Procurement & Licensing

New! 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 New! 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 will be 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 Microsoft 365 Government: What’s in the Box? Updated: September 4, 2026 Microsoft 365 Government offers U.S. governmental organizations more regulatory compliance capabilities than Microsoft 365 commercial...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 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 EA to MCA and CSP: Costs and Risks May 8, 2026 Midsize customers are being forced out of Enterprise Agreements and steered toward Microsoft Customer Agreements...more Transitioning Microsoft 365 from an EA to an MCA Updated: April 24, 2026 Enterprise Agreement customers transitioning to Microsoft Customer Agreements will have to reassess how they license...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 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 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 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   Licensing Reference Desktop Applications License Model License model used for traditional Office suites, Visio, and Project; generally requires a license for...more   Licensing Reference Platform Independent Describes a license that allows a customer to use the associated software on more than...more   Licensing Reference Azure Local Azure Local, formerly known as Azure Stack HCI, is a Microsoft host OS for hyper-converged...more   Licensing Reference Site Recovery Azure Site Recovery is a subscription-based service that helps organizations use Azure infrastructure to establish...more   Licensing Reference Monitor Azure Monitor offers a central platform for organizations to gather, analyze, and act on monitoring...more   Licensing Reference Office for the web An online service, formerly called Office Online, that enables browser-based viewing, creation, and limited editing...more   Licensing Reference Microsoft Graph Most Graph capabilities are included with M365 and Entra licenses, but some APIs, services, and...more   Licensing Reference OneDrive OneDrive is licensed through User SLs and is included in M365 and O365 plans.   Licensing Reference Data Share Azure Data Share is a managed service for distributing data to customers, partners, and other...more

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