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From February 2026 Microsoft Fabric and GitHub Copilot are added to the list of services that the ACUs can be used on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a good overview article explaining how the Pre-Purchase Plan works with some good diagrams, including the list of supported services: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4uonAJ0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4uonAJ0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Agent Pre-Purchase Plan was launched back in November 2025 to make it easier to buy consumption units for Agents created through Microsoft Foundry and\/or Copilot Studio. You buy 20,000, 100,000 or 500,000 Agent Commit Units and then have a year to use them on any of the supported services. What\u2019s new? 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