Advanced Message Encryption is included in 8 plans, the cheapest plan in Microsoft’s plan comparisons from £24.60 per user and month (Business Premium + Purview Suite (BP)).
Adds expiry, revocation, multiple branded templates and portal access logs for encrypted mail sent outside the organisation. Microsoft Learn ↗
Included in
- Microsoft Purview Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium£7.70 per user / month, annual, excl. VATAdd-on to Business Premium: together £24.60 per user and monthMicrosoft product page ↗Source: Microsoft plan comparison (Business, 1 September 2026), page 6
- Microsoft Defender and Purview Suites for Microsoft 365 Business Premium£11.50 per user / month, annual, excl. VATAdd-on to Business Premium: together £28.40 per user and monthMicrosoft product page ↗Source: Microsoft plan comparison (Business, 1 September 2026), page 6
- Office 365 E5£36.80 per user / month, annual, excl. VATMicrosoft product page ↗Licence detailsSource: Microsoft plan comparison (Enterprise, 1 September 2026), page 8
- Microsoft Purview Suite£9.20 per user / month, annual, excl. VATAdd-on to Office 365 E3 + EMS E3: together £41.80 per user and monthMicrosoft product page ↗Licence detailsSource: Microsoft plan comparison (Enterprise, 1 September 2026), page 8
- Microsoft 365 E5£51.60 per user / month, annual, excl. VATMicrosoft product page ↗Licence detailsSource: Microsoft plan comparison (Enterprise, 1 September 2026), page 8
- Microsoft 365 E7£81.60 per user / month, annual, excl. VATMicrosoft product page ↗Licence detailsSource: Microsoft plan comparison (Enterprise, 1 September 2026), page 8
- Microsoft Purview Suite FLWNo UK price on fileAdd-on: sold only with a qualifying base licenceSource: Microsoft plan comparison (Enterprise, 1 September 2026), page 8
- Microsoft Defender + Purview Suite FLWNo UK price on fileAdd-on: sold only with a qualifying base licenceSource: Microsoft plan comparison (Enterprise, 1 September 2026), page 8
Microsoft Purview Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Microsoft Defender and Purview Suites for Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Office 365 E5
Microsoft 365 E5Data location and encryption
This page states which plans include Advanced Message Encryption, as Microsoft lists it in its plan comparisons; it does not state where Microsoft stores your data. For data location, see Advanced Data Residency
Microsoft’s plan comparisons have no row for Double Key Encryption or Multi-Geo, so ClearSource does not state which plans include them.
Microsoft’s licence list has a Multi-Geo product: Office 365 Multi-Geo Capabilities — No UK price on file
Microsoft’s documentation
- Microsoft 365 data locations ↗Microsoft Learn · 3 September 2026
- Overview of Product Terms Data Residency ↗Microsoft Learn · 14 September 2026
- Advanced data residency in Microsoft 365 ↗Microsoft Learn · 18 May 2026
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