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There’s an updated (February 2026) Microsoft 365 Enterprise Licensing Guide. Although it\u2019s designed to help you to see the difference between the Microsoft 365 plans, the chosen features listed are strange: Clipchamp and Loop are front and centre, with no mention at all of Power BI Pro and Teams Phone Standard\u2026 It\u2019s a document that was useful when traditional, on-premises EA customers were first moving to Microsoft 365, and all the scenarios target this sort of customer. This version of the Licensing Guide sees the removal of the useful detail in the Extended Use Rights section, as well as the not-quite-so-useful, outdated FAQs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hard-core Licensing Guide enthusiasts can keep their Licensing Guide collection complete by grabbing the updated document here: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4tg2eNo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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