users with office 365 E5 license can access the planner premium

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