Microsoft 365 E5

Microsoft 365 E5 is the premium enterprise Microsoft 365 plan. On top of everything in E3, it bundles Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2, Defender for Endpoint Plan 2, Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud Apps, full Microsoft Purview compliance (eDiscovery Premium, Insider Risk Management, Communication Compliance, Information Barriers, Records Management, Audit Premium), Microsoft Entra ID P2 (PIM, Identity Protection, Access Reviews), Power BI Pro, Teams Phone Standard, and additional advanced capabilities. The right tier for organisations taking security and compliance seriously, executives with high-risk profiles, and regulated industries. Many tenants buy E5 only for specific users via step-up SKUs rather than tenant-wide.