Compare Office 365 – Exchange Online Plans

 

Compare Office 365 – Exchange Online Plans

Microsoft Exchange Online Plan is a hosted email, calendar, contacts and tasks solution that delivers the capabilities of Microsoft Exchange Server as a cloud-based service. Exchange Online is essentially based on Microsoft Exchange Server, hence it supports most if not all features of on-premise Exchange Server including full integration with Active Directory, group policy support, and familiar messaging experience across various forms of PCs, computers, The Web, smartphones and mobile devices.

Exchange Online is one of the product under the umbrella of Office 365, and it’s included in many Office 365 plans that include email service. Exchange Online is also available for subscription on a standalone basis for users who just need a hosted Exchange service without other unnecessary add-ons.

As a standalone SKU, Exchange Online has three plans available, namely Exchange Online Plan 1, Exchange Online Plan 2 and Exchange Online Kiosk. All Exchange Online plans can have an unlimited number of users. The table below describes the differences and comparison between features and functionality available in each different plans.

	Microsoft Exchange Online Plan 1 (EOL P1) USD4	Microsoft Exchange Online Plan 2 (EOL P2) USD8	Microsoft Exchange Online Kiosk (EOL Kiosk) USD2
Microsoft 365 SKUs & Plans Inclusion	Microsoft 365 Business Basic Microsoft 365 Business Standard Microsoft 365 Business Premium Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Government E1	Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Education E3 Office 365 Government E3 Office 365 Enterprise E4 Office 365 Education E4 Office 365 Government E4	Office 365 Enterprise K1 Office 365 Government K1
Planning and Deployment	Microsoft Exchange Online Plan 1 (EOL P1)	Microsoft Exchange Online Plan 2 (EOL P2)	Microsoft Exchange Online Kiosk (EOL Kiosk)
Hybrid deployment supported
IMAP migration supported
Cutover migration supported
Staged migration supported
Permissions	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Role-Based Permissions
Role Groups
Role Assignment Policies
Message Policy and Compliance	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Archiving Exchange Online-based Mailboxes
Cloud-Based Archiving of On-Premises Mailboxes
Retention Tags and Retention Policies
Encryption of data at rest (BitLocker)
IRM using Azure RMS (requires add-on purchase, included in E3 & E4)
IRM using Windows Server AD RMS
Office 365 Message Encryption (depends on Azure RMS)
S/MIME
In-Place Hold and Litigation Hold
In-Place eDiscovery
Transport Rules
Data Loss Prevention
Journaling
Anti-Spam and Anti-Malware Protection	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Built-In Anti-Spam Protection
Customize Anti-Spam Policies
Built-In Anti-Malware Protection
Customize Anti-Malware Policies
Quarantine – administrator management
Quarantine – administrator management
Quarantine – end-user self-management
Mail Flow	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Custom Routing of Outbound Mail
Secure Messaging with a Trusted Partner
Conditional Mail Routing
Adding Partner to an Inbound Safe List
Hybrid Email Routing
Recipients	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Capacity Alerts
Clutter
MailTips
Delegate Access
Inbox Rules
Connected Accounts
Inactive Mailboxes
Offline Address Book
Address Book Policies
Hierarchical Address Book
Address Lists and Global Address List
Distribution Groups
External Contacts (global)
Universal Contact Card
Contact Linking with Social Networks
Resource Mailboxes
Conference Room Management
Out-of-Office Replies
Calendar Sharing
Reporting Features and Troubleshooting Tools	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Office 365 admin center reports
Excel Reporting Workbook
Web Services Reports
Message Trace
Auditing Reports
Unified Messaging Reports
Sharing and Collaboration	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Federated Sharing
Site Mailboxes (requires SharePoint Online)
Public Folders
Clients and Mobile Devices	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Microsoft Outlook
Outlook Web App
Exchange ActiveSync (Mobile)
POP and IMAP			(POP3 only without IMAP)
SMTP
EWS Application support
Outlook for Mac
Voice Message Services	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Voice Mail
Third-Party Voice Mail Interoperability
Skype for Business Integration
High Availability and Business Continuity	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Mailbox Replication at Data Centers
Deleted Mailbox Recovery
Deleted Item Recovery
Single Item Recovery
Interoperability, Connectivity, and Compatibility	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Skype for Business Presence in OWA
SharePoint Interoperability
EWS Connectivity Support
SMTP Relay Support
Exchange Online Administration and Management	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Microsoft Office 365 portal access
Microsoft Office 365 admin center access
Exchange admin center access
Remote Windows PowerShell access
ActiveSync Policies for Mobile Devices
Usage Reporting
Customization, Add-ins, and Resources for Exchange Online	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Outlook Web App Web Parts
Outlook Add-Ins and Outlook MAPI
Address Book Limits	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Address List	1000	1000	1000
Offline Address Book (OAB)	250	250	250
Address Book Policies (ABP)	250	250	250
Global Address Lists	250	250	250
Storage Limits	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
User Mailboxes	50 GB	50 GB	2 GB
Archive Mailboxes	Shared with Primary	No Limit	Not Available
Shared Mailboxes	50 GB	50 GB	Not Available
Resource Mailboxes	50 GB	50 GB	50 GB
Public Folder Mailboxes (Max 50)	50 GB	50 GB	Not Available
Mailbox Folder Limits	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Maximum number of messages per mailbox folder	1 million	1 million	1 million
Maximum number of messages per folder in the Recoverable Items folder	3 million	3 million	3 million
Maximum number of subfolders per mailbox folder	1,000	1,000	1,000
Maximum folder hierarchy depth	300	300	300
Maximum number of public folders	100,000	100,000	Not Available
Maximum number of subfolders per public folder	1,000	1,000	Not Available
Message Limits	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Message size limit	25 MB	25 MB	25 MB
Message size limit – migration	150 MB	150 MB	150 MB
Subject length limit	255 characters	255 characters	255 characters
File attachments limit	250 attachments	250 attachments	250 attachments
File attachment size limit	25 MB	25 MB	25 MB
Multipart message limit	250 parts	250 parts	250 parts
Embedded message depth limit	30 embedded messages	30 embedded messages	30 embedded messages
Recipient and Sender Limits	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Recipient rate limit	10,000 recipients per day	10,000 recipients per day	10,000 recipients per day
Recipient limit	500 recipients	500 recipients	500 recipients
Distribution Groups Limits	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Maximum number of distribution group members	100,000 members	100,000 members	100,000 members
Limit sending messages to large distribution group	5,000 or more members	5,000 or more members	5,000 or more members
Maximum message size for large distribution groups	2 MB	2 MB	2 MB
Transport and Inbox Rule Limits	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Maximum number of transport rules	300 rules	300 rules	300 rules
Maximum size of an individual transport rule	8 KB	8 KB	8 KB
Character limit (in KB) for all regular expressions used in all transport rules	20 KB	20 KB	20 KB
Maximum number of recipients added to a message by all transport rules	100 recipients	100 recipients
Forward limit	10 recipients	10 recipients	10 recipients
Number of times a message is redirected	1 redirection	1 redirection	1 redirection
Moderation Limits	EOL P1	EOL P2	EOL Kiosk
Maximum size of the arbitration mailbox	10 GB	10 GB	10 GB
Maximum number of moderators	10 moderators	10 moderators	10 moderators
Expiration for messages waiting for moderation	2 days	2 days	2 days
Maximum rate for expired moderation notification messages	300 expiration notifications per hour	300 expiration notifications per hour	300 expiration notifications per hour
Exchange ActiveSync Limits	Microsoft Exchange Online Plan 1 (EOL P1)	Microsoft Exchange Online Plan 2 (EOL P2)	Microsoft Exchange Online Kiosk (EOL Kiosk)
Exchange ActiveSync device limit	100	100	100
Exchange ActiveSync device deletion limit	20	20	20
Exchange ActiveSync file attachment limit	25 MB	25 MB	25 MB

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