Database, Analytics, and AI/ML

Microsoft 365 AI Governance Features: A Dog’s Breakfast September 14, 2026 Aspects of AI governance are addressed by many features across Microsoft 365’s compliance, identity, security,...more GitHub Copilot Brings Another AI Consumption Unit to Track September 14, 2026 Microsoft has revised the metered usage units for GitHub Copilot and added a new “Max”...more The Hidden Costs of M365 Copilot September 10, 2026 Microsoft injected unpredictable consumption costs into user subscription licensing with Copilot Cowork, and there’s more...more Power Platform’s Final Release Wave and How Updates Will Now Be Delivered September 8, 2026 Power Platform is no longer delivering updates in “waves” and is moving to a continuous...more Demystifying Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: September 4, 2026 Microsoft’s range of Copilots, initially broad and confusing, is narrowing, but remains convoluted. Copilots, like...more Protecting Power BI Premium Pricing During the Move to Fabric August 31, 2026 Power BI Premium P customers must move to Fabric F SKUs at the end of...more Azure Copilot Agents Simplify Azure Operation, Optimization Updated: August 31, 2026 The Azure portal has had a Copilot for more than a year, but it has...more Microsoft 365 E7 Suite Available: It’s All About AI Updated: August 27, 2026 Unlike the E3 and E5 tiers of Microsoft 365, E7 is likely of very limited...more Should Your Organization Buy Agent 365? August 21, 2026 Agent 365 brings substantial governance, security, and identity capabilities to agent deployments, but certain organizations...more Avoid Overspending on GitHub Copilot With Governance and Training August 16, 2026 GitHub Copilot’s billing scheme employs a Per-User license plus metered usage based on what a...more Fabric IQ: The Long Road to Smarter Data August 10, 2026 Fabric IQ enhances OneLake data with additional business context to help AI, agents, and other...more Most Azure Reservation Exchanges End in 2027  August 7, 2026 Most key Azure reservations purchased after Feb. 2027 can no longer be exchanged once purchased....more Cut Service Consumption Costs with Pre-Purchase Plans August 7, 2026 There are now four Pre-Purchase Plans that provide savings over PAYG on consumption-based services, such...more Copilot Cowork: Delegated Work – with Usage Charges July 28, 2026 Cowork performs complex multistep work across Microsoft 365 for users, such as scheduling meetings rather...more Agent 365 Not Necessarily Required for Agent Governance July 27, 2026 Agent governance features existed before Agent 365 became available, and they’re still available outside of...more Agent 365: What’s There, What’s Missing July 16, 2026 Agent 365 provides a unified platform for AI agent governance, identity management, and security oversight....more

Microsoft’s Units for Metered AI Consumption Costs September 14, 2026 Navigating Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: September 1, 2026 Per Core License Model Flowchart May 1, 2026 SQL Server Edition Packaging May 1, 2026 Reporting and Analytics Tools for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents April 7, 2026 Server Application Version Support March 17, 2026 GitHub Copilot Tier Comparison June 3, 2025

  Licensing Reference SQL Server A server-based product that provides database management, integration services, reporting, analysis services, and machine learning...more   Licensing Reference Azure Analysis Services Azure Analysis Services purchasing is instance-based and hourly, with costs driven by tier, size, runtime,...more   Licensing Reference Azure Data Factory ADF is bought through Azure consumption, with costs shaped by activity runs, runtime hours, reservations,...more   Licensing Reference Event Hubs Azure Event Hubs offers several tiers of service, and the primary cost factors are deployed...more   Product Reference HDInsight Azure HDInsight is a cloud database service based on Apache’s Hadoop open-source software framework.   Product Reference Synapse Analytics Azure Synapse Analytics is a multipurpose analytics and data warehouse service designed for organizations with...more   Product Reference Databricks Azure Databricks is an Azure cloud service based on Databricks technology, a third-party offering that...more   Product Reference Confidential Ledger Azure Confidential Ledger is a managed, append-only data store for records whose integrity must be...more   Licensing Reference Databricks Azure Databricks provides a “lakehouse”—a single governed environment that combines the structured data and query...more   Licensing Reference HDInsight Azure HDInsight is a managed cluster service for running Apache Hadoop ecosystem technologies on Azure...more   Licensing Reference Synapse Analytics Azure Synapse Analytics is purchased as an Azure consumption service, and each of the engines...more   Licensing Reference Fabric Fabric is primarily licensed through a combination of computational capacity-based fees (that can be applied...more   Product Reference Azure Analysis Services Azure Analysis Services (AAS) is a cloud analytics service based on SQL Server Analysis Services...more   Product Reference Azure Data Factory Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a cloud extract, transform, and load (ETL) service that helps...more   Product Reference Event Hubs Azure Event Hubs is a managed service that routes event streams from source to destination...more   Licensing Reference Cosmos DB Azure Cosmos DB is billed for three separate components: Compute (provisioned or pay-as-you-go (PAYG) with...more

Database, Analytics, and AI/ML Roadmap

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