Because SharePoint Online is a multitenant application within Office 365 (meaning that your SharePoint environment is contained in a series of farms that serve other Microsoft customers), there are some differences between the service applications that would be found in an on-premise environment and in SharePoint Online.
SharePoint services in Office 365
Not all SharePoint services in an on-premise installation of SharePoint have a matching analog within the SharePoint Online product line.
Table 1-5 shows a listing of the service applications found in SharePoint 2013 and the services available within SharePoint Online.
TABLE 1-5 SharePoint Online service comparison
| Service Application | SharePoint Online Plan | Subscription Level | Note |
| Access Service | All plans | All levels | Not configurable |
| Access Service 2010 | Not available | Not available | ----- |
| App Management Service | All plans | All levels | ----- |
| Business Data Catalog Service | Plan 2 only | E3 and E4 only | Configurable from the SharePoint Admin Center web site |
| Excel Service Application | Plan 2 only | E3 and E4 only | Not configurable |
| Machine Translation Service | All plans | All levels | Not configurable |
| PerformancePoint Service | Not available | Not available | ----- |
| PowerPoint Automation Service | Not available | Not available | ----- |
| Managed Metadata Service | All plans | All levels | Configurable from the SharePoint Admin Center web site |
| Search Service | All plans | All levels | Configurable from the SharePoint Admin Center web site |
| Secure Store Service | Plan 2 only | E3 and E4 only | Configurable from the SharePoint Admin Center web site |
| State Service | Not available | Not available | ----- |
| User and Health Data Collection Service | Not available | Not available | The Office 365 admin console provides health information on a per-service basis |
| User Profile Service | All plans | All levels | Configurable from the SharePoint Admin Center web site |
| Visio Graphics Service | Plan 1 and 2 | E1 through E4 | ----- |
| Word Automation Services | Not available | Not available | ----- |
| Work Management Service | Not available | Not available | ----- |
| Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Subscription Settings Service | Not available | Not available | ----- |
