This page provides an overview of the features included specifically in the Microsoft Education A1 (baseline) license. For a list of features available in all education licenses, see Microsoft 365 Education licenses.
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Microsoft 365 A1 license |
License fulfilled by A1 license |
Microsoft 365 A3 license |
License fulfilled by A3 license |
Microsoft 365 A5 license |
Student Use license |
Office 365 A1 license |
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Office 365 A5 license |
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Analytics
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M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Compliance Management |
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| Education Insights in Teams |
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| Adoption Score |
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| Secure Score |
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| Power BI Pro |
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Automation, app building, chatbots
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M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
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| Power Apps for Microsoft 365 |
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| Power Automate for Microsoft 365* |
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*Refer to the licensing FAQs and Licensing Guide for details including functionality limits.
(M365-A1, O365-A1) Cloud flows only; no desktop flows.
(Windows) Desktop flows only; no cloud flows.
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M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
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| Classroom experience in Microsoft Teams |
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| Microsoft Whiteboard |
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| OneNote Class Notebook |
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| Minecraft Education |
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| Learning Accelerators |
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| Take a Test app |
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| Set up School PCs app |
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Content services
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Graph API |
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| Microsoft Search |
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| Microsoft Stream |
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| Microsoft Forms* |
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| Microsoft Lists |
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*Licensed users can create/share/manage forms. Completing/responding doesn't require a Forms license.
Data lifecycle management
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Manual retention labels |
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Data loss prevention
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| DLP for emails and files |
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eDiscovery and auditing
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Content Search |
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| eDiscovery (Standard) (including Hold and Export) |
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| Audit (Standard) |
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Email, calendar, scheduling
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M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
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| Exchange Plan 1 (50 GB mailbox + 50 GB archive) |
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| Calendar |
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| Outlook desktop client |
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| Exchange Online Protection |
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| Public folder mailboxes |
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| Resource mailboxes |
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| Inactive mailboxes |
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| Microsoft Shifts |
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Endpoint and app management
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M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
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| Microsoft Intune for Education |
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| Microsoft Intune Remote Help |
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| Mobile Device Management |
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| Mobile application management |
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| Group Policy support for Windows |
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| Group Policy support for Microsoft 365 apps |
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| Cloud policy service for Microsoft 365 |
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Identity and access management
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
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| Microsoft Entra ID for Education - Basic |
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| User Provisioning |
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| Cloud user self-service password change |
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| Multifactor authentication |
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| Conditional access |
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| Microsoft 365 Groups |
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| Single sign-on (SSO) |
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| Windows Hello for Business |
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| School Data Sync |
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| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
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| Basic Message Encryption |
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Insider risk management
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Information Barriers |
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Meeting, calling, and chat
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M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
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| Microsoft Teams |
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| 1:1 and group online audio and video calls |
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| Scheduled meetings |
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| Recorded meetings |
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Microsoft 365 apps
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M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
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| Desktop client apps* |
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| Microsoft 365 for mobile |
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| Install apps on up to 5 PCs/Mac + 5 tablets + 5 smartphones** |
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| Microsoft 365 for the web |
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| Visio for the web |
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| Multilingual user interface for Microsoft 365 apps |
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*Includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access (PC only), and Publisher (PC only)
**(M365-A1 and O365-A1) Mobile Apps Only
Project and task management
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Planner |
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| Microsoft To-do |
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Social, intranet, and storage
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| SharePoint Plan 1 |
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| Yammer Academic |
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Viva Connections
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Microsoft Viva Connections for Education |
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Viva Insights
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Viva Insights app in Teams |
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Note
*Requires Exchange Online. Manager and Leader insights, Advanced insights, and extra Premium personal insights are available with the Viva Insights and Viva Suite add-ons.
**Includes the Shorten a meeting feature, Delay delivery plan, and Track email open rate inline suggestions.
Windows
| Description |
M365-A1 |
M365-A3 |
M365-A5 |
O365-A1 |
O365-A3 |
O365-A5 |
| Universal Print |
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| Windows 11 Pro Education |
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