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For years, many of Intune’s most powerful capabilities like remote support, advanced analytics, endpoint privilege management, and enterprise app management were only available via higher-cost add-ons. That left many businesses managing a split environment: core tools included in E3/E5, and advanced tools reserved for those who could fund additional licensing.

That’s about to change.

By folding these advanced capabilities into E3 and E5, Microsoft is signaling something important: modern endpoint security and proactive management shouldn’t be optional, they should be the baseline.

What E3 License Holders Will Gain

If your business is on Microsoft 365 E3 (or EMS E3), here’s what gets added to your license starting July 2026:

  • Intune Remote Help – Secure, integrated remote support for employees.

  • Intune Advanced Analytics – Insights that help IT detect issues before they affect users.

  • Intune Plan 2 – More advanced management, reporting, and troubleshooting tools.

  • Microsoft Defender for Office 365 P1 – Enhanced protection against phishing, malware, and malicious links.

  • Copilot Chat enhancements & analytics – More secure, integrated AI experiences across apps.

These capabilities elevate E3 from traditional device management to a far more proactive, intelligence-driven model.

What E5 License Holders Will Gain

If you’re on Microsoft 365 E5, you receive everything included in E3, plus additional layers designed for businesses that give precedence to security and compliance:

  • Endpoint Privilege Management – Control and reduce local admin rights without disrupting productivity.

  • Enterprise Application Management – Automated packaging, testing, and deployment of applications.

  • Microsoft Cloud PKI – Cloud-based certificate lifecycle management.

  • Microsoft Security Copilot – AI-driven insights and workflows built directly into Defender, Entra, Intune, and Purview.

Intune Suite to E3 and E5

These additions give E5 customers a powerful set of tools to manage identities, secure devices, and strengthen defenses against emerging threats, all with deeper AI support.

A Big Win for IT Teams

Here’s what this shift looks like day-to-day inside your business:

Faster support

Remote Help becoming standard means fewer tool gaps, fewer workarounds, and faster resolutions.

Better visibility and fewer surprises

Advanced Analytics brings real-time insight into device health, configuration drift, exposure risks, and performance issues.

Stronger security built into the workflow

E5 customers will gain AI-powered support from Security Copilot and better control over local privilege elevation.

Less tooling sprawl

With more capability inside the Microsoft stack, many businesses will want to revisit the third-party tools they’ve been using to fill the gaps.

More value from your existing investment

These capabilities increase the ROI of E3 and E5 licenses without adding new SKU complexity.

Runway to Plan Ahead

Even though these changes won’t go live until July 2026, Microsoft is announcing them now to give your team time to:

  • Evaluate current endpoint management practices

  • Map out where advanced Intune capabilities can replace legacy tools

  • Align budgets around the upcoming price changes

  • Begin leveraging the Intune Suite capabilities already available today

Conclusion

The inclusion of these Intune Suite capabilities in E3 and E5 marks a clear shift in how Microsoft views the future of device management. Advanced functionality is no longer reserved for a handful of businesses, it’s becoming foundational.

Additionally, as AI becomes more embedded in workflows and the threat landscape continues to evolve, this expanded access will help IT teams operate more proactively, securely, and confidently.

Amplifying efficiency and security

The Intune Suite Guide

Learn about features and strategies such as:

  • Endpoint Privilege Management: elevate user access privileges as needed

  • Enterprise App Management: discovery, packaging, deployment and patching of Windows apps

  • Cloud PKI: publish and distribute certificates from Intune without complex PKI

  • Tunnel for MAM: secure access to LOB apps from unmanaged mobile devices

  • Advanced Analytics: predict which machines, applications and users will have issues

  • Remote Help: unlock the seamless interface between the service desk agent and end-user

Andrew Reade

ANDREW READE

Andrew is our Digital Marketing Manager and oversees web-based marketing strategies and content creation for the organization. As a marketing veteran, Andrew has worked with organizations of all sizes in a diverse group of industries, from Risk Management to Transportation. Joining the organization in 2021, Andrew is based in Mobile Mentor’s Nashville, TN office.