The Enterprise Line of Office 365 Subscriptions

Microsoft offers three lines of subscription services for email hosting and cloud productivity - Business Plans, Enterprise Plans, Exchange Online Plans. Enterprise Line of Subscription has four plans, which are described as below.

The Enterprise Line of Office 365 Subscriptions

With so many plans in Microsoft, it's very important to understand the feature offering of each plan in order to decide which plan will be best suited for your business.

The Business Plans namely Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Microsoft 365 Business for Apps, and Microsoft 365 Business Standard offered by Microsoft comes with User capping of 300 on a Tenant, Hence, for users more than 300, Enterprise Plans are more suitable.

There are four different Enterprise Plans namely Office 365 E1, Office 365 E3, Office 365 E5, and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise to choose from.

Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise is basically Microsoft 365 Apps for Business with Teams and no user capping. Standard Commercials - ₹ 795.00 /user/month.

The Office 365 E1, E3, and E5 plans come along with Exchange Services, more detailed features are as mentioned below -

Features	Office 365 E1	Office 365 E3	Office 365 E5 (Without Audio conferencing)
Commercials	₹ 530 /user/month	₹ 1,320 /user/month	₹ 2,315 /user/month
Mailbox Storage	50GB Active+50GB Archive	100GB Active + Unlimited Archive	100GB Active + Unlimited Archive
One Drive	1 TB	5TB **	5TB **
Office Tools	Web and Mobile version of Office Tools	Install Office 365 apps, such as Word, Excel PowerPoint, OneNote, and Access, on up to five PCs or Macs, five tablets, and five phones per user	Install Office 365 apps, such as Word, Excel PowerPoint, OneNote, and Access, on up to five PCs or Macs, five tablets, and five phones per user
Collaboration and Communication Tools	Microsoft Teams, Kaizala Pro, Microsoft Whiteboard, Yammer	Microsoft Teams, Kaizala Pro, Microsoft Whiteboard, Yammer	Microsoft Teams, Kaizala Pro, Microsoft Whiteboard, Yammer
SharePoint Online	Plan 1(1 TB Storage per User)	Plan 2(Unlimited storage per User) **	Plan 2(Unlimited storage per User) **
Task Management Tools	Power Apps for Microsoft 365,Power Automate for Microsoft 365, Forms, Planner, To Do and Shifts	Power Apps for Microsoft 365,Power Automate for Microsoft 365, Forms, Planner, To Do and Shifts	Power Apps for Microsoft 365,Power Automate for Microsoft 365, Forms, Planner, To Do and Shifts
Advanced Analytics	My Analytics	My Analytics	My Analytics and Power BI Pro
Identity and Access Management	On-premises Active Directory sync for SSO	On-premises Active Directory sync for SSO	On-premises Active Directory sync for SSO
Advanced Security Features and Compliance	-	Information protection ,message encryption, rights management, data loss prevention for email and files,Azure Information Protection,Legal compliance and archiving needs for email,archiving, eDiscovery, mailbox hold	Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection,Information protection,message encryption, rights management, data loss prevention for email and files,Azure Information Protection,Office 365 Cloud App Security;Legal compliance and archiving needs for email, archiving, eDiscovery, mailbox hold,Office 365 Advanced Compliance