



This is useful in the following scenarios offered by Microsoft: This feature, which comes with all enterprise plans, including E3, allows a business to deploy Office 365 on a computer that is accessed by multiple users. So unless you're a marketing or STEM related firm that has huge Photoshop or AutoCAD files, this probably wouldn't be a huge bonus. It's important to note however that the 1TB per user is pooled together as a company, meaning if, as a company, you have 10 users with Microsoft 365 Business Standard (formerly Office 365 Business Premium), you actually get 10TB to share between everyone, which is a TON of space. Microsoft 365 Business Standard (formerly known as Office 365 Business Premium) caps the organization's OneDrive for Business storage at 1TB per user, while Office 365 E3 gives you unlimited file storage. This one honestly isn't that huge of a bonus as 50GB can hold approximately 5+ years of emails without deleting or archiving anything. Microsoft 365 Business Standard (formerly known as Office 365 Business Premium) caps the number of emails + calendar items in your inbox to 50GB, while Office 365 E3 offers unlimited email storage. That being said, by the time an organization reaches 300 employees, the Microsoft 365 Business Standard (formerly known as Office 365 Business Premium) license is usually inadequate for a large company's needs.

This doesn't mean all Business Standard licenses have to be converted to E3, you could theoretically have 300 licenses of Microsoft Business Standard and 1 licenses of E3 if you had 301 employees. Office 365 Calling Plan + Phone System Compatibilityīecause Microsoft 365 Business Standard (formerly known as Office 365 Business Premium) is considered a Small & Medium Business (SMB) license, a company can only purchase up to 300 of these licenses,at which point, you would need to begin buying the Office 365 E3 license.In this article, we will discuss the following 9 additional features included with Office 365 E3: Microsoft 365 Business Standard (formerly known as Office 365 Business Premium) is by far the most common product among SMBs while Office 365 E3 has become the standard for enterprises, which Microsoft describes a 300+ employees.
