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Teams-related Product Packaging April 23, 2026 CALs Included with Online Services Suites April 17, 2026 CAL Suite Contents April 17, 2026 External User Qualification Requirements Updated: April 17, 2026 Enterprise Agreement Contract Stack April 17, 2026 Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Packaging April 17, 2026 Office and Windows Supported Combinations April 17, 2026 Microsoft 365 Enterprise Suite Packaging April 16, 2026 Office 365 Enterprise suites packaging April 16, 2026 Microsoft 365 Extensions April 16, 2026 Office 365 and Microsoft 365 Comparison April 16, 2026 Microsoft 365 Copilot Packaging April 16, 2026 Frontline Worker Online Suite Packaging April 13, 2026 Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite Packaging April 13, 2026 Available Azure Reservations Updated: April 10, 2026 Chart of Microsoft Purview Pay-as-you-go Services February 16, 2026

  Licensing Reference Teams-related Product Packaging Illustration + caption maps Teams-related license types to the AI, collaboration, and management/security capabilities, as...more   Licensing Reference Foundry Models Microsoft Foundry Models enables developers to use large language models (LLMs) developed by OpenAI, Anthropic,...more   Licensing Reference CAL Suite Contents Illustration and caption outline the components currently in the Core CAL Suite and Enterprise CAL...more   Licensing Reference CALs Included with Online Services Suites Illustration and caption list the CAL (client access license) and Client ML (Management License) subscriptions...more   Licensing Reference Exchange Server CAL Types and Features Illustration outlines the technical features licensed by the Exchange Server Standard CAL (Client Access License)...more   Licensing Reference External User Qualification Requirements Chart + caption explain the criteria a contractor or agent working on behalf of a...more   Licensing Reference CAL Provides the right for a device or user to access all running instances of a...more   Licensing Reference Enterprise Agreement Contract Stack Illustration + caption explains how multiple types of legal documents interconnect to form what is...more   Licensing Reference Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Packaging Illustration + caption compare Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise features provided on Windows/Mac, mobile, and...more   Licensing Reference Office and Windows Supported Combinations Table (with caption) lists supported combinations of OSs (Windows client and Windows Server) and Office...more   Licensing Reference Office 365 Enterprise Suites Packaging Illustration + caption compares the contents of Office 365 F3, E1, E3, and E5 suites.   Licensing Reference Microsoft 365 Enterprise Suite Packaging Illustration + caption compare the online services and features bundled into Microsoft 365 F3, E3,...more   Licensing Reference CAL Suite Bridge Subscription providing the right for a user to access some subset of on-premises server products;...more   Licensing Reference CAL Suite Bridge Contents Illustration outlines the components currently in the various CAL Suite Bridge offerings.   Licensing Reference Microsoft 365 Extensions Illustration + caption enumerate the many dozen discrete licenses that extend or augment the capabilities...more   Licensing Reference Office 365 and Microsoft 365 Comparison Illustration + caption compares the set of online services included with Office 365 E1/E3/E5 suites...more