office 365 enterprise e3 terminal server

But the value proposition overall for this SKU just keeps on growing. The Office apps still lack some of the ProPlus goodies like database/spreadsheet compare, PowerQuery, PowerMaps, PowerView, etc., as well as group policy support–just as we’d expect. Let’s take a look where things stand now. Note: switching subscriptions from Office 365 E3 to Microsoft 365 Business should also work the same way. But, this is not a permanent state eventually it will update to reflect your actual licensing (Business).

The confusion is compounded somewhat by the fact that if you deploy the Office apps using Intune with this subscription, the ProPlus bits are installed by default. Just because Shared Computer Activation is now available does not mean that we have switched to ProPlus.

Nevertheless, do not be confused: Microsoft 365 Business still features the Business edition of Office 365. It is all a bit confusing, since Microsoft 365 Business includes Office 365 Business software–not ProPlus. This is an important announcement since a lot of small businesses were stuck between saving cost and implementing odd-ball “workarounds” or going with the Microsoft / Office 365 E3 SKU (which did support SCA). Update: the official blog post about this finally came from MS last week. And now, we find that Shared Computer Activation–another major feature “deal-breaker” for some–is indeed coming to Microsoft 365 Business. Recently we had the addition of password write-back (enabling self-service resets for hybrid users), which was a feature from Azure AD Premium that filtered down into the subscription. I have a previous article on this topic, but the Microsoft 365 Business SKU seems to be getting new features left and right all the time.

Office 365 enterprise e3 terminal server