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Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents

There are updated (March 2025) Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents with lines added for Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting and XDR.

These useful documents tell you which of the (many) different components are included in which Office 365/Microsoft 365 plan, and there’s a table for SMB customers (https://bit.ly/4kyNmWi), one for Enterprise customers (https://bit.ly/4hDoMRj), and still more for specialist US Government customers – one for GCC (https://bit.ly/4bYkXoy), one for GCC High (https://bit.ly/41ApWqX) and the final one for DoD (https://bit.ly/4hF1CKf).

Software reimaging rights licensing guidance

There’s an updated (February 2025) software reimaging rights licensing guidance document from Microsoft. There aren’t major changes – just a few version updates and references to VLSC changed to the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.

Grab this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/4bXLXVe.

Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Microsoft 365 E5 Security

Microsoft announce that Microsoft 365 Business Premium is now an eligible prerequisite for Microsoft 365 E5 Security.

Microsoft 365 Business Premium already includes core security solutions for SMBs and the announcement article does a good job of explaining exactly where the security coverage is enhanced with this Add-on licence.

Find the relevant article here: https://bit.ly/4ivoFrS.

Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents

There are updated (November 2024) Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents with some small changes such as the addition of some Frontline Worker licences to match the Product Terms availability.

These useful documents tell you which of the (many) different components are included in which Office 365/Microsoft 365 plan, and there’s a table for SMB customers (https://bit.ly/3UBTGkm), and one for Enterprise customers (https://bit.ly/40xW2o4), and still more for specialist US customers – one for GCC (https://bit.ly/3NWbF1o), one for GCC High (https://bit.ly/3NVRgcy) and the final one for DoD (https://bit.ly/3NUrw0f).

And, if you’re a partner, there’s exciting news – we’ve found the Excel version of these files again! Drop us an email on info@licensingschool.co.uk from your work email address and we’ll send it on.

Microsoft 365 Apps Licensing Brief

There’s an updated (October 2024) Microsoft 365 Apps Licensing Brief from Microsoft. It coincides, of course, with the recent launch of Office LTSC 2024 – see our blog: https://bit.ly/3Yq4O5c, and now also includes the Flexible Virtualization Benefit.

There’s also a question added about whether you can deploy the Microsoft 365 Apps on Amazon WorkSpaces – you can.

Find this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/409v1HA.

Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents

There are updated (October 2024) Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents. These very popular documents allow you to see which of the (many) components are contained in which Office 365/Microsoft 365 plan. There are different flavours of the documents for different types of customers.

Find the one for Enterprise customers here: https://bit.ly/3BzeylI,

SMB customers here: https://bit.ly/3Bxz0Do,

Education customers here: https://bit.ly/3U7G93F,

GCC customers here: https://bit.ly/3Y1cdaP,

GCC High customers here: https://bit.ly/3YeF4tm, and

DoD customers here: https://bit.ly/3zTigpL.

Enjoy!

Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 for Students

Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 for Students is added to the June 2024 Product Terms as an Add-on licence for users already licensed with Microsoft 365 Education A5. It’s also added to the ever-popular Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents.

Get the June 2024 Education version here: https://bit.ly/3x0qcUI.

Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents

There are updated (May 2024) Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents with some small changes such as the addition of the Entra ID Free plan. These useful documents tell you which (of the many) different components are included in which Office 365/Microsoft 365 plan, and there’s a table for SMB customers (https://bit.ly/3y7C5bS), and one for Enterprise customers (https://bit.ly/3K5Oik5), and still more for specialist US customers – one for GCC (https://bit.ly/44HOqQh), one for GCC High (https://bit.ly/4aak8q5) and the final one for DoD (https://bit.ly/3UrMlD7). And, if you’re a partner, there’s exciting news – we’ve found the Excel version of these files! Drop us an email on info@licensingschool.co.uk from your work email address and we’ll send it on.

Licence auto-claim for Power Automate

Microsoft announce that licence auto-claim for Power Automate is generally available. This is a feature that enables administrators to set up policies in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to automatically assign licences to users who need them.

Find the announcement article with instructions on how to create the policies here: https://bit.ly/4aevB95.