As announced at Microsoft Ignite and on the Microsoft Enterprise Mobility blog, the Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) is now Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS).
Besides the change in name, there are a few interesting news:
- Azure Information Protection (formerly known as Azure Rights Management Services) will also be generally available on Oct 1, 2016.
- Existing Enterprise Mobility Suite subscriptions become Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 subscriptions.
- A new expanded EMS E5 plan will be available beginning Oct 1, 2016.
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Azure AD Premium becomes Azure AD Premium P1.
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A new plan Azure AD Premium P2 includes all the capabilities in Azure AD Premium P1 as well as Identity Protection and Privileged Identity Management.
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Existing Azure Rights Management Premium is now Azure Information Protection Premium P1.
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The Azure Information Protection Premium P2 offer adds automatic classification, on top of the manual classification and labelling.
What this means for you?
- Better alignment with Office 365 subscriptions. As you may recall, several Mobile Device Management features are included in Office 365 subscriptions.
- More choices in selecting the appropriate features for your Enterprise Mobility needs.
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