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Differences between Microsoft 365 Business Basic and Office 365 E1?

Anonymous
2023-06-05T21:37:28+00:00

When I log into the Admin Center and check Available Upgrades, I am presented with a chart that among other things, compares "Microsoft 365 Business Basic" ($6/month) to "Office 365 E1" ($10/month).

The Services included list for each option does not permit a direct comparison. When I exported the lists and sorted them by name, one of them had a product called "Stream for Office 365" and the other one had "Microsoft Stream for Office 365 E1". Additionally, the "Office 365 E1" product listed "Microsoft StaffHub".

What are the differences between these two versions? Why are the names for the Stream product different? Why isn't there a list of Core Services that are common to some subset of plans to make it easier to compare?

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-06-05T21:45:40+00:00

    Bing came up with this:

    Microsoft 365 Business Basic and Office 365 E1 are two different subscription plans offered by Microsoft. Both plans include web and mobile versions of Microsoft 365 apps, chat, call, meet up to 300 attendees, 1 TB of cloud storage per user, business-class email, standard security and anytime phone and web support^1^.

    Some of the main differences between Business Basic and Office 365 E1 are: Business basic only lets you have 300 users whilst E1 lets you have an unlimited number of users. E1 allows you to have more SharePoint collections than Business basic. E1 allows you to create e-discovery cases whilst Business basic does not^2^.

    Is there anything specific you would like to know about these plans?

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-13T14:51:48+00:00

    There wouldn't be any need for you to have a E1. Business Pro would work juuuust fine.

    If you were planning to grow beyond 300 users, or if you planned on making a more complicated Sharepoint design then there's a case for E1. But if you are mainly using it for Email and the Office Suite and OneDrive Business Pro would work great.

    You can also save money by using OneDrive as your computer back up solution as you get 1TB of data with your Business Pro plan. Good luck out there!

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-27T22:07:41+00:00

    I have a relatively small psychotherapy practice. I am the only user. I have never used and can not see a need for Teams and Outlook. What is the benefit of having both Business Pro and E1?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-08-01T21:33:30+00:00

    In addition to the above, the Small Business plans do not support live events in Teams. Given live events are basically streaming video, it’s seems likely this could be the functionality included in Microsoft Stream for Office 365 E1.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-live-events/plan-for-teams-live-events#who-can-attend-create-and-schedule-live-events

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