What is the Difference between Office 365 E3 and E5 License?

This post is just to list to differences between Office 365 E3 and E5 licenses. As you will notice below with the E5 license you will receive more advanced features i.e. PowerBi, Advanced Thread Protection for Exchange Online to name a few.

E3 License Includes

All the features of Office 365 ProPlus and Office 365 Enterprise E1 plus security and compliance tools, such as legal hold, data loss prevention, and more.

Office applications included

Services included

• Email hosting with 50 GB mailbox and custom email domain address
• Desktop versions of Office 2016 applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, plus Access for PC only
• Web versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• One license covers 5 phones, 5 tablets, and 5 PCs or Macs per user
• File storage and sharing with unlimited OneDrivestorage
• Inform and engage with communication sites and team sites throughout your intranet using SharePoint
• Host online and video conferencing meetings for up to 250 people
• Host meetings for up to 10,000 people with Skype Meeting Broadcast
• Get a hub for teamwork with Microsoft Teams
• Collaborate across departments and locations with Yammer
• eDiscovery with in-place search, hold, and export
• Manage schedules and daily staff work tasks with Microsoft StaffHub
• Manage tasks and teamwork with Microsoft Planner
• Manual retention and deletion policies and manual classifications
• Maximum number of users: unlimited
• FastTrack deployment support with purchase of 50+ seats at no extra cost
• 24/7 phone and web support

E5 License Includes

All the features of Office 365 Enterprise E3 plus advanced security, analytics, and voice capabilities.

Office applications included

Services included

• Email hosting with 50 GB mailbox and custom email domain address
• Desktop versions of Office 2016 applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote, plus Access for PC only
• Web versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• One license covers 5 phones, 5 tablets, and 5 PCs or Macs per user
• File storage and sharing with unlimited OneDrivestorage
• Inform and engage with communication sites and team sites throughout your intranet using SharePoint
• Host online and video conferencing meetings for up to 250 people
• Host meetings for up to 10,000 people with Skype Meeting Broadcast
• Get a hub for teamwork with Microsoft Teams
• Collaborate across departments and locations with Yammer
• Advanced eDiscovery with in-place search, hold, export, and analytics
• Manage schedules and daily staff work tasks with Microsoft StaffHub
• Manage tasks and teamwork with Microsoft Planner
• Manual retention and deletion policies and manual classifications
• Guard your mailbox against malicious links and attachments with Exchange Online Advanced Threat Protection
• Control how support accesses your mailbox with Customer Lockbox
• Auto classification, smart import, and more with Advanced Data Governance
• Assess risk and gain insight into potential threats with Office 365 Cloud App Security
• Advanced personal and organizational analytics with MyAnalytics and Power BI Pro
• Make, receive, and transfer calls across a wide range of devices with Phone System
• Create meetings with a dial-in number that attendees can join by telephone with Audio Conferencing
• Maximum number of users: unlimited
• FastTrack deployment support with purchase of 50+ seats at no extra cost
• 24/7 phone and web support

More details can be found from the Microsoft Website.

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