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Dynamics 365 licensing resources – October 2026

The Dynamics 365 licensing resources are updated for October 2026.

The main change is the introduction of Dynamics 365 Sustainability, a rebranding of Microsoft Sustainability Manager. Available in two flavours, this set of tools helps organisations track their environmental impact.

If you’re a subscriber, you can quickly find the licensing resources in the Licensing Guides Gallery, where you’ll also discover a full breakdown of what’s new (and what’s wrong!) with our popular Cautionary Notes: https://bit.ly/4yfYNYm. If you’re not yet a subscriber and just need a copy of the latest versions, find the Licensing Guide here: https://bit.ly/4hwN1m9, and the Licensing Deck here: https://bit.ly/4iU5OKD.

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.

Dynamics 365 licensing resources – September 2026

The Dynamics 365 licensing resources have been updated a couple of times for September 2026.

The main change this month is support for headless commerce, so that customers can run custom storefronts for their specific business requirements while still using Dynamics 365 Commerce for pricing, promotions, inventory, orders fulfilment etc. There are two new Add-on licences: Headless Import for importing completed retail transactions captured outside Dynamics 365 Commerce, and Headless Orchestration for capturing third-party retail transactions using Dynamics 365 Commerce APIs.

You’ll find details of both options throughout the Licensing Guide and Licensing Deck. Get full details of the changes using the one-click “Dynamics 365” filter in our subscriber-exclusive Licensing Guides Gallery: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery. You’ll also find details of all the changes to be aware (and wary) of through our “What’s New” and “Cautionary Notes” features. If you’re not yet a subscriber, grab a copy of the Licensing Guide here: https://bit.ly/4xiJXA3 and the Licensing Deck here: https://bit.ly/463B02j.

Software Assurance resources

We’ve uncovered some useful and updated Software Assurance resources.

The Program Guide update includes typo and formatting corrections, while cleaning up (some!) references to the obsolete Windows To Go benefit. However, many of the previous Cautionary Notes are still lurking. The FAQs document features general Software Assurance questions and more specific benefits like the Workplace Discount Program and Flexible Virtualization Benefit.

Exclusively for subscribers, our Licensing Guides Gallery (https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery) outlines all details of the changes to be aware (and wary) of.

Grab a copy of the Program Guide here: https://bit.ly/4sAiQPm.
Find the FAQs here: https://bit.ly/3PnH9RX.

Power Platform Licensing Guide

Microsoft have released another version of the Power Platform Licensing Guide for December 2025 where a section on the Dataverse MCP Server has been added – the thing that means that AI tools can talk directly to Dataverse data. The updated guide is released to coincide with the start of charges (from 15 December, 2025) for the Dataverse MCP tools when accessed by AI Agents created outside of Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Find this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/4oY84jc or, if you’re subscriber, check out our new Licensing Guides Gallery here: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery.

Dynamics 365 licensing resources

There are updated (December 2025) Dynamics 365 licensing resources now available.

As expected, the default Dataverse entitlements have been increased across the Dynamics 365 apps, and Dataverse and Operations storage is now combined into a shared pool per tenant– reflected in tables showing the new and consolidated amounts.

Find the original storage increase announcement here: https://bit.ly/4pmxYxS, and grab the Licensing Guide here: https://bit.ly/4p93Xlb and the Licensing Deck here: https://bit.ly/48KCn87.

Azure Customer Solution Licensing Guide

There’s an updated (September 2025) Azure Customer Solution Licensing Guide – a document which is designed to explain some of the rules and scenarios around creating and selling a solution in Azure. Historically it’s been targeted at organisations that Microsoft call ISVs, but that term’s been updated to SDC – a Software Development Company – and that’s probably the most significant edit in this updated document.

Keep your Licensing Guide stash up to date by grabbing this guide here: https://bit.ly/46LkFzk.

Windows Server virtualization licensing guidance document

There’s an updated (May 2025) Windows Server virtualization licensing document from Microsoft. There aren’t major changes from the previous version – the most significant one is the removal of all the (quite useful) diagrams. In addition, the original errors remain – the requirement for a customer to have a minimum of 16 Windows Server Core licences when licensing by virtual machine was removed in April 2023.

However, keep your Microsoft documentation stash complete by grabbing this document here: https://bit.ly/44doWLJ.

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.

Microsoft 365 Enterprise licensing guidance document

There’s an updated (May 2025) Microsoft 365 Enterprise licensing guidance document from Microsoft. There aren’t major changes to the content – and that’s a shame. When it was last updated in February 2024, we highlighted the fact that there were too many errors and chunks of out-of-date information. As time has gone on, the information is even more out-of-date and, yes, there are more errors.

For those of us who nevertheless like a complete set of Microsoft’s documentation, find this guide here: https://bit.ly/4kFhwGG.