Tag Archives: Microsoft 365 Business Premium

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.

Subscription License Suites document

There’s an updated (April 2025) Subscription License Suites document from Microsoft. This useful document shows you which individual licences make up suites like Office 365 E3. There are a couple of changes: the addition of Microsoft 365 Business Premium as an eligible prerequisite for Microsoft 365 E5 Security, and a note about mixed licensing scenarios for Microsoft Defender for Business and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2.

Find this updated document here: https://bit.ly/4d4L91C.

Microsoft 365 Business Premium and Microsoft 365 E5 Security

Microsoft announce that Microsoft 365 Business Premium is now an eligible prerequisite for Microsoft 365 E5 Security.

Microsoft 365 Business Premium already includes core security solutions for SMBs and the announcement article does a good job of explaining exactly where the security coverage is enhanced with this Add-on licence.

Find the relevant article here: https://bit.ly/4ivoFrS.

General Availability of Microsoft Defender for Business servers

Microsoft announce that Defender for Business servers is now generally available, offering endpoint security for Windows and Linux servers for small and medium-sized businesses. It’s $3 per server instance per month and is available as an Add-on licence to Microsoft 365 Business Premium or Microsoft Defender for Business.

Find the announcement here: http://bit.ly/3DW0SPn, and a useful FAQ here: https://bit.ly/3BhF3d3.

Microsoft Defender for Business

Microsoft announced back in November 2021 that Microsoft Defender for Business would be available in a couple of different ways for smaller businesses (see our blog: https://bit.ly/37p0cWi).

Here’s the update: in March 2022 it was included in Microsoft 365 Business Premium licences, and the second part of the plan comes together in May 2022 with Defender for Business available as a standalone licence costing $3 per user per month.

You can find the latest announcement here: https://bit.ly/3LSW1RO.

Microsoft Defender for Business

Microsoft introduce Microsoft Defender for Business – capabilities from the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint solution optimised for businesses with up to 300 employees.

It will be available through a preview soon, and thereafter sold via a CSP partner or Microsoft’s website. Licensing wise, it will be included in the Microsoft 365 Business Premium product, or available as a standalone offering costing $3 per user per month.

Find the announcement here: https://bit.ly/31VYmZP.