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Copilot Studio Licensing Guide

Microsoft have updated the Copilot Studio Licensing Guide (twice!) for August 2026.

“Harness” is a newly introduced term taking the spotlight this month. Think of a harness as the bridge between your instructions and an AI model, feeding it context, providing its tools, and guiding it through tasks. You can choose from three harness options in Copilot Studio depending on your requirements, with each option affecting Copilot Credits consumption differently. The Overview section now breaks down what a harness is, the available types, and how they consume Copilot Credits. The mid-month update promoted the (paid-for!) GitHub Copilot harness to the top of the list of options to match the default option that’s chosen when you’re creating a new Agent.

Other changes include added clarity and details on the Copilot Studio Author role requirements and Azure Prepayment eligibility. Rounding off this month’s changes, as part of recent rebranding, “Microsoft 365 Copilot” has been renamed throughout to simply “Microsoft Copilot”.

Quickly discover what’s new (and what’s wrong!) across the Microsoft licensing resources that we collect by exploring our subscriber-exclusive Licensing Guides Gallery. Use the one-click “Copilot” filter to view this guide and the full breakdown: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery. You can also grab the latest guide directly here: https://bit.ly/4gi1y4t.

Copilot Credits Guide

The Copilot Credits Guide first appeared in June, and since then there’s been a version (or two) of it every month to complement the Copilot Studio Licensing Guide.

The updates for August include details of harnesses and the three harness options available for Copilot Studio, and a rebranding of “Microsoft 365 Copilot” to “Microsoft Copilot”.

You can grab the latest (mid-month updated) guide here: https://bit.ly/3SEnnDG. Alternatively, if you’re a subscriber, use our Licensing Guides Gallery to peruse all versions of it. This splendid tool also helps you quickly get the full rundown of everything that’s new as well as any “Cautionary Notes”, along with filters to view both the Licensing Guide and Licensing Guidance website versions of this document.

Microsoft Copilot Studio Licensing Guide – June 2026

Microsoft have updated the Copilot Studio Licensing Guide (twice!) for June 2026.

Whilst the first version had minimal changes, a mid-month update completely reworks the document into a couple of main sections – explaining what Copilot Studio is, and explaining how to pay for it.

A few existing errors have been corrected, but some new ones have snuck their way in! If you’re a subscriber, don’t forget that we help you navigate these with our “Cautionary Notes” in the Licensing Guides Gallery: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery. You can also add the latest guide to your collection with a copy here: https://bit.ly/4x3HSsO.

Microsoft Copilot Studio Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (May 2026) Copilot Studio Licensing Guide.

There aren’t many changes this month – the main edits are around some reworking of the Appendix (C): Terminology list. There’s also text added indicating that Voice Agents consume Copilot Credits based on the total call length and the configured voice orchestration.

The one-click “Copilot Studio” filter in our Licensing Guides Gallery gives subscribers quick access to all versions of the Licensing Guide: 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” features. Grab your copy of the guide here: https://bit.ly/4n9QjOw.

Microsoft Copilot Studio Licensing Guide

The Copilot Studio Licensing Guide is updated for April 2026. This month the guide only has a few minor wording refinements, with no major updates.

The existing Cautionary Notes remain, which subscribers will find using the one-click “Copilot Studio” filter in the Licensing Guide Gallery: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery. You’ll also find a link to the Licensing Guidance website version, helping you keep up to date with all resource types in one place.

Grab your copy of the guide here: https://bit.ly/3NPNnd2.

Power Platform licensing resources

There are updated (March 2026) Power Platform licensing resources now available. As seen in the Copilot Studio Licensing Guide, the Agent Pre-Purchase Plan once again gets the spotlight, taking the place of Pay-As-You-Go as the recommended offer on page 5 of both the Licensing Guide and Deck. Supplementing this are new references to Agent Commit Units tiers, the currency for combined use of Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, Fabric, and GitHub Copilot services. The original version of the Licensing Deck had a duplicated page, but a second version was swiftly introduced – both can be found in our Licensing Guides Gallery for completionists!

Grab the updated Licensing Guide here: https://bit.ly/4slE0Ae and its sidekick, the (latest) Licensing Deck, here: https://bit.ly/4bkr3Ql.

Microsoft Copilot Studio Licensing Guide

There’s a new (March 2026) Copilot Studio Licensing Guide. It has fleshed-out detail on the recently introduced Agent Pre-Purchase Plan, which covers use of Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry, making it feel front and centre of the available options.

The methods for purchasing Copilot Credits are now in the Licensing Overview section, rather than beside the purchasing channels in the How to Buy section. This change has resulted in a rather nice side-by-side summary of the purchasing options being removed and scattered elsewhere. Whilst most wording and phrasing tweaks are only minor, one change raises an eyebrow: the Copilot Credits Capacity Pack is now (mostly) referred to as the “Copilot Credit pack” – a term not consistently found in other documentation.

Grab your copy here: https://bit.ly/4rboIx4. Subscribers can now view the details of “What’s New” and read the “Cautionary Notes” in our Licensing Guides Gallery: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery.

Copilot Studio Licensing Guide

There’s a new (February 2026) Copilot Studio Licensing Guide available. Details of the Agent Pre-Purchase Plan have been added to the ways to buy Copilot Credits. This Azure reservation is a combined way of buying Copilot Credits and Microsoft Foundry services, which you can read more about in our previous blog post here: https://bit.ly/3NSfp7j. A useful nod to the Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide has been added, signposting where to find information about Dynamics 365 licences which include Copilot Credits. Finally, sections on Code Interpreter, Multi-Agent Orchestration, and Bring Your Own Model have been removed from the guide into the Learn documentation.

Grab a copy of the guide here: https://bit.ly/3M59A5W.

Copilot Studio Licensing Guide

There’s a new (January 2026) Copilot Studio Licensing Guide available. There are no major changes this month – there’s literally just a page number correction in the Change Log – but it’s always handy to have the latest guide, which you can grab here: https://bit.ly/4bkkVch.

Copilot Studio Licensing Guide

There’s a new (December 2025) Copilot Studio Licensing Guide available. The only major update this month is the increase in the default Dataverse Database capacity included with a Copilot Studio licence, which has tripled from 5 GB to 15 GB, reflected in the capacity entitlements table on page 10.

Add the Guide to your collection here: https://bit.ly/3XUTA8Q.