Office 365 E3 License & Common Data Service 09:49 AM Through my company I have an Office 365 E3 license and it shows 'Common Data Service' as one of the items that comes with the license under 'My Accounts Subscriptions'. Let's take a look at what you get with an E3 vs an E5 When we look at the offerings of Microsoft 365, there are a plethora of security features. DLP reports allow you to keep track of which files have certain kinds of sensitive information. When you said 'Office 365 Education E3 for Faculty' and 'A3 for Faculty', as far as I know, Office 365 Education have A1, A3, A5 plans, but E3 plan isn't included in it. If you are referring to Office 365 E3 and Office 365 Education A3, both E3 and A3 have 'Insights by MyAnalytics' plan, there's no difference between them.
Starting in September 2019, all new members of the Office 365 Developer Program (including Visual Studio Professional and Enterprise subscribers) can sign up for a Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription (Windows not included). This replaces the Office 365 E3 developer subscription that we made available starting in March 2018. It now includes EMS, something our customers have asked us for on User Voice. Check out the recent Developer Blog for more information.
Selected Visual Studio Professional or Enterprise standard subscriptions will now have access to the Microsoft 365 developer subscription benefit as long as their subscriptions are active.
What is different about E5 vs E3?
The Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription offers new value and expanded access to critical Microsoft 365 workloads and capabilities. Developers with Microsoft 365 E5 sandbox subscriptions can get everything they enjoyed in E3 plus can take advantage of:
- Advanced analytics with Power BI
- Enterprise Mobility + Security for compliance and information protection
- Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection
- Azure Active Directory for building advanced identity and access management solutions
To see what's included in the Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription, see the Microsoft 365 Developer Program FAQ.
Activation steps
Sign in to https://my.visualstudio.com/benefits.
Locate the Microsoft 365 benefit tile in the 'Tools' category, and click on Activate.
On the welcome screen, choose your region/country, enter your company name, and click the checkbox to accept the terms of use. Then click Next.
On the Program Preferences screen, fill out the various fields to indicate your preferences and areas of interest. When you're finished, click Activate subscription.
In the Set up your developer subscription dialog, choose your region/country, create your username and domain, and set your password. Then click Continue.
Specify your country code a phone number that supports SMS messages, and click Send Code. You'll receive a code via an SMS message.
Enter the code you received in the text message and click Set up.
You'll see the Office Dev Center page, with your subscription information displayed. It's a good idea to take this opportunity to assign subscriptions to your users. Click Go to subscription.
Sign in to your account.
Cancel the introduction dialog box.
Click Got it to close the Office 365 apps dialog.
Click the Admin button to open the Microsoft 365 admin center.
Select Users in the left nav pane, then choose Active users.
A list of your active users will appear. If you're just setting up your subscription, you will be the only one listed. Click Add a user.
You may be asked to personalize your sign-in and email. Choose the options that work best for you, and click Next.
On the Add new users page, you'll see a grid you can use to add users who will all have licenses assigned to them. If you need to add more users click + Add another user.
After you add users, you'll have the option to do things like create teams and install applications. You can either do any or all of those things now, or come back to the admin center any time to set those up.
Migrate from Office 365 E3 to Microsoft 365 E5
Visual Studio subscribers can now migrate Office 365 E3 developer sandbox subscriptions to Microsoft 365 E5.
Last August, we made Microsoft 365 E5 subscriptions available to new Developer Program members. We have since heard feedback from our existing members that you would like to take advantage of the same benefits. We also recognize that many Visual Studio subscribers and Microsoft 365 developers need to have the most up-to-date Microsoft 365 technology for their developer sandboxes.
We are pleased to announce that existing members of the Microsoft 365 Developer Program can now get the benefits of a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. If you would like to migrate to a new Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription, you can delete your current subscription and replace it now.
To get your new Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription, go to your dashboard and do the following:
On your subscription tile, click Delete subscription.
Confirm that you want to delete your subscription by typing the name of your domain in the dialog box.
The setup process for your new Microsoft 365 E5 subscription will start automatically.
After you delete your Office 365 E3 subscription and create your replacement Microsoft 365 E5 subscription, your Office 365 E3 tenant will be available for 60 days so that you can migrate your data.
For help migrating your data, you can use the free tool Microsoft Mover. See also the following:
- Office 365 to Microsoft 365 migration guideThank you for your membership in the Microsoft 365 Developer Program.
Eligibility
Subscription Level | Channels | Benefit | Renewable? |
---|---|---|---|
Visual Studio Enterprise (Standard) | VL, Azure, Retail, selected NFR1 | Included | Yes |
Visual Studio Enterprise subscription with GitHub Enterprise | VL | Included | Yes |
Visual Studio Professional (Standard) | VL, Azure, Retail | Included | Yes |
Visual Studio Professional subscription with GitHub Enterprise | VL | Included | Yes |
Visual Studio Test Professional (Standard) | VL, Retail | Not available | NA |
MSDN Platforms (Standard) | VL, Retail | Not available | NA |
Visual Studio Enterprise, Visual Studio Professional (monthly cloud) | Azure | Not available | NA |
1Includes: Not for Resale (NFR), Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP), FTE, BizSpark, MCT Software & Services Developer.
Excludes: MCT Software & Services, Microsoft Partner Network (MPN), Imagine, Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Regional Director (RD), NFR Basic.
Note
Microsoft no longer offers Visual Studio Professional Annual subscriptions and Visual Studio Enterprise Annual subscriptions in Cloud Subscriptions. There will be no change to existing customers experience and ability to renew, increase, decrease, or cancel their subscriptions. New customers are encouraged to go to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/pricing/ to explore different options to purchase Visual Studio.
Not sure which subscription you're using? Connect to https://my.visualstudio.com/subscriptions to see all the subscriptions assigned to your email address. If you don't see all your subscriptions, you may have one or more assigned to a different email address. You'll need to sign in with that email address to see those subscriptions.
Frequently asked questions
Q: Can I activate a Microsoft 365 developer subscription using an existing tenant, or do I need to create a new one?
A: To activate the Office Developer subscription, a new tenant is required.
Q: Can I choose E3 or E5?
Office 365 E3 License & Common Data Service 09:49 AM Through my company I have an Office 365 E3 license and it shows 'Common Data Service' as one of the items that comes with the license under 'My Accounts Subscriptions'. Let's take a look at what you get with an E3 vs an E5 When we look at the offerings of Microsoft 365, there are a plethora of security features. DLP reports allow you to keep track of which files have certain kinds of sensitive information. When you said 'Office 365 Education E3 for Faculty' and 'A3 for Faculty', as far as I know, Office 365 Education have A1, A3, A5 plans, but E3 plan isn't included in it. If you are referring to Office 365 E3 and Office 365 Education A3, both E3 and A3 have 'Insights by MyAnalytics' plan, there's no difference between them.
Starting in September 2019, all new members of the Office 365 Developer Program (including Visual Studio Professional and Enterprise subscribers) can sign up for a Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription (Windows not included). This replaces the Office 365 E3 developer subscription that we made available starting in March 2018. It now includes EMS, something our customers have asked us for on User Voice. Check out the recent Developer Blog for more information.
Selected Visual Studio Professional or Enterprise standard subscriptions will now have access to the Microsoft 365 developer subscription benefit as long as their subscriptions are active.
What is different about E5 vs E3?
The Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription offers new value and expanded access to critical Microsoft 365 workloads and capabilities. Developers with Microsoft 365 E5 sandbox subscriptions can get everything they enjoyed in E3 plus can take advantage of:
- Advanced analytics with Power BI
- Enterprise Mobility + Security for compliance and information protection
- Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection
- Azure Active Directory for building advanced identity and access management solutions
To see what's included in the Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription, see the Microsoft 365 Developer Program FAQ.
Activation steps
Sign in to https://my.visualstudio.com/benefits.
Locate the Microsoft 365 benefit tile in the 'Tools' category, and click on Activate.
On the welcome screen, choose your region/country, enter your company name, and click the checkbox to accept the terms of use. Then click Next.
On the Program Preferences screen, fill out the various fields to indicate your preferences and areas of interest. When you're finished, click Activate subscription.
In the Set up your developer subscription dialog, choose your region/country, create your username and domain, and set your password. Then click Continue.
Specify your country code a phone number that supports SMS messages, and click Send Code. You'll receive a code via an SMS message.
Enter the code you received in the text message and click Set up.
You'll see the Office Dev Center page, with your subscription information displayed. It's a good idea to take this opportunity to assign subscriptions to your users. Click Go to subscription.
Sign in to your account.
Cancel the introduction dialog box.
Click Got it to close the Office 365 apps dialog.
Click the Admin button to open the Microsoft 365 admin center.
Select Users in the left nav pane, then choose Active users.
A list of your active users will appear. If you're just setting up your subscription, you will be the only one listed. Click Add a user.
You may be asked to personalize your sign-in and email. Choose the options that work best for you, and click Next.
On the Add new users page, you'll see a grid you can use to add users who will all have licenses assigned to them. If you need to add more users click + Add another user.
After you add users, you'll have the option to do things like create teams and install applications. You can either do any or all of those things now, or come back to the admin center any time to set those up.
Migrate from Office 365 E3 to Microsoft 365 E5
Visual Studio subscribers can now migrate Office 365 E3 developer sandbox subscriptions to Microsoft 365 E5.
Last August, we made Microsoft 365 E5 subscriptions available to new Developer Program members. We have since heard feedback from our existing members that you would like to take advantage of the same benefits. We also recognize that many Visual Studio subscribers and Microsoft 365 developers need to have the most up-to-date Microsoft 365 technology for their developer sandboxes.
We are pleased to announce that existing members of the Microsoft 365 Developer Program can now get the benefits of a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription. If you would like to migrate to a new Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription, you can delete your current subscription and replace it now.
To get your new Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription, go to your dashboard and do the following:
On your subscription tile, click Delete subscription.
Confirm that you want to delete your subscription by typing the name of your domain in the dialog box.
The setup process for your new Microsoft 365 E5 subscription will start automatically.
After you delete your Office 365 E3 subscription and create your replacement Microsoft 365 E5 subscription, your Office 365 E3 tenant will be available for 60 days so that you can migrate your data.
For help migrating your data, you can use the free tool Microsoft Mover. See also the following:
- Office 365 to Microsoft 365 migration guideThank you for your membership in the Microsoft 365 Developer Program.
Eligibility
Subscription Level | Channels | Benefit | Renewable? |
---|---|---|---|
Visual Studio Enterprise (Standard) | VL, Azure, Retail, selected NFR1 | Included | Yes |
Visual Studio Enterprise subscription with GitHub Enterprise | VL | Included | Yes |
Visual Studio Professional (Standard) | VL, Azure, Retail | Included | Yes |
Visual Studio Professional subscription with GitHub Enterprise | VL | Included | Yes |
Visual Studio Test Professional (Standard) | VL, Retail | Not available | NA |
MSDN Platforms (Standard) | VL, Retail | Not available | NA |
Visual Studio Enterprise, Visual Studio Professional (monthly cloud) | Azure | Not available | NA |
1Includes: Not for Resale (NFR), Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP), FTE, BizSpark, MCT Software & Services Developer.
Excludes: MCT Software & Services, Microsoft Partner Network (MPN), Imagine, Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Regional Director (RD), NFR Basic.
Note
Microsoft no longer offers Visual Studio Professional Annual subscriptions and Visual Studio Enterprise Annual subscriptions in Cloud Subscriptions. There will be no change to existing customers experience and ability to renew, increase, decrease, or cancel their subscriptions. New customers are encouraged to go to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/pricing/ to explore different options to purchase Visual Studio.
Not sure which subscription you're using? Connect to https://my.visualstudio.com/subscriptions to see all the subscriptions assigned to your email address. If you don't see all your subscriptions, you may have one or more assigned to a different email address. You'll need to sign in with that email address to see those subscriptions.
Frequently asked questions
Q: Can I activate a Microsoft 365 developer subscription using an existing tenant, or do I need to create a new one?
A: To activate the Office Developer subscription, a new tenant is required.
Q: Can I choose E3 or E5?
As of September 2019, new Developer Program members are only offered E5, which is our flagship version of Office 365. This version of Office 365 offers even more value than E3, and can normally cost substantially more than our previous E3 subscription.
Existing members with E3, who don't need the additional capabilities of E5, will have the option to keep their current E3 subscription and continue to renew it. We are not requiring any existing member to move from E3 to E5 if they don't want to migrate. However each member can only have one subscription.
When we have a migration option for existing Developer Program members, we'll provide more information about how to choose and how to migrate.
Q: How do I know which version I have?
You can verify your version now in the subscription tile located on your Office 365 Developer Program dashboard.
Look for the E3 or E5 indication in your tile.
Q: If Microsoft 365 developer subscription doesn't include Windows, how do I get Windows?
A: The Visual Studio subscriptions that include the Microsoft 365 benefit also include Windows as part of the subscriber downloads. Visit downloads to download Windows. (If you don't see downloads enabled in your subscription, please contact your admin.)
Support resources
365 E3 Cost
- Need help with Microsoft 365 developer subscription? Check out the online Microsoft 365 documentation.
- For assistance with sales, subscriptions, accounts and billing for Visual Studio Subscriptions, contact Visual Studio subscriptions support.
- Have a question about Visual Studio IDE, Azure DevOps Services or other Visual Studio products or services? Visit Visual Studio Support.
- Have feedback on the new offer? Please share your feedback on UserVoice. The Microsoft 365 team will personally review each comment.
See also
Next steps
- Sign in to https://my.visualstudio.com/benefits and click on the Microsoft 365 developer subscription tile to get started.
- If you haven't already done so, we recommend activating these other great benefits in your subscription:
This article was originally published on: http://jasperbernaers.com/the-value-of-microsoft-365-e3-or-e5
Creating the modern workplace!
- Digital business transformation. Every company has a digital transformation initiative. Microsoft 365 drives this digital transformation.
- Increasing agility. The ability to respond to and drive market change quickly is the fundamental measure of business agility.
- Empower information workers and firstline workers so they can collaborate and communicate. Internally as with customers.
- Support different working styles for millennial's, Gen Z, Gen X, Baby boomers.
- Generate better intelligence and analytics with a single view into your company information!
- Increase mobility. people are working from home. From clients and during travel. In regard to collaboration, 98% of information workers collaborate or communicate with someone else at work on a weekly basis.
- Improve security and compliance. Most of the time there is no control of data compliance in the current on-premise environment. Security systems are complex and static without growing or proven improvements. Start with a Zero Trust model.
- Elaborate on collaboration. The rich eco-system of Office 365 with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive will help shift collaboration to 1 dedicated system, with document management and rich possibilities as PowerPlatform and other Microsoft tech.
Microsoft 365 E3 or Microsoft 365 E5?
- Device, make it simple. 2-3 Flavors of license scenario's or strategies are fine.. Dangerous to thinkyou can do a thing with M365 E3 if MFAimplementation is complex.. Invest in fast, create a roadmap for the next years. build trust, choose platform, choose Microsoft.
- Start with activating basic security mechanisms. Start with what you are using. grow. Don't buy E5 when you are not mature. Buy E5 and enable CASB to understand shadow IT or act when people extract crucial organization data... etc..
- Don't think it's complex. Even when your company size is 50people. You could start using Microsoft Business - full cloud. With real value as M365 E3. You could even use M365 E5 when data control and cloud security is import.
Office 365 - standard set
- Every company is using e-mail, calendar, contacts move to exchange Online. it's a proven standard.
- Voice, Video, Meetings. Microsoft Teams. It's used by 500.000 organization and became a standard. Shift to Microsoft Teams for better collaboration.
- Office ProPlus: Everyone is using rich office clients: Word, Excel, PowerPoint. It's there for decades and became a standard.
- Planner, Yammer, OneDrive, SharePoint,.. it isn't always a standard but we currently have tools to Plan tasks, Share thoughts, Share Documents and colleborate in our organization. Proven standard
Office 365 - advanced
- 'Built-in' Analytics - did you know there are free/default/built-in dashboards for a lot of Microsoft 365 Services. I know. These are not organizational related. So they can give rich insights of usability of Office 365 tools.
- Workplace Analytics for example: Measure progress toward transformation goals or Evaluate effectiveness of change efforts. Measure meeting hours, Discover inefficient processes, Identify hurdles to innovation, Gaps in learning, Identify Influencers,..
- MyAnalytics: It's not to control - it's to to help to find out how work is done. People in your organization can find out their own habits because of their Analytic-insights.
Microsoft 365 E3 or E5?
1. Protection across the attack kill chain. This slide shows the real value of Microsoft 365 E5. A lot of customers al laughing with MDATP because they think this is a isolated product. And are going deep in the license compare strategy of their current antivirus. Have a separated anti-spam solution, NO Azure AD Protection, NO cloud App Security..
2. Microsoft 365 E5 has: O365 ATP, Windows Defender ATP, Azure ATP + Cloud App Security. Read below!
3. Cloud App Security: Cloud App Security shows you exactly whether data is passing on all endpoints. Document data, lateral movements, usage of applications, global traffic, count of applications in use in your organisation. Risk levels, GDPR proof applications. Bring network devices logging in CASB to have more insights.
Office 365 E3
4. Security & Compliance: I've seen that there a not enough organizations aware of the richness of the Security & Compliance possibilities in Microsoft 365. Because of shifting to Microsoft 365 the compliance will be in control of your organization. Even if you leave some file-servers and SharePoint services on-premise.
5. Identity & Access management: Because of simplified Identity management organizations are able to work with Security perimeters to protect their users and organization. Because of these simplified configuration users will be able to reset their own password, control their own devices, or configure additional security components. (ZERO-IT)
6. Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR)is an Azure Active Directory (AD) feature that enables users to reset their passwords without contacting IT staff for help. People can unblock themselves and continue working no matter where they are.
7. Managed Mobile Device: Cloud intelligence drives management. Use Autopilot to roll-out new devices and Increase productivity, reduce help-desk costs and Provide the best employee experience. Manage you Windows 10 devices and your mobile devices. Stop allowing personal devices without taking control of organization data. Use MAM and be diplomatic for end-users.
8. Microsoft Defender Security Center Security operations dashboard: The Security operations dashboard is where the endpoint detection and response capabilities are surfaced. It provides a high level overview of where detections were seen and highlights where response actions are needed. USE your built-in possibility for SECOPS reporting. You HAVE IT.
9. Identity driven Security: Because of the use of a single identity in Azure. Or hybrid synced from your local Active Directory services organizations will be able to protect and automatically act when necessary. request for update your password if breached. Ask MFA when your device is not trusted. etc.. let your users update their password from home. Increase ⬆️productivity.
10. Risky Sign-ins:This great feature will bring based on cloud intelligence insights to understand the RISK of a user. for example unfamiliar location, anonymous IP addresses, leaked credentials.. (more info here)
11. Information Protection: To start with classification and labeling of document choose your battles. Define 1-2-3 labels for example: 'High-Confidential Internal Only', 'Public' and 'Internal Only'. It's a good start without auto-labeling documents so people can learn how to protect their confidential data. In a later phase you can enable auto-labeling when a document is highly confidential because of there are credit-card numbers, personal information etc in this document. The activation of Information Protection could come from the fact that 1 million files are shared with external people. Or that you want to stop third-party applications so company data stays safe in the environment.
12. Advanced Threat Protection:Work with Microsoft Defender Security Center (previous WDATP) it will give you insights for Applications, OS, Network, Accounts, Security Controls + Give insights for Software patching, Top vulnerable software, Top exposed machines. Most reports are built-in and seamless integration is done in the Eco-system of Microsoft 365 E5.
365 E3 Licence
13. Windows 10 Enterprise with MODERN approach
Windows 10: My personal favorite. I really love customers which did their homework and started using Windows 10 without policies, governance, Intune (for example), management solutions and now they are stuck in the patching & management of these systems. This is wrong! ❌
Microsoft Office 365 E3
Microsoft Windows 10: Windows 10 has been released to insiders in 2015. version. 1507 afterwards 1511, 1607, 1703,1709, 1803,1809,1903,1909. Microsoft did understand the pain of shifting from Windows XP to Windows 7, Windows 8 to 8.1 and Windows 10. And now they want you to work on this NEW versions in a different way.
Microsoft's Windows 10 Enterprise: comes in the flavor of continues improvement. And needs to be implemented in a service-model with automatic updates, roll-outs, deployment, patching, updating, software requests (self-service) and even more! ✅
Set compliance policies: Because of deep integrations you will be able to work on the compliance of the devices and grow to a recurrent update-model.
14. Desktop Analytics: Thanks to desktop analytics you will be able to evaluate the changes during updates as software distribution and compatibility issues. You can bring your organization to a next level. In case you were afraid that automation took your job, think again. These things need huge attention!
15. Native PowerBI Integration: Because of the rich Eco-system within Microsoft 365 everything can be measured. This report is default/standard without any manipulation of Power-bi. I know it sounds stupid, but without insights that can grow fast. You have nothing. Features/services are changing every year. Be prepared. Start consolidation and start using standards to built on.
Start with a action Plan
- Start with a STRATEGY. Do you want to: increase agility, empower information workers create intelligence increase mobility short: Drive transformation. AND invest in your SECURITY MATURITY -> than you should start with a STRATEGY. Non of all these things are technical. Even if we think it's technical. DECIDE.
- PLAN: Everything starts with a plan. PLAN to start a Microsoft Teams pilot. PLAN to evaluate. PLAN to pick-up the finding. PLAN To go further. Most important PLAN to write a ROADMAP which describes the road ahead.
- READINESS CHECK: Are you technically READY to start with a Microsoft Teams Roll-out? Is your company READY to start? Are the people READY to start? Is everyone involved? Are you READY?
- IMPLEMENTATION: This is the easy part. Implement Microsoft Teams. Enable the features, check the boxes. Activate the subscriptions, copy the templates. Start the Pilot. Ask experts to deliver the technical requirements.
- NEW WAY OF WORK: Microsoft Teams as used in this example as 'new tech', think about the groups we had in the top of the article. millennial's, Gen Z, Gen X, Baby boomers. Do you think you should make some scenario's? training and standard adoption programs to help them work as they never did before? YES!
- TRANSFORM(ATION): Real transformation is successful when you KNOW/MEASURE it went well. Wen you see the activation/usage ratio in numbers. When you know the people are confident and happy to use new technology. When nobody is complaining and the organization has grown to a higher level of collaboration. And even when it fails or needs more improvements start over with this S-P-R-I-N-T.
- This article was originally published on: https://jasperbernaers.com/the-value-of-microsoft-365-e3-or-e5/