Microsoft introduce new Pay-As-You-Go meters for Purview to help customers effectively secure and govern data as it moves into and through AI apps and agents. The meters are available from 1 May, 2025 and billed, as usual, through an Azure Subscription. If you don’t have an Azure Subscription linked to your tenant on 30 June, 2025, then these metered capabilities will stop working.
Find the announcement article here: https://bit.ly/42U3HwH.
Microsoft announce the general availability of Security Compute Units that can be used as overage for Security Copilot. Customers provision the regular SCUs as usual but now, if they are exhausted in a particular hour, you can opt in to the consumption of overage SCUs. This can be either an unlimited amount or up to a maximum that you specify. Overage is then charged on a PAYG basis at a rate of $6 per hour compared to the regular price of $4 per hour.
Find the announcement here: https://bit.ly/4cFAry8, and information on managing SCUs here: https://bit.ly/4jsb8lY.
There’s a brand new (January 2025) Windows Server 2025 Licensing Guide. It’s very much based on its Windows Server 2022 predecessor with updates such as the removal of Nano Server and the addition of the Pay-As-You-Go licensing option.
Find this updated guide here: https://bit.ly/4jnwlha.