Office LTSC 2021 reaches End of Support on 13 October 2026.
After this date Microsoft will no longer provide updates, security fixes, or technical support. The recommended route is (unsurprisingly) Microsoft 365 or the perpetual option of Office LTSC 2024, which is supported until October 2029.
Find the latest reminder article here: https://bit.ly/4iBRrdQ, which includes useful information for customers about preparation and transitioning.
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.
Publisher will no longer be supported from October 2026.
As of 1 October 2026, subscribers with a Microsoft 365 licence will no longer have access to Publisher, and it won’t be included with new purchases. You can still use the application beyond October if you have a perpetual licence for Office LTSC 2021 (the last version to include it), but support ends on 13 October 2026. Microsoft recommend migrating to Word or PowerPoint as alternatives.
You’ll find full details and useful FAQs here: https://bit.ly/3TsdZU4.
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.
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.
The Modern Work Plan Comparison documents are updated for July 2026.
Naturally, the main changes this month are due to the extra features which have been added to a range of licenses. These include Copilot Chat enhancements, the addition of Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 to Office 365 E3 and Microsoft 365 E3, an extra 50 GB mailbox storage for the SMB licences, and new Intune features for Microsoft 365 E3/E5 licenses. Advanced Threat Analytics was also removed this month, since it reached End of Support in January 2026.
There are July versions of the documents for Enterprise, SMB, Education, and US Government customers which you can find here: https://bit.ly/4hn2hS2. If you’re a subscriber, don’t forget that we help you navigate the (increasingly frequent) errors in these documents every month with our Cautionary Notes. You’ll find these using the one-click “Microsoft 365” filter in our subscriber-exclusive Licensing Guides Gallery, along with quick access to the documents and full change details: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery. If you’re a partner and prefer the Excel version, contact us from your work email address and we’ll send it right over: info@licensingschool.co.uk.
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.
Microsoft have updated the Microsoft 365 Enterprise Licensing Guidance website.
The refresh includes new references to AI Agent governance and Microsoft 365 E7, following its launch on 1 May, 2026. Newly added sections on the first page cover relevant licensing rules such as multiplexing, licence reassignment, and outsourcing. Alongside a couple of updated scenarios, there’s a sprinkling of amendments to the terminology throughout.
We keep track of all the Licensing Guidance website changes and provide a PDF snapshot in our Licensing Guides Gallery, exclusively for subscribers: https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery. In the meantime, you can find a copy of this guide here: https://bit.ly/3RvPeVA.
The July 2026 Microsoft 365 pricing and feature changes are now live!
The updates include the addition of Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 to the Office 365/Microsoft 365 E3 licenses, broader Intune features for Microsoft 365 E3 and E5, and an extra 50 GB of mailbox storage for the Microsoft 365 Business plans. Microsoft are updating their documentation for the new capabilities that coincide with the expected price increases.
Don’t forget our subscriber-exclusive interactive tools to assist with these changes:
• The Office 365/Microsoft 365 Plan Picker helps you choose the right plan based on specified features: https://bit.ly/PlanPicker
• Our Product Price Plotter helps you track exactly which licenses are affected by the price changes: https://bit.ly/ProductPricePlotter
• Use the Licensing Guides Gallery (https://bit.ly/GuidesGallery) to view the history of changes to the Subscription License Suites website, which Microsoft are currently updating to reflect the changes: https://bit.ly/4cqn6v9
Microsoft update the 1 July, 2026 Product Terms to add the Microsoft 365 E3/A3/G3 – Unattended Licenses to the list of eligible products that allow you to run the Microsoft 365 Apps in Amazon WorkSpaces. Find the full page of rules here: https://bit.ly/4fdNFoK.