Tag Archives: Microsoft

Changes to Business Apps storage capacity

Microsoft have made two changes to storage capacity for the Business Apps from December 2025. Firstly, there are increases in the default Dataverse Database capacities for Power Platform and Dynamics 365 products – 10 GB for Power Platform, and 20 GB for Dynamics 365. And secondly, there’s simplification for the storage capacity used by the ERP apps. Historically, there have been separate Dataverse and Operations capacity entitlements which were capped separately. Now, the entitlements are pooled, and the storage capacity can be used for either Dataverse or Operations.

Find a useful Microsoft article explaining all here: https://bit.ly/3XXatQg.

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.

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.

GA of Windows 365 Cloud Apps

Microsoft announce that Windows 365 Cloud Apps are now generally available. This Windows 365 feature enables administrators to give users access to individual apps hosted on a Cloud PC without requiring a dedicated Cloud PC for every user. From a licensing perspective, Windows 365 Cloud Apps run on Windows 365 Frontline Cloud PCs in Shared Mode, and thus Windows 365 Frontline licenses are required to use Cloud Apps.

Find the announcement here: https://bit.ly/4iLgZmx.

Fabric SKU Estimator

All Microsoft Fabric workloads consume the same Fabric Capacity Units, and there’s a Fabric SKU Estimator tool in public preview. Its aim is to help customers to identify the appropriate Fabric Capacity Unit SKU for their needs, based on their data requirements, usage patterns, and workload combinations.

Find the tool here: https://bit.ly/4pi1SDm, and there’s a useful page in the Learn documentation here: https://bit.ly/4ibpUO3 that demonstrates how the Fabric SKU Estimator might be used via a comprehensive sample scenario.

2025 – a year in the life of Licensing School

In the twelve months of 2025, Licensing School gave to you…965 LicenseVerse updates, 90+ new LicenseVerse pages, 140+ Licensing Guides, 84 live training courses, and 41 exams. Perhaps not as catchy as The Twelve Days of Christmas song, but much more useful we think! We’ve worked hard to keep our promise to you that we will help keep you up to date with licensing changes, learn about licensing, demonstrate your knowledge, and find all licensing information in one place. Thank you from the whole Licensing School team for being loyal followers and subscribers. Watch this space for bigger and better things next year!

If you’re not a subscriber and want to hear more about what you’re missing, please contact us on info@licensingschool.co.uk.

Availability of the Agent Pre-Purchase Plan

Microsoft announce the availability of the Agent Pre-Purchase Plan. This is a new type of Azure Reservation that enables customers to have a single pool of funds that can be used to pay for both Copilot Credits and Microsoft Foundry costs. You buy Agent Commit Units (ACUs) in one of three tiers, with discounted pricing, and then have a year to use the ACUs over a wide range of services.

Find the announcement here: https://bit.ly/3XRbUiZ with information about the tiers and the services covered, and find some useful licensing examples in the Learn documentation here: https://bit.ly/4ahnYBv.

Windows 10 ESUs resources

There are some useful resources if you’re involved with Windows 10 ESUs.

Firstly, there’s a general article covering activation, and preparing your devices for ESUs: https://bit.ly/3LSpeBb, then there’s one focused on working with ESUs and Windows 365: https://bit.ly/4a7WrT0, and a final one for some hints and tips if you’re using ESUs with Azure Virtual Desktop: https://bit.ly/488GJEB.

Licensing School Copilot Credit Calculator now in Public Preview!

With the introduction of the Copilot Credits Pre-Purchase Plan as a new way to buy Copilot Credits, we at Licensing School certainly needed a method to help us understand which option to use and when! Realising others would face the same predicament led to a new creation: the Copilot Credits Calculator. Our tool lets you enter a monthly prediction of Copilot Credits usage and instantly see which purchasing option will be most cost effective – PAYG, Copilot Credits Capacity Pack, or the Copilot Credits Pre-Purchase Plan. Interactive calculators are another tool we can add to your licensing arsenal, so watch this space for more to come. It’s now in LicenseVerse in Public Preview, so come and have a go: https://bit.ly/3X5yhkx.

If you’re not a subscriber and want access to this kind of resource, get in touch with us: info@licensingschool.co.uk.

Microsoft 365 E5 and Security Compute Units

Microsoft announce that Security Copilot Security Compute Units (SCUs) will be included with Microsoft 365 E5 licenses at a rate of 400 SCUs for every 1,000 licenses. Interestingly, the Learn documentation goes further and states that ALL E5 customers will be eligible for this benefit and gives a further example of a customer with 400 licenses who’ll get 160 SCUs. That’s 1 SCU for every 2.5 licenses, and of course it’s a monthly allowance with no rollover to the next month. Rollout starts in November 2025 with eligible customers receiving a 30-day notification before activation.

Find the announcement here: https://bit.ly/3XdUjl6, and the Learn documentation here: https://bit.ly/3MiDNOl.