Business and Server Applications

Licensing Azure Services for Development and Test  Updated: November 5, 2026 Customers with Visual Studio and MSDN Platforms subscriptions are eligible for pricing discounts and other...more Agentic AI: Managing Risk with Limited AI Governance November 3, 2026 Agentic AI is rapidly evolving and expanding, but governance is still limited.  Agentic AI poses...more The Rising Cost of Microsoft 365 Storage October 28, 2026 Spending is becoming less predictable as storage consumption triggers separate charges across overages, backup, archive,...more Dynamics 365 Sustainability: New Name, Same Product October 28, 2026 Microsoft Sustainability Manager is now Dynamics 365 Sustainability with the same tiers, features, and costs....more Dynamics 365 Commerce Adds Lower-Cost Import Options October 23, 2026 New Commerce licensing options (called Headless) can lower the cost of processing and importing transactions....more Prepare for Higher Costs for Teams Town Halls October 4, 2026 Customers using Teams Premium to host large Town Halls will have to pay more due...more Microsoft 365 G7 Government Suite: A Release in Progress September 25, 2026 The initial release of Microsoft 365 G7, the equivalent of Microsoft 365 E7 but licensed...more Microsoft IQ Enables Enterprise Intelligence, But at What Cost? September 21, 2026 Enterprise intelligence is shifting from stored information to metered services consumed by AI. Microsoft IQ...more Microsoft 365 E7 Suite Available: It’s All About AI Updated: September 21, 2026 Unlike the E3 and E5 tiers of Microsoft 365, E7 is likely of very limited...more Planner Subscription Strategy for Project Online Retirement September 11, 2026 Project Online was retired effective Oct. 1, 2026, leaving Planner as Microsoft’s sole hosted project...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 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 Restricted SharePoint Search Limits Copilot Results Updated: July 1, 2026 Update: Restricted SharePoint Search (RSS) in SharePoint Online will retire by Jan. 31, 2027, and...more Strategies for Controlling Dynamics 365 Storage Costs June 17, 2026 Dynamics 365 storage growth is a predictable consequence of long-term system use, not an unusual...more M365 Copilot Adds Choice (and Risk) with Anthropic’s Claude Updated: June 12, 2026 Microsoft has partnered with Anthropic, adding its Claude models to Microsoft 365 (M365) Copilot. Claude’s...more How to Choose Project Plan Subscriptions Updated: June 1, 2026 Customers with requirements beyond basic project management can select from Project Plan subscription tiers based...more

Dynamics 365 Services Packaging October 23, 2026 Navigating Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: September 1, 2026 Project Legacy Timeline Updated: March 24, 2026 Server Application Version Support March 17, 2026 Communication Services Overview July 3, 2025 Viva Packaging for Microsoft 365 Users June 30, 2025 Teams Calling Services October 2, 2023

  Licensing Reference Power Apps Power Apps allows the creation of line-of-business apps by citizen developers (also referred to as...more   Licensing Reference Power Automate Power Automate is a low-code platform for developing, publishing, and running simple to moderately complex...more   Licensing Reference Power Pages Power Pages allows the creation of certain types of (typically external) websites without relying on...more   Licensing Reference Dynamics 365 Sustainability An environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data management offering that records, calculates, and reports on...more   Licensing Reference Dynamics 365 Sustainability An environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data management offering that records, calculates, and reports on...more   Product Reference Dynamics 365 Contact Center A preconfigured, stand-alone call center solution that provides multiple communication channel options and routing features...more   Licensing Reference Dynamics 365 Contact Center A preconfigured, stand-alone call center solution licensed per user through one of three plans that...more   Licensing Reference Dynamics 365 On-Premises Packaging Illustration + caption outlines the spectrum of Dynamics 365 On-Premises products and the technical features...more   Product Reference Project Online Project Online was fully retired in Sept. 2026, and the service and all associated data...more   Licensing Reference Azure Communication Services Service and APIs for voice chat and other communication services that developers can build into...more   Product Reference Azure Communication Services Microsoft will retire Azure Communications Services as a standalone service effective Sept. 30, 2028.   Licensing Reference OneDrive OneDrive is licensed through User SLs and is included in M365 and O365 plans.   Product Reference Microsoft Graph Microsoft Graph is the connective layer across M365, linking people, devices, security, and compliance signals.   Licensing Reference Copilot Cowork Copilot Cowork requires the M365 Copilot license but breaks the per-seat pricing model   Licensing Reference Dataverse The primary database and file and log storage provider for Power Apps, Power Automate, Power...more   Product Reference Dataverse A cloud database service designed to make it easier to create and use data in...more

Business Applications Roadmap

Copilot   Purview   Licensing   Foundry