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Difference between Office (Desktop) versions
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