Microsoft 365 A5 makes safety a priority with Microsoft Defender, and adds Microsoft’s most robust security, mobility, management, and compliance to your school subscription. This solution includes all of the teaching and learning features of Microsoft 365 A3. Information Protection and Governance help protect and govern your data wherever it lives with built-in, intelligent, unified, and extensible solutions. Benefit from information protection and governance capabilities built into Microsoft 365 apps and services, Power BI, Edge browsers, and Windows 11 devices. Configure and manage policies and view analytics across your on-premises environment, Microsoft 365 apps and services, non-Microsoft cloud services, and devices—all from a single console. Accurately identify sensitive information across your enterprise with comprehensive classification capabilities, including machine learning. Consistently extend information governance and protection to popular apps and services with SDKs and connectors.
Faculty/Students In order to purchase Microsoft education SKUs, customers must meet the qualifications described in the Microsoft Qualified Education User Definition document. There are separate versions for academic customers in the
United States and
Canada. 
