Microsoft 365 Education
Microsoft 365 is available in a variety of plans to best meet the needs of your organization. If you're looking for the differences between the Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Education plans, this article will show you which features are included in each of them.
Microsoft 365 provides a complete system, including Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility and Security. The following table lists the Office 365 for Education A1, A3, and A5 features along with the corresponding Microsoft 365 for Education A3 and A5 features. To compare features across business and enterprise plans, see Compare Microsoft 365 for business plans, or, for a more detailed list of features, see the relevant service description under Microsoft 365 and Office 365 service descriptions. To search for support articles and information, see Office Help & Training.
Available plans
For specific information about features, see Office 365 Education plans.
Services and features
Each Microsoft 365 Education plan includes a number of individual services, such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. The following table shows the services that are available in each Office 365 and Microsoft 365 plan so that you can choose the solution that best meets your needs. To review services and features in greater detail, see the Office 365 Education service description.
Office 365 Feature availability
| Service | Office 365 Education A1 | Office 365 Education A3 | Office 365 Education A5 | Office 365 A3/A5 Student Use Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office 365 platform | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft 365 for the web | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Exchange Online | Yes1 | Yes2 | Yes2 | Yes2 |
| SharePoint Online | Yes3 | Yes4 | Yes4 | Yes4 |
| OneDrive for Business | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Teams | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Skype for Business Online | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Project | No5 | No5 | No5 | No5 |
| Viva Engage | Yes15 | Yes15 | Yes15 | Yes15 |
| Microsoft Stream | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Planner | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Universal Print | No | No | No | No |
| Classroom tools | *Office 365 Education A1 | Office 365 Education A3 | Office 365 Education A5 | Office 365 A3/A5 Student Use Benefit |
| Classroom experiences in Microsoft Teams | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OneNote Class Notebook | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Sway | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Forms | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Learning tools | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Viva Learning | No12 | No12 | No12 | No13 |
| Accessibility Checker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Minecraft Education Edition with Code Builder | No | No | No | No |
| Take a Test app | No | No | No | No |
| Set up School PCs app | No | No | No | No |
| Voice video and meetings | *Office 365 Education A1 | Office 365 Education A3 | Office 365 Education A5 | Office 365 A3/A5 Student Use Benefit |
| Audio Conferencing | No | No | Yes | No |
| Skype Meeting Broadcast | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Bookings | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Phone System | No | No | Yes | No |
| Analytics | *Office 365 Education A1 | Office 365 Education A3 | Office 365 Education A5 | Office 365 A3/A5 Student Use Benefit |
| Delve | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Power BI Pro | No | No | Yes | No |
| My Analytics | No | No | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Entra ID | *Office 365 Education A1 | Office 365 Education A3 | Office 365 Education A5 | Office 365 A3/A5 Student Use Benefit |
| Microsoft Entra Basic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Entra ID Plan 1 | No | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Entra ID Plan 2 | No | No | No | No |
| Compliance | *Office 365 Education A1 | Office 365 Education A3 | Office 365 Education A5 | Office 365 A3/A5 Student Use Benefit |
| Office 365 Rights Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Purview Information Protection Plan 1 | No | No | No | No |
| Purview Information Protection Plan 2 | No | No | No | No |
| Litigation Hold | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Content search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Standard) (including Hold and Export) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium) | No | No | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention for email and files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Endpoint data loss prevention or DLP | No | No | No | No |
| Communications DLP (Teams chat) | No | No | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance | No | No | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Purview Customer Key | No | No | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Purview Audit (Standard) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium) | No | No | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Purview Message Encryption (Basic) | Yes8 | Yes | Yes | Yes8 |
| Microsoft Purview Advanced Message Encryption | No | No | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Purview Customer Lockbox | No | No | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management | No | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management | No | No | Yes | No |
| Management and security | *Office 365 Education A1 | Office 365 Education A3 | Office 365 Education A5 | Office 365 A3/A5 Student Use Benefit |
| Microsoft Defender for Office 3659 Plan 2 | No | No | No | Yes14 |
| School Data Sync | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intune for Education6 | No | No | No | No |
| Advanced Threat Analytics | No | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Defender Antivirus | No | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Defender Device Guard | No | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Defender for Identity10 | No | No | No | No |
| Office 365 Cloud App Security | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Defender XDR for Cloud Apps | No | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint11 Plan 1 | No | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint11 Plan 2 | No | No | No | No |
| Remote Help | No | No | No | No |
| Server and CAL benefits | *Office 365 Education A1 | Office 365 Education A3 | Office 365 Education A5 | Office 365 A3/A5 Student Use Benefit |
| Exchange7 | No | No | No | No |
| SharePoint7 | No | No | No | No |
| Skype for Business7 | No | No | No | No |
| Windows Server CAL | No | No | No | No |
| Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager | No | No | No | No |
| System Center Endpoint Protection | No | No | No | No |
Notes:
1 Includes Exchange Online Plan 1 plus supplemental features.
2 Includes Exchange Online Plan 2.
3 Includes SharePoint Online Plan 1 plus supplemental features.
4 Includes SharePoint Online Plan 2.
5 Microsoft Project is not included in Office 365 but can be acquired separately. Project Online Essentials is free. If you are a student or an educational institution, you may be eligible to purchase Project Plan 3 and Plan 5 at educational prices.
6 Includes Intune.
7 Servers and CALs are included for Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business.
8 Microsoft 365 Apps is required in order to apply protections and send protected emails from the Outlook Desktop.
9 Formerly Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection.
10 Formerly Azure Advanced Threat Protection.
11 Formerly Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection.
12 Viva Learning is available as a paid add-on to Office 365 and Microsoft 365 A1, A3, and A5 for Faculty.
13 It is not available for Students or in Student Use Benefits.
14 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 is not available with Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit.
15 Viva Engage core functionality is included with these plans. Viva Engage premium capabilities are available to Viva suite customers.
Microsoft 365 Feature availability
| Service | Microsoft 365 A1 for devices | Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A3 | Microsoft 365 Education A5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Office 365 platform | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft 365 for the web | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Exchange Online | Yes1 | Yes2 | Yes2 | Yes2 | Yes2 |
| SharePoint Online | Yes3 | Yes4 | Yes4 | Yes4 | Yes4 |
| OneDrive for Business | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Teams | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Skype for Business Online | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Project | No5 | No5 | No5 | No5 | No5 |
| Viva Engage | Yes17 | Yes17 | Yes17 | Yes17 | Yes17 |
| Microsoft Stream | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Clipchamp | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Planner | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Universal Print | No | Yes14 | Yes14 | Yes13 | Yes13 |
| Classroom tools | Microsoft 365 A1 for devices | Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A3 | Microsoft 365 Education A5 |
| Classroom experiences in Microsoft Teams | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OneNote Class Notebook | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Sway | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Forms | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Learning tools | Yes | No16 | No16 | Yes | Yes |
| Viva Learning | No15 | No16 | No16 | No15 | No15 |
| Accessibility Checker | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Minecraft Education Edition with Code Builder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Take a Test app | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Set up School PCs app | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Voice video and meetings | Microsoft 365 A1 for devices | Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A3 | Microsoft 365 Education A5 |
| Audio Conferencing | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Skype Meeting Broadcast | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Bookings | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Phone System | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Analytics | Microsoft 365 A1 for devices | Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A3 | Microsoft 365 Education A5 |
| Delve | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Power BI Pro | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| My Analytics | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Microsoft Entra ID | Microsoft 365 A1 for devices | Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A3 | Microsoft 365 Education A5 |
| Microsoft Entra Basic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Entra ID Plan 1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Entra ID Plan 2 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Compliance | Microsoft 365 A1 for devices | Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A3 | Microsoft 365 Education A5 |
| Office 365 Rights Management | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Purview Information Protection Plan 1 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Purview Information Protection Plan 2 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Litigation Hold | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Content search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Standard) (including Hold and Export) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium) | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention for email and files | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Endpoint data loss prevention or DLP | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Communications DLP (Teams chat) | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Customer Key | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Audit (Standard) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium) | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Message Encryption (Basic) | Yes9 | Yes9 | Yes9 | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Advanced Message Encryption | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Customer Lockbox | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Privileged Access Management | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Management and security | Microsoft 365 A1 for devices | Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A3 | Microsoft 365 Education A5 |
| Microsoft Defender for Office 36510 Plan 2 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| School Data Sync | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intune for Education6 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Threat Analytics | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Defender Antivirus | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Defender Device Guard | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Defender for Identity11 | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Office 365 Cloud App Security | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Defender XDR for Cloud Apps | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint12 Plan 1 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint12 Plan 2 | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Remote Help | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Server and CAL benefits | Microsoft 365 A1 for devices | Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit | Microsoft 365 Education A3 | Microsoft 365 Education A5 |
| Exchange7 | No | No | No | Yes8 | Yes |
| SharePoint7 | No | No | No | Yes8 | Yes |
| Skype for Business7 | No | No | No | Yes8 | Yes |
| Windows Server CAL | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| System Center Endpoint Protection | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Notes:
1 Includes Exchange Online Plan 1 plus supplemental features.
2 Includes Exchange Online Plan 2.
3 Includes SharePoint Online Plan 1 plus supplemental features.
4 Includes SharePoint Online Plan 2.
5 Microsoft Project is not included in Office 365 but can be acquired separately. Project Online Essentials is free. If you are a student or an educational institution, you may be eligible to purchase Project Plan 3 and Plan 5 at educational prices.
6 Includes Intune.
7 Servers and CALs are included for Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business.
8 Core CAL is included in M365 A3 for Core CAL. ECAL is included in M365 A3 and A5.
9 Microsoft 365 Apps is required in order to apply protections and send protected emails from the Outlook Desktop.
10 Formerly Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection.
11 Formerly Azure Advanced Threat Protection.
12 Formerly Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection.
13 Universal Print included in Windows Education A3 and A5.
14 0 (zero) Print-job included.
15 Viva Learning is available as a paid add-on to Office 365 and Microsoft 365 A1, A3, and A5 for Faculty.
16 It is not available for Students or in Student Use Benefits.
17 Viva Engage core functionality is included with these plans. Viva Engage premium capabilities are available to Viva suite customers.