{"id":121837,"date":"2026-09-08T15:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licensing-blog\/?p=121837"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T14:34:14","slug":"security-suites-licensing-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licensing-blog\/2026\/09\/08\/security-suites-licensing-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Suites Licensing Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a new Security Suites Licensing Guidance website from Microsoft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s an interesting site that provides some feature tables that cover the security and compliance features found in the Defender and Purview Suites, as well as the Intune Suite and Entra Suite licenses. 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