Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 are Microsoft’s top tier licences for enterprise-level organisations. Microsoft 365 E3 and E5: What’s the difference? So, strap in, as we break down Microsoft’s biggest enterprise licensing options. Although that’s understandably small consolation when you’re trying to decipher what it is YOU need amongst all the different SKUs, name changes/rebrands, technology groupings, and add-on licences. Microsoft’s somewhat fragmented licensing approach is a result of trying to provide the flexibility for every organisation to only pay for what they need. With Microsoft products in use by over a million different organisations worldwide (Statistica, 2021), there was never going to be an easy one-size-fits-all solution to licensing. To try and rectify that situation, we’ve put together this blog to explain the differences between Microsoft 365’s two main enterprise licensing options: E3 and E5. And for good reason – it’s darn complicated.
There’s a shortage of good resources on the Internet to explain Microsoft’s enterprise licensing options.
