{"id":7736,"date":"2025-12-17T15:30:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:30:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:39:43","slug":"included-security-compute-units","status":"publish","type":"lessons","link":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licenseverse\/microsoft-365-plans-for-enterprise-users\/included-security-compute-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Included Security Compute Units"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>November 2025<\/strong> Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/security\/blog\/2025\/11\/18\/agents-built-into-your-workflow-get-security-copilot-with-microsoft-365-e5\/#:~:text=Unlocking%20AI%2Dfirst%20security%20with%20Microsoft%20Security%20Copilot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> that Security Copilot Security Compute Units (SCUs) would be included with Microsoft 365 E5 licenses at a rate of 400 SCUs for every 1,000 licenses. The Learn documentation goes further and <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/copilot\/security\/security-copilot-inclusion#:~:text=Security%20Copilot%20will%20be%20available%20to%20all%20Microsoft%20365%20E5%20customers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states<\/a> that ALL Microsoft 365 E5 customers will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/licensing\/terms\/productoffering\/Microsoft365\/EAEAS#:~:text=Microsoft%20Security%20Copilot%20Inclusion%20in%20Microsoft%20365%20E5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eligible<\/a> for this benefit and gives a further example of a customer with 400 licenses who\u2019ll get 160 SCUs. That\u2019s 1 SCU for every 2.5 licenses, and of course it\u2019s a monthly allowance with no rollover to the next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rollout started in <strong>November 2025<\/strong> for existing Security Copilot customers with Microsoft 365 E5, and will continue in the following months for all other Microsoft 365 E5 customers. Eligible customers receive a 30-day notification before activation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes for Public Sector<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/licensing\/terms\/productoffering\/Microsoft365\/MCA#:~:text=Microsoft%20Security%20Copilot%20Inclusion%20in%20Microsoft%20365%20E5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Product Terms<\/a>, nor Microsoft\u2019s Modern Work Plan Comparison document for <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/EDU-Plan-Comparison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Education<\/a>, indicate that Microsoft 365 A5 includes Security Compute Units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">US Government<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/licensing\/terms\/productoffering\/Microsoft365\/MCA#:~:text=Microsoft%20Security%20Copilot%20Inclusion%20in%20Microsoft%20365%20E5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Product Terms<\/a>, nor Microsoft\u2019s Modern Work Plan Comparison documents for <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/M365GCCPlans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GCC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/M365GCCHPlans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GCC-High<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/M365DODPlans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DoD<\/a>, indicate that Microsoft 365 G5 includes Security Compute Units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":2617,"menu_order":13,"template":"custom-single.php","lesson_category":[56],"class_list":["post-7736","lessons","type-lessons","status-publish","hentry","lesson_category-online-services","entry","no-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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