Announcement ·
Microsoft unifies Copilot capabilities and splits its pricing model
Original title, in French: “Microsoft unifie les capacités de Copilot et scinde son modèle tarifaire”
- Publication
- LeMagIT (France) · subscribers only
- Author
- Gaétan Raoul
- Published on
- 25 September 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
Microsoft is turning Copilot into a "super app" bringing together Chat, Cowork, Code and Autopilot, as well as the Office suite, according to Satya Nadella. From 2 November, the pricing model becomes hybrid: the USL licence (€26 excl. VAT per seat per month) covers everyday use, while advanced features (Cowork, Code, Autopilot, frontier models) are charged on a consumption basis through Copilot credits. Microsoft says it had more than 30 million paid seats at the end of June 2026, double the figure a year earlier. According to The Information, discounts of 30% to 50% are reportedly being offered to large accounts. Gartner, in its August 2026 Magic Quadrant, points to costs that are hard to predict despite the E7 licence, and notes that only 4% of IT leaders say they are ready to buy it within a year.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
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30 millions
Paid Copilot seats at the end of June 2026
Standalone Copilot, Microsoft 365 E5 and E7, worldwide
« À la fin du mois de juin, Microsoft recensait plus de 30 millions de sièges payants pour l’assistant, en incluant la licence standalone Copilot, Microsoft 365 E5 et E7. »
Source: Microsoft
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4 %
IT leaders ready to buy the E7 licence within a year
IT leaders surveyed by Gartner, May 2026
« Gartner affirmait que seulement 4 % des responsables IT interrogés par ses soins se disaient prêts à acheter cette fameuse souscription d’ici un an. »
Source: Gartner
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26 EUR/seat/month
Price of the Copilot USL licence
France pricing, excl. VAT
« La licence USL de Copilot coûte à elle seule 26 euros HT par siège par mois. »
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91.92 EUR/seat/month
Price of the Microsoft 365 E7 licence
France pricing, excl. VAT, large enterprises
« seule la licence E7 (91,92 euros HT par siège par mois) inclut l’ensemble des services Copilot et Agent 365 »
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50 %
Commercial discounts offered to large accounts on Copilot licences
large accounts with more than 10,000 seats
« le géant du cloud autoriserait ses commerciaux à offrir des réductions allant de 30 % (pour plus de 1000 sièges) jusqu’à 50 % (pour plus de 10 000 sièges) aux ETI et aux grands comptes sur les licences Copilot »
Source: The Information
Classification
- Country
- Worldwide scope
- Company size
- Mid-sized companies, Large companies
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified · Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms
- Companies
- Gartner (study author), Microsoft (supplier), OpenAI (cited), Anthropic (cited), AXA (deploys AI)
- Keywords
- copilot, microsoft, usage-based pricing, ai assistant, ai agents, enterprise licences
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