Copilot Studio - failed to publish new agent

hi KCLai​  yes, you’re missing one piece pay as you go alone isn’t enough to publish an agent.

Here’s what’s going on, in plain terms

• Pay-As-You-Go in Copilot Studio only covers runtime consumption (messages, actions, usage).
• To create and publish agents, the user still needs a Copilot Studio authoring license.

So even though:

• You created an Azure subscription
• You set up a PAYG billing plan in Power Platform Admin Center

You still need one of these for the user account publishing the agent:

• Copilot Studio (standalone) license, or
• Power Apps Premium / Power Automate Premium (these include Copilot Studio authoring rights)

Copilot Pro is NOT required. Copilot Pro is for personal productivity (Word, Excel, etc.), not for Copilot Studio authoring.

What to check / do next

Go to Microsoft 365 Admin Center

• Assign yourself:

o   Copilot Studio license or

o   Power Apps Premium license

• Sign out/in of Copilot Studio
• Publish again

Once licensed, the PAYG plan will automatically be used for usage billing.

This licensing split (authoring vs consumption) trips up a lot of people, you’re not alone