The table below compares in-product or service feature availability between Microsoft® Exchange
2013 on-premises and Exchange Online within Office 365.
Planning and Deployment Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1 Hybrid deployment supported
Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
IMAP migration supported
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cutover migration supported
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Staged migration supported
No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Permissions Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1 Role-Based Permissions Yes No RBAC customization. Default roles only.
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Role Groups Yes No RBAC
customization. Default roles
only.
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Role Assignment Policies Yes No RBAC customization. Default roles only.
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Message Policy, Recovery and Compliance Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1 Archiving Exchange Online-based Mailboxes
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Cloud-Based Archiving of On-Premises Mailboxes
Yes8 No No No No No No
Retention Tags and Retention Policies
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Information Rights Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
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In-Place Hold Yes No No No No Yes No
In-Place eDiscovery Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Transport Rules Yes1 No No Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes1
Data Loss Prevention
Yes6 No No No No Yes6 No
Journaling Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Anti-Spam and Anti-Malware Protection
Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1 Built-In Anti-Spam Protection
Yes2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Customize Anti-Spam Policies
Yes, but only via PowerShell
Yes3 Yes3 Yes3 Yes Yes Yes3
Built-In Anti-Malware Protection
Yes10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Customize Anti-Malware Policies
Yes Yes3 Yes3 Yes3 Yes Yes Yes3
Quarantine - administrator management
Yes Yes3 Yes3 Yes3 Yes Yes Yes3
Quarantine – end-user self-management No No No No No No No Mail Flow Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1 Custom Routing of Outbound Mail
Yes Yes3 Yes3 Yes3 Yes Yes Yes
Secure Messaging with a Trusted Partner
Yes Yes3 Yes3 Yes3 Yes Yes Yes
Conditional Mail Routing
No Yes3 Yes3 Yes3 Yes Yes Yes
Adding a Partner to an Inbound Safe List
No Yes3 Yes3 Yes3 Yes Yes No
Hybrid Email Routing
Yes No No No Yes Yes No
Recipients Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1
Capacity Alerts Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MailTips Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Delegate Access Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Inbox Rules Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Connected Accounts
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Inactive Mailboxes No No No No No9 Yes No9
Offline Address Book
Address Book Policies
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hierarchical Address Book
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Address Lists and Global Address List
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Distribution Groups Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
External Contacts (global)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Universal Contact Card
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Contact Linking with Social Networks
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Resource Mailboxes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Conference Room Management
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Out-of-Office Replies
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Calendar Sharing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Outlook 2010 Room Finder
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reporting Features and Troubleshooting Tools
Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1 Office 365 admin center reports
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Excel Reporting Workbook
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Web Services Reports
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Message Trace No Yes3 Yes3 Yes3 Yes Yes Yes3
Delivery Reports Yes Yes3 Yes3 Yes3 Yes Yes Yes3
Auditing Reports Yes Yes3 Yes3 Yes3 Yes Yes Yes3
Unified Messaging Reports
Yes No No No No Yes No
Sharing and Collaboration
Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1
Federated Sharing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Site Mailboxes Yes4 Yes5 Yes5 Yes5 Yes5 Yes5 Yes5
Public Folders Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Clients and Mobile Devices
Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1
Microsoft Outlook Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Outlook Web App Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exchange ActiveSync
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
POP and IMAP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes7
EWS Application support
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Macintosh Clients Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Voice Message Services
Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1
Hosted Voice Mail No No No No No Yes No
Third-Party Interoperability
No No No No No Yes No
FAX Integration No No No No No Yes No
High Availability and Business Continuity
Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1 Mailbox Replication at Data Centers
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Deleted Mailbox Recovery
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Deleted Item Recovery
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Interoperability, Connectivity, and Compatibility Features
Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1
Skype for Business Presence in OWA
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
SharePoint Interoperability
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
EWS Connectivity Support
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SMTP Relay Support
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Exchange Online Administration and Management
Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1 Microsoft Office 365 portal Access
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Office 365 admin center Access
No No No Yes Yes Yes No
Exchange admin center Access
Yes No No Yes3 Yes Yes Yes3
Remote Windows PowerShell Access
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ActiveSync Policies for Mobile Devices
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Extending the Service - Customization, Add-ins, and Resources
Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1
Outlook Web App Web Parts
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Outlook Add-ins and Outlook MAPI
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Note:
1 Transport rules are made up of predicates, which allow you to define conditions and exceptions, and actions to take based on the
predicates. The available predicates and actions differ between Exchange Online, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2013. For a list of available predicates and actions, see the corresponding predicates and actions topics for each product.
2 Exchange Server 2013 has the same built-in anti-spam capabilities as Exchange Server 2010. For a comparison of anti-spam capabilities
between the Exchange hosted and on-premises offerings, see Comparing Anti-Spam Protection Features Between Exchange Products
3
Only accessible via direct access to the Exchange admin center (EAC) management interface.
4 SharePoint must be deployed in the on-premises Exchange organization.
5
SharePoint Online must be included in the Office 365 subscription plan.
6
Data loss prevention functionality requires an Exchange Online Plan 2 license. For more information, see Exchange Online Licensing.
7
IMAP is not supported.
8
Requires an Exchange Online Archiving (EOA) subscription for each on-premises mailbox user that has a cloud-based archive.
9 An EOA subscription can be purchased separately for each mailbox that requires the inactive mailbox feature.
10 Exchange Server 2013 uses only the Microsoft anti-malware engine. Exchange Online Protection uses multiple anti-malware engines.
Mailbox types and storage limits
Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1 Maximum Mailbox Size Unlimited 50 GB 50 GB 50 GB 50 GB 50 GB 1 GB Default Mailbox Size 2 GB 50 GB 50 GB 50 GB 50 GB 50 GB 1 GB Archive Mailbox Size
N/A 50 GB1 50 GB1 50 GB1 50 GB1 Unlimited2 N/A
Note:
1
Each subscriber receives 50 GB of total storage, which the user can apportion between the primary mailbox and the personal archive. The size of the personal archive therefore cannot exceed 50 GB.
2
Each subscriber receives 50 GB of storage in the primary mailbox, plus unlimited storage in the personal archive. A default quota of 100 GB is set on the personal archive, which will generally accommodate reasonable use, including the import of one user’s historical email. In the unlikely event that a user reaches this quota, a call to Office 365 support is required. Administrators cannot adjust this quota upward or downward.
Capacity alerts Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1 Warning 1.9 GB1 24.5 GB 24.5 GB 24.5 GB 24.5 GB 24.5 GB .92 GB Prohibit Send 2 GB1 24.75 GB 24.75 GB 24.75 GB 24.75 GB 24.75 GB .97 GB Prohibit Send/Receive 2.3 GB1 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 25 GB 1 GB Note:
Message and recipient limits
Feature Exchange Server 2013 Office 365 Small Business Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 Midsize Business Office 365 Enterprise E1 Office 365 Enterprise E3 Office 365 Enterprise K1
Message size limit 10 MB1 25 MB 25 MB 25 MB 25 MB 25 MB 25 MB
File attachments limit 1024 attachments 1 125 attachments 125 attachments 125 attachments 125 attachments 125 attachments 125 attachments File attachment size
limit
35 MB1 25 MB 25 MB 25 MB 25 MB 25 MB 25 MB
Recipient rate limit Unlimited1 10,000 recipients
per day 10,000 recipients per day 10,000 recipients per day 10,000 recipients per day 10,000 recipients per day 10,000 recipients per day Recipient limit 500 recipients1 500 recipients 500 recipients 500 recipients 500 recipients 500 recipients 500 recipients
Message rate limit Unlimited1 30 messages per
minute 30 messages per minute 30 messages per minute 30 messages per minute 30 messages per minute 30 messages per minute Note: 1