Office 365 E1 and E3 LIcenses: do they cover Office Online Server Editing & Viewing Documents

[Daniel Westerdale]

I am looking at  the current licensing for both our Office 365 E1 & E3 licensed users.  I know they both include Office Online Server ( Office Web Apps) which gives on-premises users the document preview feature. I just wondered if this just to view office  documents in a browser or does it also cover document editing as well?

[#2 · Accepted solution]

E3 definitely allows you to edit Office Apps Online.

As per MS article, even E1 allows you to edit the files online.

Read here:

https://products.office.com/en-us/business/office-365-enterprise-e1-business-software 

[#3]

Yes, you are able to view and edit files
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeonlineserver/office-online-server-overview#about-office-onlin...

[#4]

AFAIK, Office Online is available in any Office 365 Plan...not only enterprise ones, but also business ones

[#5]

Vinod

Thanks, I wanted to check the response I got from our supplier.  For Office Online Server we need a minimum of an Office 365 E1 license to allow users to edit or view Office documents rendered by OOS.  

I have learned to be a bit paranoid as to what is covered and what is not.

Daniel

[#6]

Thank you all for your great  responses .

[#7]

I think there's a little confusion here between Office Online (cloud based) and Office Online Server (which is on-premises server). @Deleted's link refers to cloud based Office Online, but if I understood correctly, the question is about Office Online Server

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeonlineserver/office-online-server

[#8]

I am guessing that Daniel means "Office Online" because he is talking about E1 licences etc. You are correct - "Office Online Server" is the on-premises version of what we used to call Office Web Apps (or WAC, etc.).

[#9]

Agree, if he is talking about Office 365 licenses, then he is referring simply to Office Online