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Difference between Office (Desktop) versions
Hi
What is the difference between Office 365 ProPlus, that comes with Office 365 E3 and above, and Office 2016, that comes with Office 365 Business Premium??
What I have understood, at least there is a difference with Intune Office auto installation which supports only ProPlus but not the Office version that comes with Office 365 Business Premium..
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Hi Livo,
i will take a try to make you to understand the difference & please read this post with clear/empty mind don't confuse yourself.
-> office 365 is a concept or a "name the product"
-> " office professional pro-plus" " office business premium" "office home" "office business " " office student" and many more are the options/types of products available under "Office 365" provided by microsoft.
-> E1 E3 & E5 are types of licenses available under single individual product listed above.
-> difference between E1 E2 & E3 are limitation of cloud storage, number of services/features i.e., word, excel, Power BI and etc..., cost pricing & many more...
Comparison of Microsoft Office E1, E3, and E5
Here’s a breakdown of key Office features, and which plans include each feature:
Feature Office E1 Office E3 Office E5 Email and Calendar Included Included Included Skype for Business – IM, Voice, Video Chat Included Included Included Yammer, Video, Sharepoint Included Included Included OneDrive for Business, Delve Included Included Included Microsoft Office Apps Online Included Included Included Office Client/Desktop Apps Included Included Power BI Pro License Included Skype Integrations with Telephone System Included Security & Backup Features https://products.office.com/en-ca/exchange/exchange-email-security-spam-protection, https://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/library/archive-features-in-exchange-online-archiving.aspx + https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/01/09/unifying-data-loss-prevention-in-office-365/, https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/information-protection/understand-explore/what-is-azure-rms, https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2015/12/10/reduce-ediscovery-costs-and-challenges-with-office-365-advanced-ediscovery/#AGdyJG0BtlW9PK9m.97 + https://products.office.com/en-ca/exchange/online-email-threat-protection, https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2015/04/21/announcing-customer-lockbox-for-office-365/ Where to Buy https://store.encorebusiness.com/saas/office-365/office-365-enterprise/office-365-enterprise-e1.html https://store.encorebusiness.com/saas/office-365/office-365-enterprise/office-365-enterprise-e3.html https://store.encorebusiness.com/saas/office-365/office-365-enterprise/office-365-enterprise-e5.html last one office 2013 & 2016 are the apps that you can work on them on your system. there is nothing difference between 2013 & 2016 they are just an update from one version to other all works same. to keep security patches up to date.
note: office 2016 & 2013 apps comes under office 365 packages.
hope you understand this.. if this helps you to understand then i will be satisfied.
regards,
kiran
Most of the differences are summarized here for Outlook: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/outlook-license-requirements-for-exchange-features-46b6b7c5-c3ca-43e5-8424-1e2807917c99
The same applies for the other programs as well, you can expect feature parity with the exception of some compliance-related functionalities such as IRM or DLP support.
Actually I found below article which shows pretty nicely the differences between all Office Applications across different Office 365 plans.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office-applications-service-description.aspx
