Microsoft Office 365 Name Changes

By Bill Boisvenue

April 20, 2020
Microsoft

Effective today, April 21, 2020, Microsoft is changing the names for its Office 365 subscriptions for small and medium businesses. Below are the current and new names:

Microsoft Office 365 SMB Subscriptions

Current Name	Office 365 Business Essentials	Office 365 Business Premium	Microsoft 365 Business	Exchange Online Plans 1 & 2
New Name	Microsoft 365 Business Basic	Microsoft 365 Business Standard	Microsoft 365 Business Premium	No Change

Microsoft Office Client Subscription Products

Current Name	Office 365 Business	Office 365 Pro Plus
New Name	Office 365 Apps for Business	Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise

Pricing and product features for these Office 365 products will remain the same. The intention of this change is just to simplify the naming convention.

Here is a summary of the primary components of each of these newly named subscriptions:

Microsoft 365 Business Basic	Exchange Email Hosting (50 GB mailbox per user) OneDrive for Business (1 TB/user) Teams – online meetings & video calls, chat, collaboration SharePoint Online – intranet for sharing information Web & mobile versions of Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Maximum 300 Users
Microsoft 365 Business Standard	Business Basic features plus: Fully-installed and always up-to-date versions of: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher (PC only), Access (PC only) Each user can install these Office apps on up to 5 phones, 5 tablets and 5 PCs or Macs Microsoft Bookings – allow your customers to schedule & management appointments MileIQ – real-time mileage tracking & reporting Maximum 300 users
Microsoft 365 Business Premium	Business Standard features plus: Power Automate, Forms, Planner, PowerApps, StaffHub, Stream Long-term archiving of Exchange Online-based mailboxes Message policy and compliance features Privacy, security and transparency features Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection Plan 1 Identity and Access Management Features Device and Applications Management Features Upgrade to Windows 10 Professional More details here
Microsoft 365 Apps for Business	Fully-installed and always up-to-date versions of: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher (PC only), Access (PC only) Each user can install these Office apps on up to 5 phones, 5 tablets and 5 PCs or Macs OneDrive for Business (1 TB/user) Microsoft Sway – easily create engaging, interactive, web-based reports, presentations, newsletters, trainings, and more NOTE: Exchange Email not included
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise (required for Remote Desktop users)	Fully-installed and always up-to-date versions of: Outlook Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher (PC only), Access (PC only) Each user can install these Office apps on up to 5 phones, 5 tablets and 5 PCs or Macs Web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint OneDrive for Business (1 TB/user)

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