Tag Archives: GCC

Microsoft 365 A7 and Microsoft 365 G7

Microsoft 365 A7 for Education and Microsoft 365 G7 for Government Community Cloud (GCC) both launched on 1 October 2026.

The two new offerings are positioned as the Education and US Government versions of Microsoft 365 E7, overtaking Microsoft 365 A5 and Microsoft 365 G5 as the top-tier licences available.

For Education customers, Microsoft 365 A7 comes in flavours for faculty and students, with a Student Use Benefit option also available.

While not all features of Microsoft 365 G7 are available immediately for GCC customers, additional capabilities are planned to arrive in stages over the coming months. The release coincided with the general availability of Agent 365 for GCC, which launched on the same day.

You’ll find Microsoft 365 A7 details in the Product Terms change summary for October here: https://bit.ly/3Tuy7Fe and a feature breakdown on the updated Subscription License Suites website here: https://bit.ly/4cqn6v9. You can read the announcement article for Microsoft 365 G7 here: https://bit.ly/4yK6Ptw and view further information on the Public Sector Blog: https://bit.ly/4Afay3v.

Modern Work Plan Comparison documents – September 2026

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

The main changes this month include the renaming of “Microsoft 365 Copilot” to simply “Microsoft Copilot”, the (somewhat overdue) removal of Delve, and the addition of two Defender Experts Add-ons for GCC customers.

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 in our Licensing Guides Gallery, along with quick access to the documents and full details of what’s new: https://bit.ly/4rAa8kh.

Not yet a subscriber? You can 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 plan comparison documents

There are updated (June 2025) Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents with some small changes getting everything up to date: adding in a row for Microsoft Security Exposure Management, for example.

These useful documents tell you which of the (many) different components are included in which Office 365/Microsoft 365 plan, and there’s a table for SMB customers (https://bit.ly/43CpQQk), one for Enterprise customers (https://bit.ly/45Cb4M4), and one for Education customers (https://bit.ly/4jxBG4j), and still more for specialist US customers – one for GCC (https://bit.ly/3FEFUcq), one for GCC High (https://bit.ly/3ZH8yAn) and the final one for DoD (https://bit.ly/4kHl3EV).

And, if you’re a partner, we do have a June 2025 Excel version of these files. Drop us an email on info@licensingschool.co.uk from your work email address and we’ll send it on.

Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents

There are updated (May 2025) Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents with some small changes getting everything up to date: adding Microsoft 365 Business Premium as an eligible prerequisite for Microsoft 365 E5 Security, for example.

These useful documents tell you which of the (many) different components are included in which Office 365/Microsoft 365 plan, and there’s a table for SMB customers (https://bit.ly/434vH29), one for Enterprise customers (https://bit.ly/3F5GCzh), and one for Education customers (https://bit.ly/4muUpQX), and still more for specialist US customers – one for GCC (https://bit.ly/437WyJe), one for GCC High (https://bit.ly/4kgHD6C) and the final one for DoD (https://bit.ly/3YJxpTY).

And, if you’re a partner, we do have an April 2025 Excel version of these files. Drop us an email on info@licensingschool.co.uk from your work email address and we’ll send it on.

Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents

There are updated (March 2025) Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents with lines added for Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting and XDR.

These useful documents tell you which of the (many) different components are included in which Office 365/Microsoft 365 plan, and there’s a table for SMB customers (https://bit.ly/4kyNmWi), one for Enterprise customers (https://bit.ly/4hDoMRj), and still more for specialist US Government customers – one for GCC (https://bit.ly/4bYkXoy), one for GCC High (https://bit.ly/41ApWqX) and the final one for DoD (https://bit.ly/4hF1CKf).

Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents

There are updated (January 2025) Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents with some small changes: a little bit of rewording in the Microsoft Loop section, and the removal of Viva Goals ahead of its retirement (see our blog: https://bit.ly/4gPf0fn).

These useful documents tell you which of the (many) different components are included in which Office 365/Microsoft 365 plan, and there’s a table for SMB customers (https://bit.ly/4fQnCRN), one for Enterprise customers (https://bit.ly/4fJP8QR), and one for Education customers (https://bit.ly/42694dp), and still more for specialist US customers – one for GCC (https://bit.ly/4a9Fcig), one for GCC High (https://bit.ly/3DPtYDG) and the final one for DoD (https://bit.ly/403RX9z). And, if you’re a partner, there’s exciting news – we’ve found the Excel version of these files again! Drop us an email on info@licensingschool.co.uk from your work email address and we’ll send it on.

And don’t forget our free Glossary to get quick definitions of things like Microsoft Loop: https://bit.ly/LVGlossary.

Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents

There are updated (December 2024) Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents with just a small section added for Microsoft Places.

These useful documents tell you which of the (many) different components are included in which Office 365/Microsoft 365 plan, and there’s a table for SMB customers (https://bit.ly/3VkOJwM), one for Enterprise customers (https://bit.ly/49AyVvX), and one for Education customers (https://bit.ly/3CWY3k8), and still more for specialist US customers – one for GCC (https://bit.ly/4ibbixP), one for GCC High (https://bit.ly/3Ba7ITT) and the final one for DoD (https://bit.ly/3VmCAY2). And, if you’re a partner, there’s exciting news – we’ve found the Excel version of these files again! Drop us an email on info@licensingschool.co.uk from your work email address and we’ll send it on.

And don’t forget our free Glossary to get quick definitions of things like Microsoft Places: https://bit.ly/LVGlossary.

Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents

There are updated (May 2024) Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents with some small changes such as the addition of the Entra ID Free plan. These useful documents tell you which (of the many) different components are included in which Office 365/Microsoft 365 plan, and there’s a table for SMB customers (https://bit.ly/3y7C5bS), and one for Enterprise customers (https://bit.ly/3K5Oik5), and still more for specialist US customers – one for GCC (https://bit.ly/44HOqQh), one for GCC High (https://bit.ly/4aak8q5) and the final one for DoD (https://bit.ly/3UrMlD7). And, if you’re a partner, there’s exciting news – we’ve found the Excel version of these files! Drop us an email on info@licensingschool.co.uk from your work email address and we’ll send it on.

Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents

There are updated (April 2024) Microsoft 365 plan comparison documents adjusted for the removal of Teams (see our blog: https://bit.ly/3vC9SZR).

These useful documents tell you which (of the many) different components are included in which Office 365/Microsoft 365 plan, and there’s a table for SMB customers (https://bit.ly/4aRMdDy), and one for Enterprise customers (https://bit.ly/4aPxgSg), and still more for specialist US customers – one for GCC (https://bit.ly/3Jl5Ub0), one for GCC High (https://bit.ly/4cR0GS9) and the final one for DoD (https://bit.ly/49Bmqyy). And, if you’re a partner, there’s exciting news – we’ve found the Excel version of these files!

Drop us an email on info@licensingschool.co.uk from your work email address and we’ll send it on.

US Government Community Cloud

Government SKUs are available for the Enterprise Cloud Suite and Project/Visio for Office 365 in the May 2015 Product List. ECS is also available within the US Government Community Cloud program and the Product List is updated to show more clearly which services are available under this program – look out for a “UC” cell identifier.

If you want to know more about the GCC program and Office 365 features that are specific to this program, then this is a good resource: http://bit.ly/1JB3RsF.