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SharePoint Online Service Description

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Topic Last Modified: 2014-02-03

Microsoft SharePoint Online enables an organization to easily create and manage custom team-focused and project-focused sites for collaboration. In addition, it’s possible to deploy an organization-wide intranet portal used to disseminate information and news across the organization. For a quick overview of other Microsoft SharePoint Online products and technologies, see What is SharePoint?

To compare features across plans, see Office 365 service comparison.

For information about new features in SharePoint Online, see What's new in SharePoint Online.

If you’re an existing SharePoint customer, see Discontinued features and modified functionality in Microsoft SharePoint 2013.

For information about the operating systems, web browsers, and Office clients that are designed to work with Office 365, see Office 365 System Requirements.

NoteNote:
An organization can deploy a hybrid SharePoint environment, which is composed of SharePoint Server 2013, typically deployed on-premises, and SharePoint Online. To learn more, see Hybrid for SharePoint Server 2013.

There are some limitations to the SharePoint Online service, such as site collection quotas, file upload limits, and storage limits. For details, see SharePoint Online software boundaries and limits. In addition, there are certain types of files that you cannot upload or download in a SharePoint list or library see blocked file types.

To learn more about mobile support, see Use a mobile device to work with SharePoint Online sites.

The Office 365 team maintains a list of known issues and workarounds that applies to all service plans. For more information, see Office 2013 and Office 365 known issues.

Need help figuring out which SharePoint solution best fits your organization’s needs? Use the following tables to see which features are available in a solution. Click a feature name to read a short summary of how that feature works in SharePoint Online.

Office 365 is available in a variety of plans in order to best meet the needs of your organization. For information about different plans, including standalone plan options and information on moving from one plan to another, see Office 365 Plan Options.

Each person who accesses SharePoint Online must be assigned to an Office 365 plan or SharePoint Online Plan 1 or SharePoint Online Plan 2 standalone service. However, a kiosk plan is not sold as a standalone offer, only as part of the Kiosk subscription, such as SharePoint Online Kiosk. Since kiosk users can’t be administrators, tenants with kiosk users require at least one Enterprise admin to manage SharePoint. Kiosk users won’t see SharePoint navigation menus, so kiosk users have to navigate to SharePoint sites directly by URL.

All Office 365 plans include the SharePoint Online service, but not all plans support all SharePoint features. The following table displays whether or not a feature is available in a plan.

 

Developer features

Office 365 Small Business

Office 365 Small Business Premium

Office 365 Midsize Business

Office 365 Enterprise E1

Office 365 Education A2

Office 365 Government G1

Office 365 Enterprise E3

Office 365 Education A3

Office 365 Government G3

Office 365 Enterprise E4

Office 365 Education A4

Office 365 Government G4

Office 365 Enterprise K1

Office 365 Government K1

SharePoint Online Enterprise External Users

Access Services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

App Catalog (SharePoint)

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

App Deployment: Autohosted Apps

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

App Deployment: Cloud-Hosted Apps

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

App Deployment: SharePoint-Hosted Apps

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

App Management Services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

BCS: Alerts for External Lists

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

BCS: App Scoped External Content Types (ECTs)

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

BCS: Business Data Webparts

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

BCS: External List

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

BCS: OData connector

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

BCS: Profile Pages

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

BCS: Rich Client Integration

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

BCS: Secure Store Service

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

BCS: Tenant-level external data log

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Browser-based customizations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Client Object Model (OM)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Client-side rendering (CSR)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom Site Definitions

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Custom Site Provisioning

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Developer Site

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Forms Based Applications

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Full-Trust Solutions

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

InfoPath Forms Services

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

JavaScript Object Model

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

List and Library APIs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Remote Event Receiver

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

REST API

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sandboxed Solutions

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Design Manager

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Designer

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Store

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Workflow 2010 (.NET 3.5)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Workflow 2010 (out of the box)

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Workflow 2013

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes6

Yes6

Yes6

Yes

Yes

Workload API: ECM APIs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Workload API: Search APIs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Workload API: Social APIs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IT Professional features

Office 365 Small Business

Office 365 Small Business Premium

Office 365 Midsize Business

Office 365 Enterprise E1

Office 365 Education A2

Office 365 Government G1

Office 365 Enterprise E3

Office 365 Education A3

Office 365 Government G3

Office 365 Enterprise E4

Office 365 Education A4

Office 365 Government G4

Office 365 Enterprise K1

Office 365 Government K1

SharePoint Online Enterprise External Users

Active Directory Synchronization

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Alternate Access Mapping (AAM)

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Analytics Platform

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Anti-malware protection

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Claims-Based Authentication Support

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Configuration Wizards

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Deferred Site Collection upgrade

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Distributed Cache

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Host Header Site Collections

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Improved Permissions Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Improved Self-Service Site Creation

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Managed Accounts

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Minimal Download Strategy (MDS)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OAuth

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Patch Management

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Quota Templates

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Read-Only Database Support

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Remote BLOB Storage

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Request Management

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Request throttling

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Resource throttling

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Service Application Platform

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Health Analyzer

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

SharePoint admin center

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No7

No

Shredded Storage

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Site Collection Compliance Policies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Site Collection Health Checks

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

State Service

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Streamlined Central Administration

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

System Status Notifications

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Unattached Content Database Recovery

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Upgrade evaluation site collections

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Usage Reporting and Logging

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Windows PowerShell Support

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Content features

Office 365 Small Business

Office 365 Small Business Premium

Office 365 Midsize Business

Office 365 Enterprise E1

Office 365 Education A2

Office 365 Government G1

Office 365 Enterprise E3

Office 365 Education A3

Office 365 Government G3

Office 365 Enterprise E4

Office 365 Education A4

Office 365 Government G4

Office 365 Enterprise K1

Office 365 Government K1

SharePoint Online Enterprise External Users

Accessibility Standards Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Asset Library Enhancements/Video Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Auditing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Auditing & Reporting (e.g. doc edits, policy edits, deletes)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Content Organizer

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Design Manager

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Document Sets

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Document Translation in Word Web App

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

eDiscovery

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

External Sharing: External Access

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

External Sharing: Guest Link

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Folder Sync

Yes1

Yes

Yes

Yes1

Yes

Yes

Yes2

Yes

IRM using Windows Azure AD Rights Management

No

No

No3

No3

Yes4

Yes4

No3 5

No3 5

IRM using Windows Server AD RMS

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

In-Place Hold

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Managed Metadata Service

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Metadata-driven Navigation

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multi-stage Disposition

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Office ProPlus (Osub)

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Office Web Apps (create/edit)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Office Web Apps (view)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Office Web Apps Server integration

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

PowerPoint Automation Services

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Preservation hold library

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Quick Edit

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Records management

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Recycle Bin (SharePoint admin center)

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Recycle Bin (site collection)

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Related Items

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rich Media Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shared Content Types

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Translation Services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Site mailbox

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Surveys

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unique Document IDs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Video Search

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

WCM: Analytics

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

WCM: Catalog

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

WCM: Category page and catalog item page

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

WCM: Content Search Web Part

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

WCM: Cross-Site Publishing

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

WCM: Designer Tools

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WCM: Faceted navigation

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

WCM: Image Renditions

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WCM: Managed navigation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WCM: Mobile and Device Rendering

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WCM: Multiple Domains

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

WCM: Recommendations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

WCM: Search Engine Optimizations (SEO)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Word Automation Services

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Insights features

Office 365 Small Business

Office 365 Small Business Premium

Office 365 Midsize Business

Office 365 Enterprise E1

Office 365 Education A2

Office 365 Government G1

Office 365 Enterprise E3

Office 365 Education A3

Office 365 Government G3

Office 365 Enterprise E4

Office 365 Education A4

Office 365 Government G4

Office 365 Enterprise K1

Office 365 Government K1

SharePoint Online Enterprise External Users

Business Intelligence Center

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Calculated Measures and Members

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Data Connection Library

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Decoupled PivotTables and PivotCharts

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Excel Services

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Field list and Field Support

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Filter Enhancements

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Filter Search

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

PerformancePoint Services

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

PerformancePoint Services (PPS) Dashboard Migration

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Power View

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

PowerPivot

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Quick Explore

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Scorecards & Dashboards

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Integrated Mode

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Timeline Slicer

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Visio Services

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Search features

Office 365 Small Business

Office 365 Small Business Premium

Office 365 Midsize Business

Office 365 Enterprise E1

Office 365 Education A2

Office 365 Government G1

Office 365 Enterprise E3

Office 365 Education A3

Office 365 Government G3

Office 365 Enterprise E4

Office 365 Education A4

Office 365 Government G4

Office 365 Enterprise K1

Office 365 Government K1

SharePoint Online Enterprise External Users

Advanced Content Processing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Continuous crawls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Custom entity extraction

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Deep links

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Event-based relevancy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Expertise Search

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Extensible content processing

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Graphical refiners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hybrid search

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

On-premises search index

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Phonetic name matching

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Query rules—Add promoted results

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Query rules—advanced actions

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Query spelling correction

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Query suggestions

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Query throttling

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Quick preview

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Recommendations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Refiners

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

RESTful Query API/Query OM

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Result sources

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Search connector framework

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Search results sorting

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Search vertical: “Conversations”

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Search vertical: “People”

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Search vertical: “Video”

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

“This List” searches

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tunable Relevancy

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Sites features

Office 365 Small Business

Office 365 Small Business Premium

Office 365 Midsize Business

Office 365 Enterprise E1

Office 365 Education A2

Office 365 Government G1

Office 365 Enterprise E3

Office 365 Education A3

Office 365 Government G3

Office 365 Enterprise E4

Office 365 Education A4

Office 365 Government G4

Office 365 Enterprise K1

Office 365 Government K1

SharePoint Online Enterprise External Users

Change the look

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Connections to Microsoft Office Clients

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cross Browser Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom Managed Paths

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Governance

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large List Scalability and Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mobile Connectivity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multi-Lingual User Interface

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

My Tasks

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

OOTB Web Parts

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Permissions Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Project functionality for team sites

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Project site template

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Project Summary web part

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Project workspace

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Public Website (SPO)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Lists

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Ribbon

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Task list

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Team Site: Drag & Drop

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Team Site: Notebook

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Team Site: Simplified Access

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Templates

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Themes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Variations

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Usage Analytics

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Work Management Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Social features

Office 365 Small Business

Office 365 Small Business Premium

Office 365 Midsize Business

Office 365 Enterprise E1

Office 365 Education A2

Office 365 Government G1

Office 365 Enterprise E3

Office 365 Education A3

Office 365 Government G3

Office 365 Enterprise E4

Office 365 Education A4

Office 365 Government G4

Office 365 Enterprise K1

Office 365 Government K1

SharePoint Online Enterprise External Users

Ask Me About

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Blogs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Communities Reputation, Badging, and Moderation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Community

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Company Feed

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Follow

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Microblogging

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Newsfeed

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

One Click Sharing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

People, Sites, Document Recommendations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Personal Site

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Photos and Presence

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Profile

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Ratings

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Shared with Me

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Site Feed

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Skydrive Pro

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes2

No

Tag profiles

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Tasks integrated with Outlook

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Trending Tags

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wikis

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add-Ons

Office 365 Small Business

Office 365 Small Business Premium

Office 365 Midsize Business

Office 365 Enterprise E1

Office 365 Education A2

Office 365 Government G1

Office 365 Enterprise E3

Office 365 Education A3

Office 365 Government G3

Office 365 Enterprise E4

Office 365 Education A4

Office 365 Government G4

Office 365 Enterprise K1

Office 365 Government K1

SharePoint Online Enterprise External Users

Additional Storage

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Azure Provisioned Apps: Access Services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Azure Provisioned Apps: Custom Code in Azure LWR

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Duet Online

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

NoteNote:
1 To use folder sync, you must have Office 2013 (Standard or Professional edition) or an Office 365 subscription that includes Office applications. Office 365 Small Business, Office 365 Enterprise E1, Office 365 Education A2, and Office 365 Government G1 plans don’t include subscriptions to Office 2013. However, you can use folder sync if you have Office 2013 installed and subscribe to one of these plans.
2 Kiosk accounts have limited SkyDrive Pro functionality. Kiosk customers can use the SkyDrive Pro folder sync client application to sync team site document libraries with a shared computer and access documents offline. But kiosk accounts do not include a SkyDrive Pro Personal Site, so they do not benefit from a SkyDrive Pro personal library with 25 gigabytes (GB) of online storage.
3 Windows Azure AD Rights Management is not included but can be purchased as a separate add-in order to enable supported IRM features.
4 Windows Azure AD Rights Management Service is not currently available to Office 365 Government G3 or Office 365 Government G4 customers.
5 Office 365 Enterprise K1, Office 365 Government K1, and SharePoint Online Enterprise External Users can access documents in an IRM-protected SharePoint Online document library, if they have permission. In addition, you can open, read, and view IRM-protected documents according to the assigned document rights.
6 Workflow 2013 is not yet available in Office 365 Government G1, Office 365 Government G3, or Office 365 Government G4 plans.
7Because Kiosk users can’t be administrators, tenants with Kiosk users need at least one Enterprise user to access the admin center.

SharePoint Online individual service plans do not include other Office 365 services, such as Microsoft Exchange Online or Microsoft Lync Online. The following table displays whether or not a feature is available in an individual service plan.

 

Developer features SharePoint Online Plan 1 SharePoint Online Plan 2

Access Services

Yes

Yes

App Catalog (SharePoint)

Yes

Yes

App Deployment: Autohosted Apps

Yes

Yes

App Deployment: Cloud-Hosted Apps

Yes

Yes

App Deployment: SharePoint-Hosted Apps

Yes

Yes

App Management Services

Yes

Yes

BCS: Alerts for External Lists

No

Yes

BCS: App Scoped External Content Types (ECTs)

No

Yes

BCS: Business Data Webparts

No

Yes

BCS: External List

No

Yes

BCS: OData connector

No

Yes

BCS: Profile Pages

No

No

BCS: Rich Client Integration

No

No

BCS: Secure Store Service

No

Yes

BCS: Tenant-level external data log

No

Yes

Browser-based customizations

Yes

Yes

Client Object Model (OM)

Yes

Yes

Client-side rendering (CSR)

Yes

Yes

Custom Site Definitions

No

No

Custom Site Provisioning

No

No

Developer Site

Yes

Yes

Forms Based Applications

Yes

Yes

Full-Trust Solutions

No

No

InfoPath Forms Services

No

Yes

JavaScript Object Model

Yes

Yes

List and Library APIs

Yes

Yes

Remote Event Receiver

Yes

Yes

REST API

Yes

Yes

Sandboxed Solutions

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Design Manager

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Designer

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Store

Yes

Yes

Workflow 2010 (.NET 3.5)

Yes

Yes

Workflow 2010 (out of the box)

Yes

Yes

Workflow 2013

Yes

Yes

Workload API: ECM APIs

Yes

Yes

Workload API: Search APIs

Yes

Yes

Workload API: Social APIs

Yes

Yes

IT Professional features

SharePoint Online Plan 1

SharePoint Online Plan 2

Active Directory Synchronization

Yes

Yes

Alternate Access Mapping (AAM)

No

No

Analytics Platform

No

No

Anti-malware protection

Yes

Yes

Claims-Based Authentication Support

No

No

Configuration Wizards

No

No

Deferred Site Collection upgrade

Yes

Yes

Distributed Cache

No

No

Host Header Site Collections

No

No

Improved Permissions Management

Yes

Yes

Improved Self-Service Site Creation

No

No

Managed Accounts

No

No

Minimal Download Strategy (MDS)

Yes

Yes

OAuth

Yes

Yes

Patch Management

No

No

Quota Templates

No

No

Read-Only Database Support

No

No

Remote BLOB Storage

No

No

Request Management

No

No

Request throttling

No

No

Resource throttling

No

No

Service Application Platform

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Health Analyzer

No

No

SharePoint admin center

Yes

Yes

Shredded Storage

Yes

Yes

Site Collection Compliance Policies

Yes

Yes

Site Collection Health Checks

Yes

Yes

State Service

No

No

Streamlined Central Administration

No

No

System Status Notifications

No

No

Unattached Content Database Recovery

No

No

Upgrade evaluation site collections

Yes

Yes

Usage Reporting and Logging

No

No

Windows PowerShell Support

Yes

Yes

Content features

SharePoint Online Plan 1

SharePoint Online Plan 2

Accessibility Standards Support

Yes

Yes

Asset Library Enhancements/Video Support

Yes

Yes

Auditing

Yes

Yes

Auditing & Reporting (e.g. doc edits, policy edits, deletes)

Yes

Yes

Content Organizer

Yes

Yes

Design Manager

Yes

Yes

Document Sets

Yes

Yes

Document Translation in Word Web App

Yes

Yes

eDiscovery

No

Yes

External Sharing: External Access

Yes

Yes

External Sharing: Guest Link

Yes

Yes

Folder Sync

Yes

Yes

IRM using Windows Azure AD Rights Management

No1

No1

IRM using Windows Server AD RMS

No

No

In-Place Hold

Yes

Yes

Managed Metadata Service

Yes

Yes

Metadata-driven Navigation

Yes

Yes

Multi-stage Disposition

Yes

Yes

Office ProPlus (Osub)

No

No

Office Web Apps (create/edit)

No

No

Office Web Apps (view)

Yes

Yes

Office Web Apps Server integration

No

No

PowerPoint Automation Services

No

No

Preservation hold library

No

Yes

Quick Edit

Yes

Yes

Records management

Yes

Yes

Recycle Bin (SharePoint admin center)

Yes

Yes

Recycle Bin (site collection)

Yes

Yes

Related Items

Yes

Yes

Rich Media Management

Yes

Yes

Shared Content Types

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Translation Services

Yes

Yes

Site mailbox

Yes

Yes

Surveys

No

No

Unique Document IDs

Yes

Yes

Video Search

No

Yes

WCM: Analytics

No

No

WCM: Catalog

No

Yes

WCM: Category page and catalog item page

No

Yes

WCM: Content Search Web Part

No

Yes

WCM: Cross-Site publishing

No

Yes

WCM: Designer Tools

Yes

Yes

WCM: Faceted navigation

No

No

WCM: Image Renditions

Yes

Yes

WCM: Managed navigation

Yes

Yes

WCM: Mobile and Device Rendering

Yes

Yes

WCM: Multiple Domains

No

No

WCM: Recommendations

Yes

Yes

WCM: Search Engine Optimizations (SEO)

Yes

Yes

Word Automation Services

No

No

Insights features

SharePoint Online Plan 1

SharePoint Online Plan 2

Business Intelligence Center

No

Yes

Calculated Measures and Members

No

Yes

Data Connection Library

No

Yes

Decoupled PivotTables and PivotCharts

No

Yes

Excel Services

No

Yes

Field list and Field Support

No

Yes

Filter Enhancements

No

Yes

Filter Search

No

Yes

PerformancePoint Services

No

No

PerformancePoint Services (PPS) Dashboard Migration

No

No

Power View

No

Yes

PowerPivot

No

Yes

Quick Explore

No

Yes

Scorecards & Dashboards

No

No

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Integrated Mode

No

No

Timeline Slicer

No

Yes

Visio Services

No

Yes

Search features

SharePoint Online Plan 1

SharePoint Online Plan 2

Advanced Content Processing

No

No

Continuous crawls

Yes

Yes

Custom entity extraction

No

No

Deep links

Yes

Yes

Event-based relevancy

Yes

Yes

Expertise Search

Yes

Yes

Extensible content processing

No

No

Graphical refiners

Yes

Yes

Hybrid search

Yes

Yes

On-premises search index

No

No

Phonetic name matching

Yes

Yes

Query rules—Add promoted results

Yes

Yes

Query rules—advanced actions

No

No

Query spelling correction

Yes

Yes

Query suggestions

Yes

Yes

Query throttling

Yes

Yes

Quick preview

Yes

Yes

Recommendations

Yes

Yes

Refiners

Yes

Yes

RESTful Query API/Query OM

Yes

Yes

Result sources

Yes

Yes

Search connector framework

No

No

Search results sorting

Yes

Yes

Search vertical: “Conversations”

Yes

Yes

Search vertical: “People”

Yes

Yes

Search vertical: “Video”

No

Yes

“This List” searches

Yes

Yes

Tunable Relevancy

No

No

Sites features

SharePoint Online Plan 1

SharePoint Online Plan 2

Change the look

Yes

Yes

Connections to Microsoft Office Clients

Yes

Yes

Cross Browser Support

Yes

Yes

Custom Managed Paths

No

No

Governance

Yes

Yes

Large List Scalability and Management

Yes

Yes

Mobile Connectivity

Yes

Yes

Multi-Lingual User Interface

Yes

Yes

My Tasks

Yes

Yes

OOTB Web Parts

Yes

Yes

Permissions Management

Yes

Yes

Project functionality for team sites

Yes

Yes

Project site template

Yes

Yes

Project Summary web part

Yes

Yes

Project workspace

Yes

Yes

Public Website (SPO)

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Lists

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Ribbon

Yes

Yes

Task list

Yes

Yes

Team Site: Drag & Drop

Yes

Yes

Team Site: Notebook

Yes

Yes

Team Site: Simplified Access

Yes

Yes

Templates

Yes

Yes

Themes

Yes

Yes

Usage Analytics

No

No

Variations

Yes

Yes

Work Management Service

Yes

Yes

Social features

SharePoint Online Plan 1

SharePoint Online Plan 2

Ask Me About

Yes

Yes

Blogs

Yes

Yes

Communities Reputation, Badging, and Moderation

Yes

Yes

Community

Yes

Yes

Company Feed

Yes

Yes

Follow

Yes

Yes

Microblogging

Yes

Yes

Newsfeed

Yes

Yes

One Click Sharing

Yes

Yes

People, Sites, Document Recommendations

Yes

Yes

Personal Site

Yes

Yes

Photos and Presence

Yes

Yes

Profile

Yes

Yes

Ratings

Yes

Yes

Shared with Me

Yes

Yes

Site Feed

Yes

Yes

Skydrive Pro

Yes

Yes

Tag profiles

Yes

Yes

Tasks integrated with Outlook

Yes

Yes

Trending Tags

Yes

Yes

Wikis

Yes

Yes

Add-Ons

SharePoint Online Plan 1

SharePoint Online Plan 2

Additional Storage

Yes

Yes

Azure Provisioned Apps: Access Services

Yes

Yes

Azure Provisioned Apps: Custom Code in Azure LWR

Yes

Yes

Duet Online

No

No

NoteNote:
1 Windows Azure AD Rights Management is not included but can be purchased as a separate add-in order to enable supported IRM features.

SharePoint 2013 on-premises solutions are installed and deployed on servers your organization owns and maintains. The following table displays whether or not a feature is available in a solution.

 

Developer features SharePoint Foundation SharePoint Server 2013 Standard CAL SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise CAL

Access Services

No

No

Yes

App Catalog (SharePoint)

Yes

Yes

Yes

App Deployment: Autohosted Apps

No

No

No

App Deployment: Cloud-Hosted Apps

No

Yes

Yes

App Deployment: SharePoint-Hosted Apps

No

Yes

Yes

App Management Services

No

Yes

Yes

BCS: Alerts for External Lists

No

Yes

Yes

BCS: App Scoped External Content Types (ECTs)

No

Yes

Yes

BCS: Business Data Webparts

No

Yes

Yes

BCS: External List

Yes

Yes

Yes

BCS: OData connector

No

Yes

Yes

BCS: Profile Pages

No

Yes

Yes

BCS: Rich Client Integration

No

No

Yes

BCS: Secure Store Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

BCS: Tenant-level external data log

No

No

Yes

Browser-based customizations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Client Object Model (OM)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Client-side rendering (CSR)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom Site Definitions

No

Yes

Yes

Custom Site Provisioning

No

No

Yes

Developer Site

No

No

No

Forms Based Applications

No

Yes

Yes

Full-Trust Solutions

Yes

Yes

Yes

InfoPath Forms Services

No

No

Yes

JavaScript Object Model

Yes

Yes

Yes

List and Library APIs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Remote Event Receiver

Yes

Yes

Yes

REST API

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sandboxed Solutions

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Design Manager

No

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Designer

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Store

Yes

Yes

Yes

Workflow 2010 (.NET 3.5)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Workflow 2010 (out of the box)

No

Yes

Yes

Workflow 2013

No

Yes

Yes

Workload API: ECM APIs

No

Yes

Yes

Workload API: Search APIs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Workload API: Social APIs

No

Yes

Yes

IT Professional features

SharePoint Foundation

SharePoint Server 2013 Standard CAL

SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise CAL

Active Directory Synchronization

Yes

Yes

Yes

Alternate Access Mapping (AAM)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Analytics Platform

No

No

Yes

Anti-malware protection

Yes

Yes

Yes

Claims-Based Authentication Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Configuration Wizards

No

Yes

Yes

Deferred Site Collection upgrade

Yes

Yes

Yes

Distributed Cache

Yes

Yes

Yes

Host Header Site Collections

Yes

Yes

Yes

Improved Permissions Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Improved Self-Service Site Creation

No

Yes

Yes

Managed Accounts

Yes

Yes

Yes

Minimal Download Strategy (MDS)

Yes

Yes

Yes

OAuth

No

Yes

Yes

Patch Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Quota Templates

Yes

Yes

Yes

Read-Only Database Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Remote BLOB Storage

Yes

Yes

Yes

Request Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Request throttling

Yes

Yes

Yes

Resource throttling

Yes

Yes

Yes

Service Application Platform

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Health Analyzer

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint admin center

No

No

No

Shredded Storage

Yes

Yes

Yes

Site Collection Compliance Policies

No

Yes

Yes

Site Collection Health Checks

Yes

Yes

Yes

State Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

Streamlined Central Administration

Yes

Yes

Yes

System Status Notifications

Yes

Yes

Yes

Unattached Content Database Recovery

Yes

Yes

Yes

Upgrade evaluation site collections

Yes

Yes

Yes

Usage Reporting and Logging

Yes

Yes

Yes

Windows PowerShell Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Content features

SharePoint Foundation

SharePoint Server 2013 Standard CAL

SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise CAL

Accessibility Standards Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Asset Library Enhancements/Video Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Auditing

No

Yes

Yes

Auditing & Reporting (e.g. doc edits, policy edits, deletes)

No

Yes

Yes

Content Organizer

No

Yes

Yes

Design Manager

Yes

Yes

Yes

Document Sets

No

Yes

Yes

Document Translation in Word Web App

Yes1

Yes1

Yes1

eDiscovery

No

No

Yes

External Sharing: External Access

No

No

No

External Sharing: Guest Link

No

No

No

Folder Sync

No

Yes

Yes

IRM using Windows Azure AD Rights Management

No

No

No

IRM using Windows Server AD RMS

Yes3

Yes3

Yes3

In-Place Hold

Yes

Yes

Yes

Managed Metadata Service

No

Yes

Yes

Metadata-driven Navigation

No

Yes

Yes

Multi-stage Disposition

No

Yes

Yes

Office ProPlus (Osub)

No

No

No

Office Web Apps (edit)

Yes1

Yes1

Yes1

Office Web Apps (view)

Yes1

Yes1

Yes1

Office Web Apps Server integration

Yes

Yes

Yes

PowerPoint Automation Services

No

Yes

Yes

Preservation hold library

No

No

Yes

Quick Edit

Yes

Yes

Yes

Records management

No

Yes

yes

Recycle Bin (SharePoint admin center)

No

No

No

Recycle Bin (site collection)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Related Items

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rich Media Management

No

Yes

Yes

Shared Content Types

No

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Translation Services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Site mailbox

No

Yes2

Yes2

Surveys

No

Yes1

Yes1

Unique Document IDs

No

Yes

Yes

Video Search

No

No

Yes

WCM: Analytics

No

Yes

Yes

WCM: Catalog

No

No

Yes

WCM: Category page and catalog item page

No

No

Yes

WCM: Content Search Web Part

No

No

Yes

WCM: Cross-Site Publishing

No

No

Yes

WCM: Designer Tools

No

Yes

Yes

WCM: Faceted navigation

No

No

Yes

WCM: Image Renditions

No

No

Yes

WCM: Managed navigation

No

Yes

Yes

WCM: Mobile and Device Rendering

No

Yes

Yes

WCM: Multiple Domains

No

No

Yes

WCM: Recommendations

No

Yes

Yes

WCM: Search Engine Optimizations (SEO)

No

Yes

Yes

Word Automation Services

No

Yes

Yes

Insights features

SharePoint Foundation

SharePoint Server 2013 Standard CAL

SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise CAL

Business Intelligence Center

No

No

Yes

Calculated Measures and Members

No

No

Yes

Data Connection Library

No

No

Yes

Decoupled PivotTables and PivotCharts

No

No

Yes

Excel Services

No

No

Yes

Field list and Field Support

No

No

Yes

Filter Enhancements

No

No

Yes

Filter Search

No

No

Yes

PerformancePoint Services

No

No

Yes

PerformancePoint Services (PPS) Dashboard Migration

No

No

Yes

Power View

No

No

Yes

PowerPivot

No

No

Yes

Quick Explore

No

No

Yes

Scorecards & Dashboards

No

No

Yes

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Integrated Mode

Yes

Yes

Yes

Timeline Slicer

No

No

Yes

Visio Services

No

No

Yes

Search features

SharePoint Foundation

SharePoint Server 2013 Standard CAL

SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise CAL

Advanced Content Processing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Continuous crawls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom entity extraction

No

No

Yes

Deep links

No

Yes

Yes

Event-based relevancy

No

Yes

Yes

Expertise Search

Yes

Yes

Yes

Extensible content processing

No

No

Yes

Graphical refiners

No

Yes

Yes

Hybrid search

Yes

Yes

Yes

On-premises search index

Yes

Yes

Yes

Phonetic name matching

Yes

Yes

Yes

Query rules—Add promoted results

No

Yes

Yes

Query rules—advanced actions

No

No

Yes

Query spelling correction

Yes

Yes

Yes

Query suggestions

No

Yes

Yes

Query throttling

No

Yes

Yes

Quick preview

Yes

Yes

Yes

Recommendations

No

Yes

Yes

Refiners

Yes

Yes

Yes

RESTful Query API/Query OM

Yes

Yes

Yes

Result sources

Yes

Yes

Yes

Search connector framework

No

Yes

Yes

Search results sorting

Yes

Yes

Yes

Search vertical: “Conversations”

No

Yes

Yes

Search vertical: “People”

No

Yes

Yes

Search vertical: “Video”

No

No

Yes

“This List” searches

No

Yes

Yes

Tunable Relevancy

No

No

Yes

Sites features

SharePoint Foundation

SharePoint Server 2013 Standard CAL

SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise CAL

Change the look

Yes

Yes

Yes

Connections to Microsoft Office Clients

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cross Browser Support

Yes

Yes

Yes

Custom Managed Paths

Yes

Yes

Yes

Governance

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large List Scalability and Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mobile Connectivity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multi-Lingual User Interface

Yes

Yes

Yes

My Tasks

No

Yes

Yes

OOTB Web Parts

Yes

Yes

Yes

Permissions Management

Yes

Yes

Yes

Project functionality for team sites

Yes

Yes

Yes

Project site template

Yes

Yes

Yes

Project Summary web part

Yes

Yes

Yes

Project workspace

Yes

Yes

Yes

Public Website (SPO)

No

No

No

SharePoint Lists

Yes

Yes

Yes

SharePoint Ribbon

Yes

Yes

Yes

Task list

Yes

Yes

Yes

Team Site: Drag & Drop

Yes

Yes

Yes

Team Site: Notebook

Yes

Yes

Yes

Team Site: Simplified Access

Yes

Yes

Yes

Templates

Yes

Yes

Yes

Themes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Variations

No

Yes

Yes

Usage Analytics

Yes

Yes

Yes

Work Management Service

Yes

Yes

Yes

Social features

SharePoint Foundation

SharePoint Server 2013 Standard CAL

SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise CAL

Ask Me About

No

Yes

Yes

Blogs

Yes

Yes

Yes

Communities Reputation, Badging, and Moderation

No

Yes

Yes

Community

Yes

Yes

Yes

Company Feed

Yes

Yes

Yes

Follow

No

Yes

Yes

Microblogging

No

Yes

Yes

Newsfeed

No

Yes

Yes

One Click Sharing

No

Yes

Yes

People, Sites, Document Recommendations

No

Yes

Yes

Personal Site

No

Yes

Yes

Photos and Presence

Yes

Yes

Yes

Profile

No

Yes

Yes

Ratings

No

Yes

Yes

Shared with Me

No

No

No

Site Feed

Yes

Yes

Yes

Skydrive Pro

No

Yes

Yes

Tag profiles

No

Yes

Yes

Tasks integrated with Outlook

No

Yes

Yes

Trending Tags

No

Yes

Yes

Wikis

Yes

Yes

Yes

Add-Ons

SharePoint Foundation

SharePoint Server 2013 Standard CAL

SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise CAL

Additional Storage

No

No

No

Azure Provisioned Apps: Access Services

No

No

No

Azure Provisioned Apps: Custom Code in Azure LWR

No

No

No

Duet Online

No

No

No

1 Requires connection to Office Web Apps Server 2013 and an Office desktop suite license, such as Office Professional Plus or Office Standard.

2 Requires connection to Microsoft Exchange Server or Microsoft Exchange Online to enable integrated features.

3 Windows Server AD RMS is an on-premises server that must be purchased and managed separately by the customer in order to enable supported IRM features.

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