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QCQL69
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May 04, 2022
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Questions about Defender for office 365 in E5

Hello ! I have some questions about Defender for office 365 :   Plan 2 is included in E5. Activating plan 2 also activates plan 1. But is there any possibility to activate only plan 1? In my E5 pro...
  • dougsbaker's avatar
    May 04, 2022

    QCQL69 

    You can mix and match licenses, buy plan 1 for some users plan 2 for others, or you can activate only certain features when https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/fundamentals/license-users-groups 

     

    If you decide to mix and match licenses you should scope your technology to the users that have the license. This article has a great walkthrough of those design decisions and how to scope properly. 

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/microsoft-365-service-descriptions/microsoft-365-tenantlevel-services-licensing-guidance/microsoft-365-security-compliance-licensing-guidance#microsoft-defender-for-office-365

     

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