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Emily_Perina
Updated Mar 04, 2026
alexpozin
Microsoft
Mar 18, 2026Agent 365 licenses are required only for users of agents that employ premium features of Agent 365. This covers all agents that work on behalf of the user (and leverage the user's identity).
The admin doesn't need a license unless they are also using agents as described above.
To make it easier to manage and plan, we recommend licensing groups of users who are actively using agents.
kickers3
Mar 18, 2026Copper Contributor
So today, the majority of agents will have connections running under the author identity. Work totally fine with an M365 Copilot license. Will those users now need A365 license for those agents to be accessed, when they didn't before with an M365 Copilot license? Think you need to put a scenario matrix together as there is much confusion on this....