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Copilot Credits: usage-based billing included by default

Announced on September 16, 2026Effective December 1, 2026

Update of October 1, 2026: Microsoft postpones the launch to December 1, 2026 and excludes France at first (Partner Center, announcement of October 1, 2026).

Any new Copilot Business license bought through CSP from November 2, 2026 includes usage-based billing, which opens Copilot Cowork, the Work IQ APIs and GitHub Copilot Harness; no cap is set by default at the organization level.

  • By default

    yes, from purchase

  • Data

    no (billing layer)

  • Framework

    none of the frameworks tracked

  • Billing

    by usage, in credits

Source

Partner Center, announcement of September 16, 2026

Cite this entry

Ojja, “Enabled without you” observatory, “Copilot Credits: usage-based billing included by default”, September 16, 2026, https://ojja.ai/en/observatory/microsoft/copilot-credits/

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