standard (Formerly Office 365 Business Premium)

Microsoft 365 Business Standard adds critical small business tools such as Microsoft Bookings to allows customers to schedule appointments, and Mile IQ for real-time mileage tracking from your mobile devices.

Office 365 Enterprise E1

E1 is the least expensive Enterprise plan. Here’s what you get with the E1 license:

Here’s how Office 365 Enterprise E1 differs from Business Premium:

• With E1, you can only access email via the online application.
• With E1, you lose desktop versions of Office applications. You must use the online versions of Outlook and other Office applications like Word or PowerPoint online.

Office 365 Enterprise E3

The E3 license is one of the more popular options for digital-driven businesses. With E3, you gain desktop apps, You gain email, archiving, information protection and more storage options. Additionally, you gain Intune for device management and Azure Information Protection (plan 1) for data loss protection.

Here’s what’s included in E3:

The Microsoft 365 Business Premium plan is most comparable to the Enterprise E3 plan in terms of base features.

Unlike Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Office 365 E3 includes: 

• Exchange Online Archiving (EOA) and Legal Hold
• Unified eDiscovery Center
• Rights management, data loss prevention and encryption
• Ability to add on PSTN

Office 365 Enterprise E5

Building off the E1 and E3 business plans, Office 365 E5 is the highest tier Microsoft offers. With this license, you gain Audio Conferencing, Phone System, Power BI pro, Customer Lockbox, and Microsoft Cloud App Security: 

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As your cloud solutions provider, we handle all billing and subscriptions for your Office 365 products.

*Note that we offer all Microsoft software plans and are not limited to the above.