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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.

With five(!) versions of the Licensing Guide and four updates to the Licensing Deck, our Licensing Guides Gallery is fast becoming one of our most essential subscriber tools. You can track changes, view all versions, and review the Cautionary Notes to navigate potential stumbling blocks. Access all of this information here: https://bit.ly/4cHjNj3. If you’re not yet a subscriber, grab a copy of the latest Licensing Guide here: https://bit.ly/4iPh2Qv, and the Licensing Deck here: https://bit.ly/4hc29Xl.

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.

Work IQ FAQs

Microsoft launch a new set of Work IQ FAQs.

Work IQ acts as the intelligence layer connecting Microsoft Copilot and AI Agents to an organisation’s internal data, such as emails, chats, and documents. The new FAQs provide further details, including how Work IQ powers AI Agents, how developers can build with its APIs, and how administrators manage its billing and governance.

Struggling to keep up with all the licensing guidance and FAQ websites? Save yourself a bunch of bookmarks by using our Licensing Guides Gallery instead! It consolidates all the links in one place, complete with an instant-search interface, filter buttons, and PDF captures to help you track website changes. Exclusively for subscribers – jump in today: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery. Otherwise, grab your copy of these FAQs here: https://bit.ly/4ftSVUm.

Copilot Pitch Decks

There are a couple of useful Pitch Decks released by Microsoft aimed at helping partners position Copilot solutions.

The main Copilot Pitch Deck includes details of Work IQ, Agents, Copilot Chat, and, of course, the latest innovations: Agent 365, Cowork, and Scout. The content contains handy comparison tables and some nice diagrams and explanations.

There’s also a Copilot Cost Management Pitch Deck which has details of spending policies and Copilot Credits purchasing options, as well as reporting and cost management tips.

If you’re a partner, grab a copy of the Copilot Pitch Deck here: https://bit.ly/4yqz2pF, and the Copilot Cost Management Pitch Deck here: https://bit.ly/4w7N0LE.

Promotions everywhere!

Microsoft have announced promotion updates aplenty for July, with extended and brand-new offers.

The highlights include:

• Three existing Microsoft 365 promos with an extended end date of 30 September 2026
• Three new Copilot promos that expand the (eye-watering) number of AI offers
• Three newly added Windows 365 promos with discounts of 20-25%

Partners can download the Global Promo Readiness Guide for details of (most!) promotions: https://bit.ly/GLOMO. LicenseVerse subscribers can view ALL promotions in a single place, with our hugely-popular Promotions Playground. It provides quick search features, product and user filters, and toggles for new and changed promotions: https://bit.ly/PromotionsPlayground. If you’re not yet a subscriber and would benefit from this kind of resource, contact us today: info@licensingschool.co.uk.

Copilot Cowork latest resources

Microsoft continue to release waves of updated resources for Copilot Cowork.

The latest partner-focused material provides updated launch information, practical customer tools, and bite sized training to help confidently position and sell Copilot Cowork. Customer facing resources include a surprisingly comprehensive website with information on when to use Cowork, scenarios, prompting, rollout guidance, and security and governance.

Managing and controlling spend is understandably a hot topic, and Microsoft provide a useful Customer Cowork Estimator spreadsheet and Cowork Credit Planning Model to help predict Copilot Credits usage, forecast monthly costs, and plan budgets using customisable user scenarios.

Find the partner resources in the Partner Center announcement here: https://bit.ly/4fnCFEj. Check out the website here: https://bit.ly/4b0XMLf and the two estimation tools here: https://bit.ly/4uLQQIF / https://bit.ly/4wKg4c0.

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.

Modern Work Plan Comparison

The December 2025 Modern Work Plan Comparison documents are now available. Key updates include the addition of Security Compute Units to Microsoft 365 E5 (see our blog post: https://bit.ly/4oUwHgS), the availability of Microsoft 365 Copilot Business as an Add-on to SMB licences, and a correction regarding Office 365 A1 being a valid prerequisite for the Defender Suite and Purview Suite. Separate PDFs for enterprise, SMB, US government, and education sectors can be accessed in our new, searchable Licensing Guides Gallery: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery, exclusive to our subscribers. Non-subscribers can find them in the usual place here: https://bit.ly/4hn2hS2.

If you’re a partner looking for the Excel version, please email info@licensingschool.co.uk from your work email address and we’ll send it over.

Finance Solution in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft announce that the Finance Solution in Microsoft 365 Copilot is now generally available. You might have heard of it by a different name since it’s a product that’s already undergone a series of name changes – Copilot for Finance and Finance Agents to name a couple. Now it’s essentially a set of Agents designed to automate various financial tasks across apps like Excel and Outlook, connecting to ERP systems such as Dynamics 365 and SAP. From a licensing perspective, you need to be licensed for Microsoft 365 Copilot and the relevant ERP system.

Find the announcement article here: https://bit.ly/43o2r66.

Copilot has a new face, and 12 new features!

The ever-evolving Copilot receives its Fall Release, which aims to make this assistant more personal, useful, and human-centred. The new features include better collaboration, adaptation to the user, deeper memory, and more complex understanding of context. Its capability in health and education has also advanced, and more functionality has been added to Copilot Mode in Edge, which reasons over your tabs to become your browser-based buddy. Perhaps the “highlight”, Copilot has a new face – an expressive, customisable, and warm character called Mico.

Certain features are region restricted, and you can read the full details here: https://bit.ly/47HmeyS.