Microsoft 365 Business Premium is built for UK businesses that need both productivity and serious security without hiring an IT department. Here are the questions we're asked most often about what Premium includes and how it compares to the other Microsoft 365 plans.
Business Premium includes everything in Business Standard, desktop Office apps, business email and Teams, plus advanced security: Microsoft Defender, Intune device management and data-loss protection.
Standard gives you the productivity apps and cloud collaboration. Premium adds the security and device-management layer (Defender for Office 365, Intune, conditional access), which suits firms handling sensitive data.
It's licensed per user, and each user can install the Office apps on up to five PCs or Macs, five tablets and five phones. There's no minimum: it scales from one user upwards.
Yes. We handle the full setup, domain verification, mailbox migration from your old provider, security policies and user training, so the switch is smooth and there's no email downtime.
It's our most popular plan for UK firms that need proper security without an in-house IT team: you get enterprise-grade protection at a per-user price, fully supported by our UK team.
The security controls in Premium, multi-factor authentication, device management and data-loss prevention, map closely to frameworks like Cyber Essentials, and we can help configure them to support your compliance goals.
Yes. Many businesses give Premium to staff handling sensitive data and Business Basic or Standard to lighter users. Licences are per user, so you only pay for the protection each person actually needs.