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Microsoft Copilot Studio Licensing Guide

Microsoft have updated the Copilot Studio Licensing Guide for July 2026.

After a major mid-month update in June, this release only contains a few small changes. The change log points to page 5, which confirms that use of Work IQ APIs by Copilot Studio Agents is not included with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Check out our blog post to read more about the recent GA announcement of the Work IQ API: https://bit.ly/4wqfccv. Other small edits reinforce Microsoft’s promotion of Pay-As-You-Go as the primary Copilot Credits purchasing method, and the deprioritising of the Copilot Credits Capacity Pack.

You can quickly discover what’s new (and what’s wrong!) with the Microsoft licensing resources that we collect, by browsing our hugely popular, subscriber-exclusive Licensing Guides Gallery. Use the one-click “Copilot” filter to find this guide and the full rundown: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery. You can also grab this latest guide here: https://bit.ly/4gS7N0R.

Power Platform licensing resources – July 2026

The Power Platform licensing resources are updated for July 2026.

Both the Licensing Guide and the Licensing Deck are adjusted to show Pay-As-You-Go as the preferred purchasing method for Copilot Credits, followed by the Copilot Credits Pre-Purchase Plan, the Agent Pre-Purchase Plan, and finally the Copilot Credits Capacity Pack. The Licensing Deck also contains new text explaining that use of Work IQ APIs by Copilot Studio Agents is not included in a Microsoft 365 Copilot license and will consume Copilot Credits. Finally, there’s a link to the (exciting!) brand-new Copilot Credits Guide in the resources section.

The one-click “Power Platform” filter in our subscriber-exclusive Licensing Guides Gallery gives you quick access to every version of the licensing resources: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery. You’ll also find details of all the changes to be aware (and wary) of with our “What’s New” and “Cautionary Notes” labels. If you’re not yet a subscriber, grab a copy of the Licensing Guide here: https://bit.ly/4arONT6, and the Licensing Deck here: https://bit.ly/4y0Z5DI.

Azure SRE Agent

Microsoft announce the general availability of the Azure SRE Agent. It’s interesting from a licensing perspective because it’s a pre-built Azure Agent and thus doesn’t consume the same Copilot Credits that Copilot Studio Agents do. Instead, it consumes a new measure – Azure Agent Units or AAUs. This, clearly, is a bit of a headache if you have Agents using different units and that’s where the Agent Pre-Purchase Plan comes in. This is a cost-effective way of purchasing Agent Commit Units which can be consumed by usage of both Copilot Credits and Azure Agent Units.

You can find more information on the Agent Pre-Purchase Plan on our blog here: https://bit.ly/4uILb7v, and the Azure SRE Agent announcement article is here: https://bit.ly/3NHs9h6.

Copilot Studio Licensing Guide

There’s a brand new (June 2025) Copilot Studio Licensing Guide from Microsoft. All the Copilot Studio information has been taken out of the Power Platform Licensing Guide and put into this new guide with additional sections giving detail on Orchestration Mode, Agent Flow Actions, Copilot Studio Agents in Paid Public Preview, and how to forecast your Agent’s message volume.

Find this new guide here: https://bit.ly/43Sg5xG.

Power Platform Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (May 2025) Power Platform Licensing Guide with two main changes. Firstly, there’s the addition of Dataverse built-in and self-service Disaster Recovery options on page 32, and secondly there’s a new table on page 27 showing the consumption rates of AI Builder capabilities when used in Copilot Studio Agents.

Find this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/42Ys24q.