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Microsoft 365 A5 Compliance For Faculty
Microsoft 365 A5 (m365 A5)
Microsoft 365 A1 A3 A5 License Comparison

Microsoft 365 is available in a variety of plans to best meet the needs of your organization. If you're looking for the differences between the Microsoft 365 and Office 365 Education plans, this article will show you which features are included in each of them.

Microsoft 365 provides a complete system, including Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility and Security. The following table lists the Office 365 for Education A1, A3, and A5 features along with the corresponding Microsoft 365 for Education A3 and A5 features. To compare features across business and enterprise plans, see Compare Microsoft 365 for business plans, or, for a more detailed list of features, see the relevant service description under Microsoft 365 and Office 365 service descriptions. To search for support articles and information, see Office Help & Training.

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Services and features

Each Microsoft 365 Education plan includes a number of individual services, such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online. The following table shows the services that are available in each Office 365 and Microsoft 365 plan so that you can choose the solution that best meets your needs. To review services and features in greater detail, see the Office 365 Education service description.

Microsoft 365 A5 from CDW for Education Basic includes these core benefits: 24x7x365 US-based administrator support for reactive break/fix, service issues and help and how-to; Microsoft tenant and subscription provisioning; Billing from CDW using CDW credit terms and PO and credit card options; Flexible monthly or annual billing options. $3.25 user/month Based on Annual Commitment Buy Now. $8.00 user/month Based on Annual Commitment Buy Now. Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote: Web app only: Full desktop app support. A5: The A5 license provides full use of the IU Microsoft 365 service, including the ability to download and install Microsoft Office applications on personal devices. A1: The A1 license provides use of the Microsoft 365 service, including web-based access to the Office Online versions of Microsoft Office but does not include the ability to.

Service	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Office 365 platform	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Office for the web	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Exchange Online	Yes¹	Yes²	Yes²	Yes²	Yes²	Yes¹	Yes¹	Yes¹	Yes¹
SharePoint Online	Yes³	Yes⁴	Yes⁴	Yes⁴	Yes⁴	Yes³	Yes³	Yes³	Yes³
OneDrive for Business	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Teams	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Skype for Business Online	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Project	No⁵	No⁵	No⁵	No⁵	No⁵	No⁵	No⁵	No⁵	No⁵
Yammer Academic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Stream	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Planner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Classroom tools	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Classroom experiences in Microsoft Teams	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
OneNote Class Notebook	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Sway	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Forms	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Learning tools	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Accessibility Checker	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Office Lens	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Minecraft Education Edition with Code Builder	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Take a Test app	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Set up School PCs app	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Voice video and meetings	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Skype Meeting Broadcast	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Bookings	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Audio Conferencing	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Phone System	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Analytics	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Delve	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Power BI Pro	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
My Analytics	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Azure Active Directory	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Azure Active Directory Basic	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Azure Active Directory Plan 1	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Azure Active Directory Plan 2	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Compliance	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Office 365 Rights Management	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Azure Information Protection Plan 1	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Azure Information Protection Plan 2	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Litigation Hold	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Content search	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Core eDiscovery (including Hold and Export)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Advanced eDiscovery	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Data loss prevention (DLP) for email and files	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Endpoint DLP	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Communications DLP (Teams chat)	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Communication Compliance	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Customer Key	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Basic Auditing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Advanced Auditing	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Basic Office 365 Message Encryption	Yes⁹	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes⁹	Yes⁹	Yes⁹	Yes⁹
Advanced Office 365 Message Encryption	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Customer Lockbox	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Insider Risk Management	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Privileged Access Management	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Management and security	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Microsoft Defender for Office 365¹⁰ Plan 2	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
School Data Sync	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Advanced Security Management	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Intune for Education⁶	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Advanced Threat Analytics	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Defender Antivirus	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Defender Device Guard	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Defender for Identity¹¹	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Office 365 Cloud App Security	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft 365 Cloud App Security	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint¹²	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Server and CAL benefits	Office 365 Education A1	Office 365 Education A3	Office 365 Education A5	Microsoft 365 Education A3	Microsoft 365 Education A5	Office 365 A3 Student Use Benefit	Office 365 A5 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A3 Student Use Benefit	Microsoft 365 Education A5 Student Use Benefit
Exchange⁷	No	No	No	Yes⁸	Yes	No	No	No	No
SharePoint⁷	No	No	No	Yes⁸	Yes	No	No	No	No
Skype for Business⁷	No	No	No	Yes⁸	Yes	No	No	No	No
Windows Server CAL	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
System Center Endpoint Protection	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No

Note

¹ Includes Exchange Online Plan 1 plus supplemental features.
² Includes Exchange Online Plan 2.
³ Includes SharePoint Online Plan 1 plus supplemental features.
⁴ Includes SharePoint Online Plan 2.
⁵ Microsoft Project is not included in Office 365 but can be acquired separately. Project Online Essentials is free. If you are a student or an educational institution, you may be eligible to purchase Project Plan 3 and Plan 5 at educational prices.
⁶ Includes Intune.
⁷ Servers and CALs are included for Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business.
⁸ ECAL or Core CAL, depending on the version of A3 that is purchased—with A5, the ECAL rights are included.
⁹ Microsoft 365 apps is required in order to apply protections and send protected emails from the Outlook Desktop.
¹⁰ Formerly Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection.
¹¹ Formerly Azure Advanced Threat Protection.
¹² Formerly Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection.

Overview

On January 16, 2021, due to changes in Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) Education licensing, Indiana University integrated Microsoft's A5 and A1 education plans into the IU Microsoft 365 service:

A5: The A5 license provides full use of the IU Microsoft 365 service, including the ability to download and install Microsoft Office applications on personal devices.
A1:The A1 license provides use of the Microsoft 365 service, including web-based access to the Office Online versions of Microsoft Office but does not include the ability to install Microsoft Office applications on personal devices.

Microsoft 365 A5 Compliance For Faculty

For more on the differences between A5 and A1 licenses, see Microsoft 365 Education license comparison.

Eligibility

Eligibility for the A5 and A1 plans depends on your status with IU; see IU account types and eligibility.

On January 16, 2021, existing A5 licenses for IU affiliates and retired faculty members were replaced with A1 licenses. Those affected no longer have access to licensed desktop versions of Microsoft Office applications (including Outlook), but they do retain access to the web-based Office Online versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook via Microsoft 365 at IU.

Desktop applications that are no longer licensed will stop functioning 30 days after the date of the licensing switch. You will see start to see warnings upon launching affected applications 14 days before they are deactivated on your device; for example:

The IT Communications Office emailed clients affected by the Microsoft 365 license change on January 15, 2021.

Differences between Office Online apps and desktop Office applications

Office Online does not include all of the applications featured in desktop versions of Microsoft Office. Additionally, the Office Online apps lack some functionality compared to the desktop versions. Differences in some of the most commonly used features include:

The Office Online version of Word does not support mail merge, VBA and Forms scripts, SmartArt, or captions.
The Office Online version of Excel does not offer VBA and Forms scripts, 'What if' analysis tools, external references, workbook protection, or slicer and Timeline filters, and offers only basic formulas.
The Office Online version of OneNote does not offer clipping experiences, drag-and-drop section groups, editing of embedded files, inking tools, or template support.
When working with Office Online apps, your files are stored in Microsoft OneDrive at IU, not locally on your personal computer.

For a full list of functionality differences, see Office for the web service description.

Get help

Microsoft 365 A5 (m365 A5)

If you have an IU-related business need for Microsoft applications that are not included in your license (for example, Skype for Business for use with an IU phone number), or if you believe you have been incorrectly placed into one of the affected groups listed above, contact your campus Support Center to ask to be reverted to an A5 license.

Microsoft 365 A1 A3 A5 License Comparison

If you are not eligible for an A5 license through IU, and you would like to purchase a license that allows desktop app access for yourself, see Buy Microsoft 365 Personal and Buy Microsoft 365 Family. Note that these are personal Office 365 licenses; IU does not purchase licenses through these channels.