Business Basic
37 apps and services. Core productivity for every employee, in the browser.
- Email and collaboration
- Office apps
- Security and compliance
- Automation and AI
Solutions · Microsoft 365
From Security Defaults in Basic and Standard to advanced protection in Business Premium. Match the plan to the risk and to how the company works.
Microsoft 365 Business
Business Basic, Standard, and Premium in short: applications, security, and what sets each plan apart.
37 apps and services. Core productivity for every employee, in the browser.
39 apps and services. Desktop apps and richer content creation for growing teams.
61 apps and services. Advanced security and device management in the suite.
What Premium adds
Conditional Access considers the device, the location, and the application. Extra authentication, a compliant device, or a block, depending on the situation.
Sales hook. Can your access rules tell a trusted device from a personal laptop?
Defender for Office 365 adds Safe Links, which checks a link at click time, and Safe Attachments.
Sales hook. How quickly would you catch a malicious link that passed the basic spam filter?
Intune manages devices and apps, including macOS and iOS. Defender for Business in Premium adds EDR and threat detection and response.
Sales hook. Do you know which devices can reach company mail and files today?
Purview classifies documents and limits access. DLP protects data in Exchange Online, SharePoint, and OneDrive.
Sales hook. Which customer-data documents still circulate with no sensitivity label?
Comparison
| Feature | Basic | Standard | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| MFA and basic identity protection (Entra ID Free) | Included | Included | Included |
| Conditional Access (Entra ID P1) | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Anti-spam and anti-malware for mail | Included | Included | Included |
| Defender for Office 365 (Safe Links, Safe Attachments) | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Basic Mobility and Security | Included | Included | Included |
| Full MDM/MAM (Intune Plan 1) | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Endpoint protection and EDR (Defender for Business) | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Data classification and DLP (Purview) | Not included | Not included | Included |
Licensing
Yes. Every Microsoft 365 Business plan uses Microsoft Entra ID Free and can use Security Defaults, which include MFA. Higher plans add flexibility. Conditional Access in Premium lets you fit access rules to the situation.
Yes. Changing the license plan is not a data migration. It is a license change on the same accounts and mailboxes.
It depends on the data they process and how they work. If the team signs in remotely, uses personal devices, or handles customer data, Premium usually costs less than one serious security incident.
One tenant can hold up to 300 licenses from the Microsoft 365 Business family in total: Basic, Standard, and Premium together.
Yes. Premium can cover people who reach sensitive data or work remotely, and Standard can cover the rest. In practice, one security policy for the whole organisation is easier to run.
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