Procurement & Licensing

Understanding Copilot Studio Harnesses and Their Costs September 22, 2026 An AI harness is a layer between an agent or an AI application and the...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 Government: What’s in the Box? Updated: September 21, 2026 Microsoft 365 Government offers U.S. governmental organizations more regulatory compliance capabilities than Microsoft 365 commercial...more Broadcom Forces More Changes to Azure VMware Service September 17, 2026 License-included Azure VMware Solution reserved instances will be retired in Aug. 2027, regardless of the...more 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 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 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 Windows Server Licensing Scenarios Updated: August 23, 2026 The reasons for choosing one edition of Windows Server over another have fundamentally changed over...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 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 Azure SQL Database DTUs: There’s a Better Way July 1, 2026 The Azure SQL Database DTU model bundles compute, memory, and storage that are easy to...more Identity Manager: SP3 Arrives, But Support Still Ends in 2029 Updated: June 22, 2026 Microsoft Identity Manager is set for retirement in 2029, and no direct replacement is expected....more

Microsoft’s Units for Metered AI Consumption Costs September 14, 2026 Frontline Worker Online Suite Packaging August 14, 2026 Microsoft 365 Enterprise Suite Packaging August 14, 2026 Office 365 Enterprise suites packaging August 14, 2026 Office 365 and Microsoft 365 Comparison August 14, 2026 Per Core License Model Flowchart May 1, 2026 Teams-related Product Packaging April 23, 2026 CALs Included with Online Services Suites April 17, 2026 CAL Suite Contents April 17, 2026 External User Qualification Requirements Updated: April 17, 2026 Enterprise Agreement Contract Stack April 17, 2026 Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise Packaging April 17, 2026 Office and Windows Supported Combinations April 17, 2026 Microsoft 365 Extensions April 16, 2026 Microsoft 365 Copilot Packaging April 16, 2026 Enterprise Mobility + Security Suite Packaging April 13, 2026

  Licensing Reference Planner Planner is a task and project management tool included in Microsoft 365 and Office 365...more   Licensing Reference Microsoft Defender for Office 365 An online service that augments the Exchange Online Protection (EOP) service to add protection against...more   Licensing Reference Office 365 Cloud App Security Name for the subset of Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps features bundled with Office 365...more   Licensing Reference Microsoft Defender for Endpoint An online service and accompanying client-side agent that helps security analysts mitigate, detect, investigate, and...more   Licensing Reference Microsoft Defender for Identity Online service that detects and identifies suspicious user and device activity within an organization’s Active...more   Licensing Reference Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps An online service that monitors and controls user access across multiple Microsoft and third-party hosted...more   Licensing Reference Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management An online service that that enhances the vulnerability discovery tools included in Microsoft Defender for...more   Licensing Reference Project Online Project Online was fully retired in Sept. 2026, and the service and all associated data...more   Licensing Reference Project for the Web Project for the Web was fully retired as a stand-alone service in Aug. 2025.   Product Reference Azure Support Plans Paid Azure support plans provide both break-fix support and guidance to developers and operations staff...more   Licensing Reference Power BI Report Server A component of SQL Server that enables customers to host and share Power BI reports...more   Licensing Reference Microsoft Defender Antivirus A free antivirus client built into Windows client OSs and into Windows Server 2016 and...more   Licensing Reference Data Explorer ADX is purchased with provisioned costs primarily from VMs and an ADX markup fee, and...more   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

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