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Copilot for Microsoft 365 licensing


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We’re 15 days into 2024 and Microsoft have dropped some big AI news already. Copilot for Microsoft 365 is now literally Generally Available!

Copilot for Microsoft 365

It’s now available on CSP for businesses with M365 Business Std and Business Premium licenses. $30 each and between 1 – 299 quantity can be purchased.

The 300 license minimum has been removed for commercial plans.

Furthermore, it can now be added to Office 365 E3 and E5. Great that it is available to a wider range of organisations without additional licenses being needed…but surely it needs a name change now? 🤔

Copilot Pro

This new product gives 1 AI that runs across a user’s device and gives access to Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote on PC, Mac and iPad for Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers.

Note there is no access to Copilot in Teams.

Priced at $20 per user per month.

The Microsoft announcement is here: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/01/15/bringing-the-full-power-of-copilot-to-more-people-and-businesses/#_edn1

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Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing


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Microsoft’s latest AI product Copilot, which promises to be a real game changer when it comes to applying Generative AI to business, now has pricing available.

It will cost $30 per user per month and, as we saw recently, will be an add-on license to Microsoft 365 E3/E5/Business Std/Business Premium.

That’s higher than I was expecting; I thought they’d go lower to ensure as many people as possible got on-board. I know there stand to be some really great time savings and productivity increases but an additional $360,000 per year for an organisation licensing 1,000 users seems quite steep.

Of course, many organisations won’t pay that price in reality with volume discounts on EA, negotiated discounts etc. but it will still represent a large investment for many.

Bing Enterprise Chat

This has also been announced – a way to give employees a more powerful way of searching without risking data leakage. Microsoft state:

“Chat data is not saved, and Microsoft has no eyes-on access – which means no one can view your data. And, your data is not used to train the models.”

This is included in Microsoft 365 E3/E5/Business Std/Business Premium free of charge and you can access Bing Chat Enterprise using your work account wherever Bing Chat is supported — Bing.com/chat and the Microsoft Edge sidebar. It will eventually be available as a standalone offering for $5 per user per month.

See the announcement from Microsoft here.

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Microsoft Copilot licensing details


Microsoft Copilot licensing details are here!

While we’re still awaiting the full release, which could be July 1st or perhaps during Microsoft Inspire later that month, we do have more information available.

Eligible base licenses are:

Microsoft 365 E3
Microsoft 365 E5
Microsoft 365 Business Standard
Microsoft 365 Business Premium

And users need to have an Azure AD account too. This is a clear indication that Copilot will be an extra add-on license.

Furthermore, their M365 Apps must be on “Current Channel” or the “Monthly Enterprise Channel” to access Co-pilot.

I haven’t seen any indication of pricing yet but I’m thinking perhaps £10 for E3 and £5 for E5? With some promos at first of course.

*Update* It turns out I was way off base! Microsoft have confirmed the price is $30 per user per month. More info and examples here.

See the MS post here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-copilot/how-to-prepare-for-microsoft-365-copilot/ba-p/3851566

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