Feature
Office 365
Business
Essentials
Office 365
Business
Premium
Office 365
Enterprise E1
Office 365
Education E1
Office 365
Government E1
Office 365
Enterprise E3
Office 365
Education E3
Office 365
Government E3
Office 365
Enterprise E4
Office 365
Education E4
Office 365
Government E4
Office 365
Enterprise K1
Office 365
Government K1
Designed to work with Internet Explorer 11
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Designed to work with Internet Explorer 10
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Designed to work with Internet Explorer 9
No
No
No
No
No
No
Designed to work with Internet Explorer 8
No
No
No
No
No
No
Designed to work with current or immediately previous
version of Firefox
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Designed to work with the latest version of Google Chrome
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Designed to work with the latest version of Safari
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Designed to work with Office 365 ProPlus
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Designed to work with Office Professional Plus 2013
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Designed to work with Office Professional Plus 2010
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Designed to work with Office clients in extended support
No
No
No
No
No
No
Requires a specific operating system
No1
No1
No1
No1
No1
No1
Requires installation of Office Service Packs within 12 months
of release
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administer Office 365 by using the Office 365 admin center
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Administer Office 365 by using the Office 365 portal
No
No
No
No
No
No
Manage core service settings from Office 365
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Use Windows PowerShell to manage Office 365
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Office 365 System Requirements
Office 365 Administration
Protect content by using Azure RMS
No
No
No2
Yes
Yes
No2
Office 365 suite features
Office 365
Business
Essentials
Office 365
Business
Premium
Office 365
Enterprise E1
Office 365
Education E1
Office 365
Government E1
Office 365
Enterprise E3
Office 365
Education E3
Office 365
Government E3
Office 365
Enterprise E4
Office 365
Education E4
Office 365
Government E4
Office 365
Enterprise K1
Office 365
Government K1
Office Delve
Yes9
Yes9
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
User Account Management
Office 365
Business
Essentials
Office 365
Business
Premium
Office 365
Enterprise E1
Office 365
Education E1
Office 365
Government E1
Office 365
Enterprise E3
Office 365
Education E3
Office 365
Government E3
Office 365
Enterprise E4
Office 365
Education E4
Office 365
Government E4
Office 365
Enterprise K1
Office 365
Government K1
Cloud identity
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Federated identity (single sign-on)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Office 365 desktop setup
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Manage users with Office 365
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Bulk upload Using .csv files
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Directory Sync tool
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Exchange simple (cutover) migration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delete accounts by using Office 365
Yes 3
Yes 3
Yes 3
Yes 3
Yes 3
Yes 3
Admin can reset user password from Office 365 or by using
Windows PowerShell
Yes4
Yes 4
Yes 4
Yes 4
Yes 4
Yes 4
Users can change their own password
Yes 5
Yes 5
Yes 5
Yes 5
Yes 5
Yes 5
Manage licenses
Yes7
Yes7
Yes7 8
Yes7 8
Yes7 8
Yes7 8
Manage security groups from Office 365
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Multiple administrator roles available
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Allow a partner to administer Office 365 for you
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Domains
Office 365
Business
Essentials
Office 365
Business
Premium
Office 365
Enterprise E1
Office 365
Education E1
Office 365
Government E1
Office 365
Enterprise E3
Office 365
Education E3
Office 365
Government E3
Office 365
Enterprise E4
Office 365
Education E4
Office 365
Government E4
Office 365
Enterprise K1
Office 365
Government K1
Add custom 2nd-level domains, like fourthcoffee.com
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Add custom 3rd-level domains, like
marketing.fourthcoffee.com
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Add up to 900 custom domains
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
DNS records managed by Office 365 (full redelegation)
No
No
No
No
No
No
DNS records managed at your DNS hosting provider (partial
redelegation)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Use name.onmicrosoft.com domain or a custom domain
name for email addresses and Lync Online
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Use name-public.sharepoint.com or a custom domain name
for your SharePoint Online Public Website
Yes6
Yes6
Yes6
Yes6
Yes6
Yes6
Use name.sharepoint.com for your team site
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Use a custom domain name for your team site
No
No
No
No
No
No
Host a public website with a different provider
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Use a different provider for email and IM
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Host multiple SharePoint Online Public Websites with custom
domain names
No6
No6
No6
No6
No6
No6
Domain ownership verification required for custom domains
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Automated domain purchase and domain verification
available for domains purchased through Go Daddy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Service Health
Office 365
Business
Essentials
Office 365
Business
Premium
Office 365
Enterprise E1
Office 365
Education E1
Office 365
Enterprise E3
Office 365
Education E3
Office 365
Enterprise E4
Office 365
Education E4
Office 365
Enterprise K1
Office 365
Government K1
Office 365
Government E1
Office 365
Government E3
Office 365
Government E4
Status information available on the Service health or Service
status page
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Status of individual alerts available on the Office 365 admin
center dashboard
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Service health RSS feed
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Reports
Office 365
Business
Essentials
Office 365
Business
Premium
Office 365
Enterprise E1
Office 365
Education E1
Office 365
Government E1
Office 365
Enterprise E3
Office 365
Education E3
Office 365
Government E3
Office 365
Enterprise E4
Office 365
Education E4
Office 365
Government E4
Office 365
Enterprise K1
Office 365
Government K1
Active and inactive mailboxes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
New and deleted mailboxes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
New and deleted groups
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mailbox usage
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Types of mailbox connections
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Sent and received mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Top senders and recipients
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Spam detections
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Malware detections
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Top malware for mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rule matches for mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Top rule matches for mail
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Top DLP policy matches for mail
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
DLP policy matches by severity for mail
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
DLP policy matches, overrides, and false positives for mail
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Top DLP rule matches for mail
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
IM and audio sessions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Application sharing, web, and dial-in conferences
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Video, application sharing, and file transfer sessions
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
IM and audio/video conferences
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Downloadable mail protection reports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Browser used
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Operating system used
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Create your own reports using Office 365 reporting web
services
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Service Updates
Office 365
Business
Essentials
Office 365
Business
Premium
Office 365
Enterprise E1
Office 365
Education E1
Office 365
Government E1
Office 365
Enterprise E3
Office 365
Education E3
Office 365
Government E3
Office 365
Enterprise E4
Office 365
Education E4
Office 365
Government E4
Office 365
Enterprise K1
Office 365
Government K1
Regular updates provided to all customers
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Notifications sent for major upgrades
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
For major upgrades, customers can request to delay the
upgrade
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Option to turn on First Release
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Help and Training
Office 365
Business
Essentials
Office 365
Business
Premium
Office 365
Enterprise E1
Office 365
Education E1
Office 365
Government E1
Office 365
Enterprise E3
Office 365
Education E3
Office 365
Government E3
Office 365
Enterprise E4
Office 365
Education E4
Office 365
Government E4
Office 365
Enterprise K1
Office 365
Government K1
Online help
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Community
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Office 365 TechCenter
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Other self-help resources
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Networking
Office 365
Business
Essentials
Office 365
Business
Premium
Office 365
Enterprise E1
Office 365
Education E1
Office 365
Government E1
Office 365
Enterprise E3
Office 365
Education E3
Office 365
Government E3
Office 365
Enterprise E4
Office 365
Education E4
Office 365
Government E4
Office 365
Enterprise K1
Office 365
Government K1
IPv4 and IPv6 protocols
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trust
Office 365
Business
Essentials
Office 365
Business
Premium
Office 365
Enterprise E1
Office 365
Education E1
Office 365
Government E1
Office 365
Enterprise E3
Office 365
Education E3
Office 365
Government E3
Office 365
Enterprise E4
Office 365
Education E4
Office 365
Government E4
Office 365
Enterprise K1
Office 365
Government K1
Privacy, Security, and Transparency
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SAS 70 / SSAE16 Assessments
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
ISO 27001 certified
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
EU Model Clauses
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
EU Safe Harbor
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HIPAA-Business Associate Agreement
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FISMA Authority to Operate
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Microsoft Data Processing Agreement
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PCI DSS Level One
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PCI-governed PAN data
No
No
No
No
No
No
Office 365
Business
Essentials
Office 365
Business
Premium
Office 365
Enterprise E1
Office 365
Education E1
Office 365
Office 365
Enterprise E3
Office 365
Education E3
Office 365
Office 365
Enterprise E4
Office 365
Education E4
Office 365
Office 365
Enterprise K1
Office 365
Government K1
Compliance
Service Continuity
BlackBerry
Government E1
Government E3
Government E4
BlackBerry® Business Cloud Services
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Use BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Create trial invitations and purchase orders for a customer
who is using the specified plan
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Provide delegated administration
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Service Level Agreement
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Product Use Rights
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Partners
Note:
1
Office 365 does not provide support for any operating system that is not supported by its manufacturer.
Azure Rights Management (RMS) is not included, but can be purchased as a separate add-on and will enable the supported Information Rights Management (IRM) features.
3
If using directory synchronization, you must delete accounts or change passwords by using Active Directory, rather than the Office 365 portal or by using the Azure Active Directory
module for Windows PowerShell.
4
If using password synchronization, users must change their passwords in the local Active Directory.
5
Users can only change their password if they know their old password.
6
You can have only one Public Website with Office 365, unless you’ve upgraded from an earlier version of Office 365. In that case, you have two Public Websites, but only one of them
can be hosted with a custom domain name. For more information about working with the two websites for Business subscriptions, see Work with your two Office 365 Public Websites. If
you have a different subscription, learn more about public websites at Public Website help for Office 365.
7
Reducing seats that were purchased with a term discount may be subject to an early termination fee. This is not applicable for subscriptions paid on a monthly basis.
8
The following plans do not support license seat changes from the Office 365 Admin Center:
2
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9
Office 365 Education E1
Office 365 Education E3
Office 365 Education E4
Office 365 Government E1
Office 365 Government E3
Office 365 Government E4
Office 365 Government K1
Office Delve will become available for the Office 365 Business Essentials and Office 365 Business Premium plans in early 2015.