This document provides information to help decide which Microsoft Office 365 plan meets an organization's needs. It lists the various Office 365 plans and whether they require advanced features of SharePoint, Exchange, Lync, and Office Professional Plus. The advanced features of each service are also defined. The document aims to help choose between plans that offer a single product or integrated suite, as well as whether a plan requires certain applications, services, or features.

1. Single Product or
Suite?
Which service?
Communication
Collaboration
Email
Service or
Application?
Application
Service
Single
Product
Unlimited Inbox
required?
Exchange Online
Plan 2
eDiscovery
required?
No
YesYes
Exchange Online
Plan 1
No
Ability to edit Office
documents in browser?
Office Web Apps
Plans
Require
advanced
SharePoint
features?
Office Web Apps
Plan 1
No
Yes
Office Web Apps
Plan 2
SharePoint Online
Plans
Require
advanced
SharePoint
features?
SharePoint Online
Plan 1
SharePoint Online
Plan 2
No
Yes
Require Office
Pro Plus 2013?
Small Business
Premium Plan (P2)
Small Business Plan
(P1)
No
Suite
Start
Yes
Office Professional
Plus 2013
Yes
No
Require advanced
Lync features?
Lync Online Plan 2
Lync Online Plan 1
No
Yes
Advanced SharePoint Features
Include:
 InfoPath Form Services
 Excel Services
 eDiscovery
 Visio Services
 Business Connectivity Services
Advanced Lync Features Include:
 Desktop, Application and
Whiteboard sharing
 Multi party content sharing
 Meeting controls (lobby)
 Audio conferencing
Advanced Exchange Features Include:
 Legal Hold
 Hosted Voice mail
 Data loss prevention
 Unlimited inbox
 eDiscovery
Advanced SharePoint Features
Include:
 InfoPath Form Services
 Excel Services
 eDiscovery
 Visio Services
 Business Connectivity Services
Required
advanced
Exchange
features?
No
Yes
Office 365 Plans Service Offerings Decision Point
StartService Options
Computer Information Agency
PO Box 5, Beecroft NSW 2119 Australia
www.ciaops.com
Require
Enterprise
Voice?
Yes
Require
Advanced
SharePoint
features?
Require
Advanced
Exchange
features?
No
Enterprise E3 Plan
No
Yes
Yes
Enterprise E4 Plan
Require more
than 1.25TB
shared storage
Yes
No
Require Office
Pro Plus 2013?
Yes
Require more
than 20 Site
collections
Enterprise E1 Plan
No
No
Yes
Require more than
1 site collection?
Mid-sized business
M Plan
No
Yes
Require more
than 35GB
shared storage
Yes
No
No
Require advanced
Lync features?
No
Yes
Advanced SharePoint Features
Include:
 InfoPath Form Services
 Excel Services
 eDiscovery
 Visio Services
 Business Connectivity Services
Advanced Lync Features Include:
 Desktop, Application and
Whiteboard sharing
 Multi party content sharing
 Meeting controls (lobby)
 Audio conferencing
Advanced Exchange Features Include:
 Legal Hold
 Hosted Voice mail
 Data loss prevention
 Unlimited inbox
 eDiscovery