Tag Archives: Copilot Studio

Power Platform licensing resources – September 2026

Microsoft have updated the Power Platform licensing resources multiple times throughout September 2026.

Key changes include the renaming of “Microsoft 365 Copilot” to simply “Microsoft Copilot”, new details and terms around App building in Copilot Cowork and Copilot Studio, and references to the newly revealed name for the Microsoft-hosted cloud infrastructure for Apps – the Copilot Managed Runtime.

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Copilot Studio Licensing Guide – September 2026

The Microsoft Copilot Studio Licensing Guide has been updated (three times!) for September 2026.

App building is the key focus this month, matching the updates found in the Copilot Credits Guide. This new feature in Paid Public Preview lets you create Apps in addition to the existing Workflow and Agent capabilities in Copilot Studio. The third version of the guide features an updated term for the Microsoft-hosted cloud infrastructure, with the renaming of “Microsoft-managed host” to “Copilot Managed Runtime Host”.

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Apps in Copilot Studio and Copilot Cowork

Microsoft announce App building in Copilot Studio and Copilot Cowork, alongside the existing options of Agents and Workflows.

With rollout starting in September, users in the early-access Frontier Program can use natural language to create, edit, and publish Apps that optionally use organisational data. It’s all enabled by the GitHub Copilot Harness and that means that both the building of the Apps and running them consumes Copilot Credits. As you’d hope, admins can manage the App policies and stats in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center.

Read more in the Copilot Studio Blog: https://bit.ly/4A7xyl0.

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”.

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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.

Copilot Credits Guide

Microsoft have released a brand-new Copilot Credits Guide!

While some sections are the same as the existing Licensing Guides for Copilot Studio, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform, this 12-page guide adds to that information with details of Copilot Cowork, Work IQ API, and some more guidance on AI administration.

You can grab your copy of the (increasingly rarely-published) PDF guide here: https://bit.ly/4esvZUM or view the website version here: https://bit.ly/44ov5Uz.

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

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.

Updates to the Agent Pre-Purchase Plan

The Agent Pre-Purchase Plan was launched back in November 2025 to make it easier to buy consumption units for Agents created through Microsoft Foundry and/or Copilot Studio. You buy 20,000, 100,000 or 500,000 Agent Commit Units and then have a year to use them on any of the supported services. What’s new? From February 2026 Microsoft Fabric and GitHub Copilot are added to the list of services that the ACUs can be used on.

This is a good overview article explaining how the Pre-Purchase Plan works with some good diagrams, including the list of supported services: https://bit.ly/4uonAJ0.

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.