Important Microsoft 365 licensing changes in Europe

Hi Ingo-Hampe,

you find the answer in the FAQ for Partners.

Question 1:

10. How is Microsoft Teams EEA different from Microsoft Teams Essentials?

• Microsoft Teams EEA is an Enterprise offering available only in the EEA and Switzerland that provides meetings, chat, calling (VOIP), and collaboration without any limitation on seat numbers.
• Microsoft Teams Essentials remains unchanged; it provides meetings, chat, calling (VOIP), and collaboration for customers worldwide with fewer than 300 users.

It would be interesting to know what the restrictions are if you only get the Microsoft Teams EEA standalone license. Since there are known restrictions with Microsoft Teams Essentials:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/get-started-with-teams-essentials#how-does-microsoft-teams-essentials-compare-to-other-microsoft-teams-plans

Question 2:

23. Will the EEA (no Teams) suites still include [any given suite feature: Viva Insights, Audioconferencing, Teams Phone, etc.]?

Yes. The new EEA (no Teams) suites will still include all the same workloads as the full suite, except for Teams itself. However, in order to use workloads that require Teams, customers must still ensure they are licensed for Teams either as part of the suite (for Frontline worker and Business suites) or as a standalone (for Enterprise suites).