Microsoft 365 Education Subscription Overview
Microsoft 365 Education Subscription Overview
Microsoft 365 apps Classroom tools Analytics Endpoint and app management eDiscovery and auditing
Email, calendar, and scheduling Content services Viva Insights Identity and access management Insider risk management
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Social, intranet, and storage Project and task management Viva Learning Data lifecycle management Windows
Meetings, calling, and chat Automation, app building, and chatbots Threat protection Information protection Add-on subscriptions Student Use Benefit available. Availability varies by purchasing
Cloud Access Security Broker ◆ channel. Refer to the Microsoft Product Terms for details.
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Suite licenses
Microsoft 365 Office 365 Enterprise Mobility + Security Windows 11
A1 for devices A3 A5 A5 Security1 A5 Compliance1 A1 A3 A5 A3 A5 Education A3 Education A5
1 Requires Microsoft 365 A3 or Office 365 A3 + Enterprise Mobility + Security A3.
Meetings, calling, and chat
Microsoft Teams ● ◆ ◆ ● ◆ ◆
1:1 and group online audio and video calls ● ◆ ◆ ● ● ●
Scheduled meetings ● ◆ ◆ ● ● ●
Recorded meetings ● ◆ ◆ ● ● ●
Town hall2 ● ● ● ●
Webinars ● ● ● ●
Teams Phone Standard ● ●
Audio Conferencing1 ● ●
1 Check country and region availability.
2Premium Town hall features available by adding Teams Premium users subscription. Learn more.
Classroom tools
Classroom experience in Microsoft Teams ● ◆ ◆ ● ◆ ◆
Microsoft Whiteboard ● ◆ ◆ ● ◆ ◆
OneNote Class Notebook ● ◆ ◆ ● ◆ ◆
Minecraft Education ● ◆ ◆
Learning Accelerators ● ● ● ● ● ●
Take a Test app1 ● ● ●
Set up School PCs app1 ● ● ●
1Access via Microsoft Store for Education
Content services
Microsoft Graph API ● ◆ ◆ ● ◆ ◆
Microsoft Search ● ◆ ◆ ● ◆ ◆
Microsoft Stream ● ◆ ◆ ● ◆ ◆
Microsoft Forms1 ● ◆ ◆ ● ◆ ◆
Microsoft Lists ● ◆ ◆ ● ◆ ◆
Delve ● ◆ ◆ ● ◆ ◆
1 Licensed users can create/share/manage forms. Completing/responding does not require a Forms license
Viva Insights1
Viva Insights app in Teams ● ● ● ● ●
Personal insights and experiences ● ● ● ● ●
Premium personal insights and experiences2 ● ●
1 Requires Exchange Online. Manager and Leader insights, Advanced insights, and additional Premium personal insights are available with the Viva Insights and Viva Suite add-ons.
2 Includes the Shorten a meeting feature, Delay delivery plan, and Track email open rate inline suggestions.
Viva Learning1
Viva Learning in Teams ● ● ● ● ●
Create learning tabs in Teams channels ● ● ● ● ●
Search, share, and chat about learning content ● ● ● ● ●
Microsoft Learn and Microsoft 365 Training libraries + 125 top
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LinkedIn Learning courses
Organization-generated content with SharePoint and Viva Learning ● ● ● ● ●
1 Included with Faculty licenses only. Course recommendations and progress tracking, integration with 3rd party content providers and Learning Management Systems, and learning content surfaced across Microsoft 365 suite available with the Viva Learning or Viva suite add-on license.
Viva Connections
Microsoft Viva Connections for Education ● ● ● ● ● ●
Threat protection
Microsoft Defender Antimalware ● ● ● ●
Microsoft Defender Firewall ● ● ● ●
Microsoft Defender Exploit Guard ● ● ● ●
Microsoft Defender Credential Guard ● ● ● ●
BitLocker and BitLocker To Go ● ● ● ●
Windows Information Protection ● ● ● ●
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 ● ●
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 ● ● ●
Microsoft Defender for Identity ◆ ● ◆
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 ◆ ◆1 ◆1
Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Edge ● ● ● ●
Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office ◆ ◆
Safe Documents ● ●
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Suite licenses
Microsoft 365 Office 365 Enterprise Mobility + Security Windows 11
A1 for devices A3 A5 A5 Security1 A5 Compliance1 A1 A3 A5 A3 A5 Education A3 Education A5
1 Requires Microsoft 365 A3 or Office 365 A3 + Enterprise Mobility + Security A3.
Endpoint and app management
Microsoft Intune for Education ● ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
Microsoft Intune Remote Help ● ● ●
Mobile Device Management ● ◆ ◆ ● ◆ ◆ ● ● ● ●
Mobile application management ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Group Policy support for Windows ● ● ● ● ●
Group Policy support for Microsoft 365 apps ● ● ● ● ●
Cloud policy service for Microsoft 365 ● ● ● ● ●
Shared computer activation for Microsoft 365 apps ● ● ● ●
Endpoint Analytics ● ● ● ●
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Suite licenses
Microsoft 365 Office 365 Enterprise Mobility + Security Windows 11
A1 for devices A3 A5 A5 Security1 A5 Compliance1 A1 A3 A5 A3 A5 Education A3 Education A5
1 Requires Microsoft 365 A3 or Office 365 A3 + Enterprise Mobility + Security A3.
Information protection
Azure Information Protection Plan 12 ● ●
Azure Information Protection Plan 22 ● ● ●
Manual, default, and mandatory sensitivity labeling in Microsoft 365 apps ● ●
Automatic sensitivity labeling in Microsoft 365 apps ● ●
Automatic sensitivity labels in Exchange, SharePoint and OneDrive ● ● ●
Default sensitivity labels for SharePoint document libraries ● ● ●
Sensitivity labels based on advanced classifiers (e.g., Trainable Classifiers,
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EDM, Named Entities, Contextual)
Sensitivity labeling for containers in Microsoft 365 ● ● ● ●
Basic Message Encryption ● ◆ ◆ ● ◆ ◆ ●1 ●1
Advanced Message Encryption ● ● ●
Customer Key ● ● ●
Personal Data Encryption ● ● ● ●
1 Does not include Exchange email service.
2 The AIP Unified Labeling add-in for Office is retiring on April 11, 2024.
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Suite licenses
Windows
Windows 11 Pro Education ●1
Windows 11 Education/Enterprise ◆2 ◆2 ◆2 ◆2
Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
Windows 365 Enterprise ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
Virtual Desktop Access ● ● ● ●
Universal Print3,4 ● ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
Windows Autopilot ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆5 ◆5
Windows Update for Business deployment service ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆
1 Microsoft 365 A1 for devices includes the right to upgrade to Windows 11 Pro Education at no additional cost.
2 Student Use Benefit = Windows 11 Education A3
3 Student license includes the ability to use Universal Print functionality but does not include any print jobs. Student print jobs will be deducted from the faculty pool.
4 5 print jobs per month for each Microsoft 365 A3/A5 license and 5 print jobs per month for each Windows A3/A5 license
5 Does not include Windows license
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Add-on subscriptions
Expand the power and security of your Microsoft 365 plans with these additional options.
A3 A5 A1 A3 A5
Copilot
Copilot for Microsoft 365 for Faculty 1 + + N/A + +
Copilot Studio per tenant per month + + + + +
1 Faculty licenses only; student licenses not available
Microsoft Entra ID Governance13 + N/A N/A N/A N/A 6 Office 365 A5 includes DLP for Teams chat, Rules-based auto classification, advanced Information
Governance, Advanced Message Encryption, and Customer Key value of Microsoft 365 A5 Information
Microsoft Entra ID Governance P213 N/A + N/A N/A N/A Protection and Governance but does not include Machine Learning-based auto classification
(trainable classifiers).
Microsoft Intune (Plan 1) for Education ● ● + + + 7 Office 365 A5 includes the Communication Compliance, Information Barriers, Customer Lockbox,
and Privileged Access Management value of M365 A5 Insider Risk Management but does not include
Microsoft Intune Plan 2 + + +11 +11 +11 the Insider Risk Management product/service.
8 Separate license required for each OSE (e.g., servers or virtual machines). See OSE definition in the
Microsoft Intune Suite + + +11 +11 +11
Product Terms glossary.
Microsoft Intune Remote Help ● ● +11 +11 +11 9 Requires Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 2 standalone or subscription/suite that includes
A3 A5 A1 A3 A5
Teams Services1,2
Teams Premium + + + + +
Audio Conferencing + ● + + ●
Teams Phone Standard + ● + + ●
Domestic Calling Plan +3 + +3 +3 +
Pay-as-you-go Calling Plan +3 + +3 +3 +
International Calling Plan4 +3 + +3 +3 +
Teams Phone with Domestic Calling Plan + ◐5 + + ◐5
1 Check country and region availability.
2 Faculty licenses only; student licenses not available.
3 Teams Phone Standard required.
4 Includes full Domestic Calling Plan.
5 Microsoft 365 A5 and Office 365 A5 include Teams Phone Standard. Choose a Calling Plan to add calling minutes.
Power BI Premium +1 + +1 +1 +1
1
Requires Power BI Pro, Microsoft 365 E5, or Office 365 E5
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Publish date: June 1, 2024
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