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Announcement · 25 September 2026

# 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.

[Read the article on LeMagIT →](https://www.lemagit.fr/actualites/366651201/Microsoft-unifie-les-capacites-de-Copilotet-scinde-son-modele-tarifaire)

## Figures cited

-   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
    
-   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
    
-   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. »
    
-   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 »
    
-   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

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to LeMagIT and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.