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Advanced Microsoft Intune capabilities - Coming to Education A5?
The Advanced Microsoft Intune capabilities (what was the Intune Suite has now arrived for E5 customers (and some of the features to E3 customers. Can anyone give any clarity as to if/when these features will be coming to A5 customers?
I can see we seem to have some of the features (Remote Help, Endpoint Privilege Management) but could really do with knowing if the rest of the features are coming. Can't seem to find any information online about it.
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Microsoft's December 2025 announcement about folding Intune Suite into the base license was specific to Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 — education's A3 and A5 plans are not equivalent SKUs and weren't part of that announcement. A3 and A5 include Intune Plan 1 as standard (basic device/app management), but the advanced Suite features given free to E3/E5 customers are not automatically included in the education licenses.
A separate July 2026 pricing-changes roundup confirms this explicitly: as of Microsoft's February and March 2026 updates, education plans (A1, A3, A5) are not included in the impacted-product lists for either the pricing changes or the bundled capability rollout. That source recommends education institutions keep watching Microsoft's education-specific channels rather than assume they'll inherit the E-plan changes.
- Don't wait on a blog post — open a request with your Microsoft account team / education CSP partner and ask directly for A3/A5 Suite parity status. This is genuinely under-communicated territory, not something you're missing.
- Watch Message Center in your tenant (that's been the actual notification mechanism for the E3/E5 rollout, not the public blog).
- Check the Intune "What's new" / roadmap page in admin center under your own tenant, since entitlements sometimes activate before the public messaging catches up (which may explain the EPM situation).
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/microsoft-intune-pricing
The July 1 packaging change names Microsoft 365 E3 and E5; Microsoft’s current Intune licensing page still lists Microsoft 365 Education A5 as including Intune Plan 1 for Education, while the Intune Suite remains an add-on to Plan 1. I cannot find an official commitment or date for bringing the E5 bundle changes to A5, so do not assume parity is scheduled. Seeing Remote Help or Endpoint Privilege Management in the admin center does not confirm that every user is licensed; those capabilities may come from an education entitlement, trial, or separately purchased add-on. In Microsoft 365 admin center, check Billing > Your products, then inspect Licenses and apps for a test user. Also review Intune Tenant administration > Tenant status and Message center for tenant-specific licensing notices. For planning, ask your Microsoft education licensing reseller or account team to confirm the exact service plans on your agreement.
