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.
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.
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.
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!
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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.
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.
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 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.
We have been on the lookout for Licensing Guides again and discovered a few program-related resources, including some Licensing Guides that haven’t been refreshed in many years!
You’ll find new uploads for the Enterprise Agreement, Server and Cloud Enrollment, SPLA, and Select Plus in the Licensing Guides section of our website: https://bit.ly/MSLicensingGuides.
Microsoft Configuration Manager is moving from a semi-annual to an annual release cadence starting with version 2609 (September 2026). This shift aims to provide better long-term stability, with each version receiving 18 months of support. While Configuration Manager will continue to support on-premises devices, all new innovations will be focused on Microsoft Intune.
Check out the details and support lifecycle here: https://bit.ly/3K8HENk and a useful FAQ about Configuration Manager branches here: https://bit.ly/49xJdyL.