Microsoft Copilot License Requirements

[microsoftmicha]

Until yesterday I thought the basic requirements were Business Premium, M365 E3 or E5.
Now it seems that only Apps for Enterprise, M365 E3 or E5 go?

 

[#2]

Can someone from Microsoft share a clear outline of which license type provides Copilot?
E3, E5, add-on?

[#3]

Basing my reply on: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-copilot/how-to-prepare-for-microsoft-365-copilo... "Copilot users must have either a Microsoft 365 E3 or E5 license [1] and an Azure Active Directory account". On top of that, users must be assigned a "Microsoft 365 Copilot license using the Microsoft 365 admin center (under Billing > Licenses)" So, it's an add-on license, but you can only add it on to E3 or E5.

[#4]

At the bottom of that link, just check the footnotes.

Footnotes:
[1] For small and medium business (SMB) customers, Microsoft 365 Business Standard or Business Premium will be eligible base licenses. ​

So it seems you will be able to add Copilot to both Business Premium or Business Standard so long as you fall under their definiton of "Small or Medium Business" --> defined as businesses with less than 500 employees or having up to 250 PCs.

[#5]

So it's an add-on license, but will there be a cost for it?

...and I'm hoping it doesn't require the "unified" E5 -- I have an Office E5 with MS 365 E5 "add-on features" at the moment.

[#6]

Microsoft hasn't announced a cost, but everything indicates there will be a licence cost.

[#7]

I'm not seeing a Copilot licence yet, is that screenshot from your tenant and where is your tenant based? USA?
Cheers
Tony

[#8]

No, that's not my tenant. Screenshot from a webcast

[#9]

I heard that CoPilot is supposed to be an addon license!!!

[#10]

Has anyone on this thread seen a Copilot licence in the wild (I don't mean the Copilot that comes with Bing)?

[#11]

Hey @PaVee - it's normal to include a /s when replying with sarcasm /s 🙂

[#12]

And Microsoft adviced, to gain the most benefit in and from CoPilot, to also use a teams premium license. This was told like two weeks ago during an webinair.

[#13]

Microsoft 365 Copilot will be available for enterprise customers on Nov. 1, 2023, along with Microsoft 365 Chat, a new AI assistant that will completely transform the way you work.

Source: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/09/21/announcing-microsoft-copilot-your-everyday-ai-companion/

[#14]

And a minimum of 300 seats???  

See attached....

@microsoftmicha 

[#15]

Is that true 🙂

Anyway, thanks 🙂

[#16 · Accepted solution]

It's true and I posted a screenshot taken from the licensing documentation (in the small print) earlier on in this thread.

[#17]

Thanks for letting us know ⭐

[#18]

Copilot for MS 365 is now available to everyone!

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/copilot-for-microsoft-365/copilot-for-ms-365-is-now-available...