Places Charges Move from Users to Resources

• Places license changes due Apr. 1, 2026, will affect customers differently depending on their work patterns and Teams investment.
• Companies should not commit to a Places deployment until they see final license language and prices.

Places will reduce per-user charges and add charges for managed resources, effective Apr. 1, 2026. Microsoft Places is a set of advanced scheduling features for Teams and Exchange Online users who frequently move between work locations, such as employees who work at home part of the week. Customers will see different impact from the changes based on their work patterns and building infrastructure, especially Teams hardware.  Customers who are just starting evaluation of Places should not commit until they know how the changes will affect operating costs.

Places is currently licensed with User Subscription Licenses (User SLs) for other products, including Office 365 suites, Microsoft 365 suites. Teams, and Microsoft 365 Copilot. For an overview of the changes, see figure 1.