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Modern Work Plan Comparison documents

The Modern Work Plan Comparison documents are updated for August 2026.

This month’s changes are mostly just housekeeping updates. The Priva Subject Rights Requests feature has been removed across the documents, following its retirement as a standalone license earlier in the year. The additional 50 GB mailbox storage in Exchange Online is now presented more clearly in the SMB document, and Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 now shows as included in Office 365 E3 as a result of the July 2026 licensing changes.

If you’re a subscriber, don’t forget that we help you navigate the (increasingly frequent) errors in these documents every month with our Cautionary Notes. You’ll find these using the one-click “Microsoft 365” filter in our subscriber-exclusive Licensing Guides Gallery, along with quick access to the documents and full change details: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery. If you’re not yet a subscriber, you’ll find the latest versions of the documents for Enterprise, SMB, Education, and US Government customers here: https://bit.ly/4hn2hS2. If you’re a partner and prefer the Excel version, contact us from your work email address and we’ll send it right over: info@licensingschool.co.uk.

Microsoft 365 July feature updates

Microsoft begin an early rollout of some of the July Microsoft 365 changes.

The updates, initially announced last December, include enhanced Copilot Chat features, increased Exchange Online storage, and new Intune capabilities for specific licences. Additionally, Office 365 E3 and Microsoft 365 E3 licenses will newly incorporate Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 capabilities, and this rollout has started ahead of schedule.

You can find more details in the original announcement here: https://bit.ly/4qExvb8, and the early-rollout update here: https://bit.ly/43HZCfS.

Office 365 and Microsoft 365 features and pricing update

Microsoft announce new features and price adjustments for Office 365 and Microsoft 365, scheduled for 2026.

The updates include incorporating Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 in the E3 licences, integrating more Intune features into Microsoft 365 E3 and E5, and adding 50 GB of mailbox storage to the Microsoft 365 Business plans. These enhancements come with a price increase ranging from 5% to 33% and will impact commercial and not-for-profit customers starting July 1, 2026. US government customers will see similar increases applied (where necessary) in two separate stages.

Details of the new features and price changes can be found here: https://bit.ly/3Mre86j, alongside the government-specific material here: https://bit.ly/4pqBqYy.