Intune Suite Features Added to Microsoft 365 E5, E3 Ahead of 2026 Price Increases

• The features of Intune Suite and Intune Plan 2 are being split across—and bundled into—Microsoft 365 E5 and E3; but both Intune offerings will remain available for license.
• This change could soften the blow of the July 2026 US$3 per user, per month Microsoft 365 price hikes and save new customers from also needing to buy the Intune Suite.
• This change also likely ends any discussion of a rumored and customer-feared “E7” tier of Microsoft 365 (for now), since E5 adds features but increases in cost.
• Customers should expect these Intune features to arrive for licensed Microsoft 365 users prior to July 2026, when prices will increase.

The features of the premium Intune Suite and Intune Plan 2 are being “unbundled.” Commercial Microsoft 365 E3 licenses will gain some features, and Microsoft 365 E5 licenses will add them all. Government customers (G3/G5) are expected to receive these benefits as well, while Academic customers (A3/A5) are not expected to gain these benefits, at least at this time. It appears that the Intune Suite and Intune Plan 2 remain available for license as some scenarios will still require them, and these features will not be added to either Microsoft 365 F3 or F1 Frontline worker suites or any Office 365 or Business Premium suites. Customers will not have to make any changes for users to receive these Intune features; they will be enabled for properly licensed users automatically at some point prior to the price increase in all Microsoft 365 suites on July 1, 2026.