Microsoft 365 Business plan comparison
Full feature comparison for the Microsoft 365 Business plans, split by whether the licence includes Microsoft Teams. Prices and ordering are on the plans page.
With Teams
Licences that include Microsoft Teams.
Email and calendar
File storage and sharing
Teamwork and communication
Standard security and compliance
Support and deployment
Web and mobile apps
Installable desktop apps
AI powered assistance
Project and customer relationship management
Video editing
Webinars and live events
Advanced cyberattack protection
Device management
| Email and calendar | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use a custom business email (name@yourbusiness.com) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Host and administer email with 100 GB primary and 1.5 TB archive storage per user | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Easily schedule meetings and respond to invitations using shared calendars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Manage your calendar, share available meeting times, schedule meetings, and get reminders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| File storage and sharing | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collaborate in the same file with real-time coauthoring and editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access your files from your computer, tablet, or phone | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Keep your files securely stored, up to date, and accessible across devices | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Engage and inform with intelligent video using Stream | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Teamwork and communication | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat one-on-one or in a group chat, pin chats, and save messages for quick access | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Host secure, organized meetings with audio, video, screen-sharing, recording, and the option to enter a 3D immersive space | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Create team sites to share information, content, and files throughout your intranet using SharePoint | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Invite people outside of your business to your meetings—even those without Teams accounts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Standard security and compliance | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Help protect your business against spam and malware with cloud-based email filtering | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Manage security threats by creating password policies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Secure access with multifactor authentication | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Control access to business information with security groups and custom permissions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support and deployment | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact phone and online support anytime | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Get technical support for installation, setup, configuration, and general usage | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access help and troubleshooting tools, videos, articles, and forums | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Have peace of mind with a financially backed 99% uptime guarantee | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web and mobile apps | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Outlook | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Teams, Bookings, Forms, Lists, Planner, SharePoint, Stream | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Installable desktop apps | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 apps for PC and Mac, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PC-only apps, including Access and Publisher | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI powered assistance | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get intelligent writing assistance with advanced grammar and style suggestions using Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Boost creativity with Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and other apps | Available as an add-on | Available as an add-on | Available as an add-on | Available as an add-on |
| Project and customer relationship management | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easily create, manage, and share schedules and tasks with your team | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Manage workflow and track important tasks with Microsoft Lists | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Quickly and easily create custom surveys and analyze results with Microsoft Forms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Streamline client scheduling and manage appointments with Microsoft Bookings | — | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Collaborate in workspaces to organize your projects, both large and small, with Microsoft Loop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Video editing | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edit videos using basic tools, such as trimming, cropping, and speed control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Create high-quality recordings and set dimensions for upload to multiple platforms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Collaborate live or asynchronously in a video-editing workspace | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Webinars and live events | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schedule and host webinars for up to 300 people | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Host webinars that include attendee registration pages and email confirmations | — | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Get reporting data on webinar registration and meeting attendance | — | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Advanced cyberattack protection | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enable enterprise-grade endpoint security across devices to protect against ransomware and other cyberthreats | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Help protect against email threats, such as phishing that’s hidden in email attachments and links | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Restrict access to sensitive business information with Information Rights Management | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Help employees securely access business apps wherever they work with conditional access, while helping prevent unauthorized access | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Device management | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium | Apps for Business |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apply security policies to help protect work data on company-owned and employee devices | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Keep company data within approved apps across iOS, Android, and Windows PCs | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Remotely remove business data from lost or stolen devices | — | — | ✓ | — |
Without Teams
Licences sold without Microsoft Teams. Teams can be licensed separately.
Email and calendar
File storage and sharing
Teamwork and communication
Standard security and compliance
Support and deployment
Web and mobile apps
Installable desktop apps
AI powered assistance
Project and customer relationship management
Video editing
Webinars and live events
Advanced cyberattack protection
Device management
| Email and calendar | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use a custom business email (name@yourbusiness.com) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Host and administer email with 100 GB primary and 1.5 TB archive storage per user | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Easily schedule meetings and respond to invitations using shared calendars | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manage your calendar, share available meeting times, schedule meetings, and get reminders | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| File storage and sharing | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collaborate in the same file with real-time coauthoring and editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access your files from your computer, tablet, or phone | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Keep your files securely stored, up to date, and accessible across devices | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Teamwork and communication | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat one-on-one or in a group chat, pin chats, and save messages for quick access | — | — | — |
| Host secure, organized meetings with audio, video, screen-sharing, recording, and the option to enter a 3D immersive space | — | — | — |
| Create team sites to share information, content, and files throughout your intranet using SharePoint | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Invite people outside of your business to your meetings—even those without Teams accounts | — | — | — |
| Standard security and compliance | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Help protect your business against spam and malware with cloud-based email filtering | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manage security threats by creating password policies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Secure access with multifactor authentication | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Control access to business information with security groups and custom permissions | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support and deployment | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact phone and online support anytime | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Get technical support for installation, setup, configuration, and general usage | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access help and troubleshooting tools, videos, articles, and forums | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Have peace of mind with a financially backed 99% uptime guarantee | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web and mobile apps | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Outlook | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bookings, Forms, Microsoft Lists, Planner, SharePoint | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Installable desktop apps | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 apps for PC and Mac, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| PC-only apps, including Access and Publisher | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI powered assistance | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get intelligent writing assistance with advanced grammar and style suggestions using Editor | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Boost creativity with Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and other apps | Available as an add-on | Available as an add-on | Available as an add-on |
| Project and customer relationship management | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easily create, manage, and share schedules and tasks with your team | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manage workflow and track important tasks with Microsoft Lists | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Quickly and easily create custom surveys and analyze results with Microsoft Forms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Streamline client scheduling and manage appointments with Microsoft Bookings | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Collaborate in workspaces to organize your projects, both large and small, with Microsoft Loop | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Video editing | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edit videos using basic tools, such as trimming, cropping, and speed control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create high-quality recordings and set dimensions for upload to multiple platforms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Collaborate live or asynchronously in a video-editing workspace | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Webinars and live events | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schedule and host webinars for up to 300 people | — | — | — |
| Host webinars that include attendee registration pages and email confirmations | — | — | — |
| Get reporting data on webinar registration and meeting attendance | — | — | — |
| Advanced cyberattack protection | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enable enterprise-grade endpoint security across devices to protect against ransomware and other cyberthreats | — | — | ✓ |
| Help protect against email threats, such as phishing that’s hidden in email attachments and links | — | — | ✓ |
| Restrict access to sensitive business information with Information Rights Management | — | — | ✓ |
| Help employees securely access business apps wherever they work with conditional access, while helping prevent unauthorized access | — | — | ✓ |
| Device management | Business Basic | Business Standard | Business Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apply security policies to help protect work data on company-owned and employee devices | — | — | ✓ |
| Keep company data within approved apps across iOS, Android, and Windows PCs | — | — | ✓ |
| Remotely remove business data from lost or stolen devices | — | — | ✓ |