Effective January 31, 2025, Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft 365 admin centers is generally available. Tenants with at least one Microsoft 365 Copilot license can access Copilot via the Copilot button on the top right corner of the screen. Copilot experiences in Teams and SharePoint
Since December 18, 2024, GitHub Copilot Free became available in Visual Studio. This new plan allows users to access GitHub Copilot without a trial or credit card. What is GitHub Copilot? GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered coding assistant. It helps developers write code
Effective January 15, 2025, Microsoft introduced Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, a new offering that adds pay-as-you-go agents to the existing free chat experience for Microsoft 365 commercial customers. What is Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat? Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is an AI-powered chat experience
On December 1, 2024, Microsoft introduced a pay-as-you-go option for Copilot Studio messages through existing Azure subscriptions. This new pricing model allows developers to fully utilize Azure AI capabilities with flexible, scalable billing. What is Copilot Studio? Copilot Studio is a tool that
Effective September 16, 2024, the second wave of innovations within Microsoft 365 Copilot is available. These include: naming changes, introduction and new features of BizChat, and advanced AI capabilities within OneDrive, SharePoint, Excel, Teams, Outlook and Word. Naming Changes Rebranding to Microsoft 365
Starting in October 2024, self-service purchasing options for Microsoft 365 Copilot will be available for users of Microsoft 365 licensed through business suites: Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Standard, and Premium. These options concern the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program. Note: Microsoft Copilot for
Effective August 1, 2024, Microsoft added license prerequisites for Microsoft 365 Copilot for Sales and Microsoft 365 Copilot for Service. Now, these licenses are available for purchase by more commercial and enterprise users. Expanded license prerequisites Now you can also purchase Microsoft 365
Effective July 11, 2024, Microsoft Sentinel is generally available as part of the unified security operations platform. This integration aims to streamline security operations by combining various tools into a single platform. What is the Microsoft Unified Security Operations Platform? The Microsoft Unified
Effective June 12, 2024, Microsoft added license prerequisites for Microsoft 365 Copilot, making it available to more commercial and enterprise users. Expanded license prerequisites New prerequisites Now you can also purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot if you have one of these licenses. Microsoft 365 Apps
Microsoft has delayed the mandatory switch of the license management of Dynamics 365 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications in Microsoft 365 Admin Center to November 1, 2025, instead of the previously announced August 30, 2025. This gives organizations one more month for the transition to Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Also,
Until February 1, 2026, Microsoft is offering a 50% discount on Microsoft 365 E5 Compliance for all customers with at least one Microsoft 365 Copilot license. This promotion is available for customers who have previously purchased Microsoft 365 Copilot without Microsoft 365 E5 Compliance. Updated 2025-06-11: You now only need
For Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 & 2019, Microsoft 365 Apps were supposed to no longer receive security updates after October 2025. Microsoft will continue to provide security updates for Microsoft 365 Apps on these Windows products for three more years. These updates will be delivered through the standard update