Teamwork & communication | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Host online meetings and video calls for up to 250 people with Microsoft Teams | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Chat with your team from your desktop or on the go with Microsoft Teams | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Bring together all your team’s chats, meetings, files, and apps so you can easily connect and collaborate from one place with Microsoft Teams | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Create team sites to share information, content, and files throughout your intranet using SharePoint | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Web versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Web versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. | ✔ Plus a web version of Outlook |
✔ Plus a web version of Outlook |
✔ Plus a web version of Outlook |
Always up-to-date versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint for iOS, Android devices on up to 5 phones and 5 tablets | ✔ Plus Outlook |
✔ Plus Outlook |
✔ Plus Outlook |
Real-time co-authoring so multiple users can work in the same document, simultaneously | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Email & calendaring | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Email hosting with 50 GB mailbox | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Use your own custom domain name (e.g. yourname@yourcompany.com) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Business-class email on phones, tablets, desktops, and the web with Exchange | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Manage your calendar, share available meeting times, schedule meetings, and get reminders | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Schedule meetings and respond to invitations with ease using shared calendars | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Set up new user emails, restore deleted accounts, create custom scripts, and more from anywhere | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
File storage & sharing | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
1 TB of OneDrive storage for file storage and sharing | ✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
Work on a file and save it directly to OneDrive or SharePoint; your changes are updated across your sync’d devices. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Share files with external contacts by providing access or guest links | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Securely share documents and send emails so only those with the right permissions can access the information | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Access and sync files on PC or Mac and mobile devices | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Security & compliance | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Protect your email against spam, malware, and known threats with Exchange Online Protection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Meets key international, regional, and industry-specific standards and terms, with more than 1,000 security and privacy controls | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Control who and when someone has access to your business information with security groups and custom permissions | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Create password policies that require users to reset their passwords after a specified number of days. | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Support & deployment | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
24/7 phone and online support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
99.9% uptime guarantee | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Maximum number of users | 300 |
300 |
300 |
Licensed for commercial use | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Tools to build & manage your business | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Plan schedules and daily tasks with Microsoft Teams | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Make it easier for your customers to schedule and manage appointments with Microsoft Bookings | ✔ | ✔ | |
Have real-time, accurate mileage tracking and reporting in the palm of your hand with MileIQ | ✔ | ✔ | |
Desktop versions of Office apps for PC & Mac | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Fully-installed and always up-to-date versions of Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint for Windows or Mac(plus Access and Publisher for PC only) | ✔ | ✔ | |
Each user can install the Office apps on up to 5 PCs or Macs | ✔ | ✔ | |
Advanced threat protection | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Help protect against sophisticated threats hidden in email attachments and links, and get cutting-edge defenses against zero-day threats, ransomware, and other advanced malware attempts with Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection | ✔ | ||
Remotely wipe company data from lost or stolen devices with selective wipe from Intune | ✔ | ||
Restrict the copying or saving of company information to unauthorized apps and locations with app protection for Office mobile apps | ✔ | ||
Control who has access to company information by applying restrictions like do not copy and do not forward with Information Rights Management | ✔ | ||
Apply policies that provide prebreach threat resistance in Windows 10 with Windows Defender Exploit Guard | ✔ | ||
Enforce malware protection to help keep your Windows 10 devices safe from viruses, spyware, and other malicious software with Windows Defender | ✔ | ||
Enable unlimited cloud archive and long-term preservation policies to ensure you never lose an email with Exchange Online Archiving | ✔ | ||
PC and mobile device management | Microsoft Business Basic | Microsoft 365 Business Standard | Microsoft 365 Business Premium |
Configure security features and settings on Windows 10 PCs and mobile devices running iOS or Android® with an easy-to-use setup wizard | ✔ | ||
Use simplified controls to manage policies applied to Windows 10 PCs | ✔ | ||
Automatically deploy the Office apps to Windows 10 PCs | ✔ | ||
Configure your PCs to automatically install Office and Windows 10 updates | ✔ | ||
Apply security policies to protect business data on all your devices, including iOS, Android®, and Windows PCs with mobile device management from Intune | ✔ |