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Modern Work Plan Comparison documents

The February 2026 Modern Work Plan Comparison documents have been refreshed, with the exception of the Education flavour, which hasn’t had an update since December 2025. In the Enterprise document, Teams now accurately reflects being available in the regular Office 365 plans, and the Microsoft Defender Experts Suite has been added. For the first time, Microsoft 365 Business Premium (maximum 500 users!) appears in the lineup of the GCC High plans. Otherwise, minor corrections, formatting, and wording changes are sprinkled throughout. The latest PDFs for Enterprise, SMB, US Government, and Education sectors can be accessed in our searchable Licensing Guides Gallery: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery, exclusive to our subscribers. Non subscribers can find them in the usual place here: https://bit.ly/4hn2hS2.

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Microsoft Defender Experts Suite

Microsoft have launched the Microsoft Defender Experts Suite, a managed extended detection and response (MXDR) service that connects companies with Microsoft’s own security teams to address their cybersecurity needs. Only available through the EA, the suite bundles three offerings: Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR for continual security alert management, Microsoft Incident Response for cyberattack handling, and Microsoft Enhanced Designated Engineering for long-term security optimisation. Two plans are available for customers already licensed with Microsoft 365 E5, the Defender Suite, the Defender Suite FLW, or the Defender + Purview Suite FLW. In addition, there’s a promotion currently running until December 2026 for customers who already have Microsoft 365 E5 or Defender + Purview Suite FLW licenses and who purchase more than 1,500 licences of the new suites.

Find the promo details here: https://bit.ly/4qYe2Cd, compare the plans here: https://bit.ly/3Li4R0n, and check out the useful datasheet here: https://bit.ly/49DSZhj.