Azure AD Editions
Azure Active Directory comes in four editions—Free, Microsoft 365 Apps, Premium P1, and Premium P2. The Free edition is included with an Azure subscription.
Azure Active Directory comes in four editions—Free, Microsoft 365 Apps, Premium P1, and Premium P2. The Free edition is included with an Azure subscription. The Premium editions are available through a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement, the Open Volume License Program, and the Cloud Solution Providers program. Azure and Microsoft 365 subscribers can also buy Azure Active Directory Premium P1 and P2 online.
Comparisons
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| Feature | Free | Microsoft 365 Apps |
Premium P1 | Premium P2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directory Objects | 500,000 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Single Sign-On | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Core Identity & Access Management | X | X | X | X |
| Business to Business Collaboration | X | X | X | X |
| Identity & Access Management for M365 apps | X | X | X | |
| Premium Features | X | X | ||
| Hybrid Identities | X | X | ||
| Advanced Group Access Management | X | X | ||
| Conditional Access | X | X | ||
| Identity Protection | X | |||
| Identity Governance | X |
- Azure Active Directory Free – Provides user and group management, on-premises directory synchronization, basic reports, and single sign-on across Azure, Microsoft 365, and many popular SaaS apps.
- Azure Active Directory Microsoft 365 Apps - This edition is included with O365. In addition to the Free features, this edition provides Identity & Access Management for Microsoft 365 apps including branding, MFA, group access management, and self-service password reset for cloud users.
- Azure Active Directory Premium P1 - In addition to the Free features, P1 also lets your hybrid users access both on-premises and cloud resources. It also supports advanced administration, such as dynamic groups, self-service group management, Microsoft Identity Manager (an on-premises identity and access management suite) and cloud write-back capabilities, which allow self-service password reset for your on-premises users.
- Azure Active Directory Premium P2 - In addition to the Free and P1 features, P2 also offers Azure Active Directory Identity Protection to help provide risk-based Conditional Access to your apps and critical company data and Privileged Identity Management to help discover, restrict, and monitor administrators and their access to resources and to provide just-in-time access when needed.
✔️ The Azure Active Directory Pricing page has detailed information on what is included in each of the editions. Based on the feature list which edition does your organization need?
See the latest pricing details here https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/pricing/details/active-directory/