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Business vs E3 vs E5
I have seen a table that compares all the SKUs but it's apparently only meant for MS Partners, so can't be shared here. You might want to reach out to one of these partners that can share these specifics with you.
From what I know anyway, Microsoft 365 Business is notable for:
Limited to 300 seats
https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/07/10/new-business-apps-in-office-365-business-premium-help-you-run-and-grow-your-small-business
Office 365 Business (Office 2016)
Subset of EMS features like MDM type features
Windows Autopilot
Windows 10 Business
Whereas Office 365 E3 has instead
Unlimited seats
Information protection - dlp, email encryption, rights management
Office 365 ProPlus
Compliance features like eDiscovery, mailbox hold, archiving
Then there are the similar common core Office 365 features in both like Teams, SharePoint, email, OneDrive, Skype etc.
Here is a nice set of https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/ausoemteam/2017/11/04/microsoft-365-business-resources/ as well https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-business/#pivot=it-admin.
@ Is the anyway to find out what licence you have. I am the IT manager for a company and their office 365 licensing was set up prior to me coming on board, so I am needing to find out if it is E3, E4 or E? is there any way to find this out?
ndean66 Yes this is possible, but you'd need admin access to Office 365, then go to the https://portal.microsoft.com and then follow these instructions:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/admin-overview/what-subscription-do-i-have
This will show you what Office 365 licensing you have, which plans and how much of them are in use.
- thanks for this, I used some of this info in one of my blogs https://www.essentialtech.com.au/blog/microsoft-365-e5-security-benefits
