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johnjohn-Peter
Steel Contributor
May 05, 2026

users with office 365 E5 license can access the planner premium

I have a question if users with office 365 E5 license can access the planner premium but not all of its features? or they can not have any access at all? i read this documentation 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/planner/understand-planner-trial-and-license-assignments 

 

but i felt a bit confused? if Office 365 E5 users can access some features of the Planner Premium? or they can only access the standard planner, can anyone explain this in more details? the license requirements for planner premium?

 

Thanks

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  • RobSoto's avatar
    RobSoto
    Iron Contributor
    Jul 16, 2026

    Hi johnjohn-Peter​ 

    Office 365 E5 does not include Planner Premium.

    E5 users can fully use standard Planner, but they won’t get any of the Planner Premium features unless they’re assigned a Planner 3 license (or Planner 2 if they’re in Project).

    So, an E5 user without a premium license:

    • Can still access Planner
    • Can use all standard Planner features
    • Cannot use Planner Premium features unless they have Planner 3 assigned
    • Will still be able to collaborate normally on a board where someone else has Planner 3; they just won’t see the premium features themselves

    Hope this clears it up for you!

    -Rob