Discover and assign the Microsoft 365 Extra Features license
IMPORTANT This article only applies if you bought a Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 Original subscription through an Enterprise Agreement (EA). If this applies to you, you now see the Microsoft 365 E3 Extra Features or Microsoft 365 E5 Extra Features product(s) on the Licenses page in the Microsoft 365 admin center. |
As part of your Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 Original subscription, your organization now has access to the Microsoft 365 E3 Extra Features or Microsoft 365 E5 Extra Features license(s) at no additional cost. These licenses enable the following features for your users:
Feature |
Microsoft 365 E3 Extra Features |
Microsoft 365 E5 Extra Features |
Avatars for Teams |
Yes |
Yes |
Avatars for Teams (additional) |
Yes |
Yes |
Microsoft Copilot |
Yes |
Yes |
Microsoft Clipchamp |
Yes |
Yes |
Microsoft Loop |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows Autopatch |
Yes |
Yes |
Customer Lockbox |
No |
Yes |
Defender for IoT - Enterprise IoT Security |
No |
Yes |
Immersive spaces for Teams |
No |
Yes |
Information Protection and Governance Analytics - Premium |
No |
Yes |
Microsoft Defender Application Guard for Office |
No |
Yes |
Machine Learning-Based Classification |
No |
Yes |
Microsoft Endpoint DLP |
No |
Yes |
Microsoft Insider Risk Management |
No |
Yes |
Safe Documents |
No |
Yes |
Assign the Microsoft 365 Extra Features license to users
To use any of the features provided by Microsoft 365 Extra Features, you must assign a license for it to your Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 users. We recommend that you assign the license to your users as soon as possible, so that they can use the features and improve their Microsoft 365 experience.
You can use any of the following ways to assign the licenses:
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