Guide to Microsoft Copilot Pricing & Licensing

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Introduction

Decision-makers in today’s business world know that harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is essential for staying competitive. Microsoft Copilot, an AI-powered suite of tools, offers a transformative solution to enhance productivity, collaboration, and innovation within your organization. This comprehensive guide will provide you with a clear understanding of Microsoft Copilot, its various modules and features, and a detailed breakdown of Microsoft Copilot pricing and licensing models tailored for businesses of all sizes. We’ll also explore successful implementation strategies and demonstrate how AlphaBOLD can help you navigate this exciting new landscape.

Whether you’re a CFO concerned about maximizing ROI or a CTO seeking to drive innovation, this guide will equip you with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions about Microsoft Copilot and its potential to revolutionize your workplace.

Microsoft Copilot Overview: Core Technologies

Understanding the technological foundation of Microsoft Copilot is crucial for decision-makers evaluating its potential impact on their organizations. Copilot’s capabilities are not mere buzzwords; they are rooted in cutting-edge AI technologies that have the potential to revolutionize how you work:

Large Language Models (LLMs):

At its core, Copilot leverages advanced LLMs like GPT-4. These models are trained on a massive scale, enabling them to understand and generate human-like text, code, summaries, and creative content. For your business, this means streamlined communication, automated tasks, and deeper insights extracted from your data – all contributing to a more efficient and innovative work environment.

Microsoft Graph:

Copilot integrates seamlessly with your existing Microsoft 365 ecosystem through Microsoft Graph. This intelligent fabric connects your data, relationships, and workflows, allowing Copilot to provide contextually relevant and personalized assistance. By understanding the context of your work, Copilot can surface the right information at the right time, saving you valuable time and resources.
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Microsoft’s Copilot Products and Platforms to use it on

By combining the power of LLMs with the intelligence of Microsoft Graph, Copilot becomes a strategic asset for decision-makers. It empowers you to make data-driven decisions, streamline operations, enhance collaboration, and foster a culture of innovation throughout your organization. With a firm grasp of the technological underpinnings, you’re now better equipped to assess how Microsoft Copilot’s pricing and licensing models align with your specific business needs and budget. Let’s delve into those details in the next section.

Copilot for Microsoft 365: AI-Powered Capabilities

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Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 architecture.
Unlocking unparalleled value for your organization, Microsoft 365 Copilot seamlessly integrates AI assistance into the Microsoft 365 tools you already use, transforming them into productivity powerhouses. Let’s explore how Copilot can enhance collaboration across your organization:

Word: Elevate Your Writing to New Heights

  • Intelligent Writing Assistance: Copilot in Word acts as your personal writing coach, generating text, summarizing lengthy documents, refining content for clarity or tone, and brainstorming ideas for your next project. This translates to faster drafting, sharper communication, and a more efficient writing process.
  • Editor Enhancements: Receive real-time grammar and style suggestions, complete with explanations to help you hone your writing skills and produce polished documents.

Excel: Unleash the Power of Your Data

  • Data Analysis: Ask questions in natural language and let Copilot analyze trends, identify outliers, and extract valuable insights from your data. Make data-driven decisions with confidence and ease.
  • Formula Generation: Copilot simplifies complex calculations by automatically generating formulas, saving you time and reducing errors. Even non-experts can harness the full power of Excel for financial modeling, forecasting, and analysis.
  • Chart Creation: Visualize your data effortlessly with automatically generated charts and graphs, making it easier to communicate complex information and identify key trends.

PowerPoint: Craft Compelling Presentations with Ease

  • Presentation Design: Transform your raw ideas into polished, professional presentations with Copilot’s AI-generated layouts, themes, and imagery. Captivate your audience with visually stunning slides that reinforce your message.
  • Content Creation: Overcome writer’s block and receive intelligent suggestions for slide content, including text, images, and even speaker notes. Create engaging presentations that inform and inspire.

Outlook: Streamline Your Inbox and Maximize Efficiency

  • Smart Email Management: Copilot triages your inbox, summarizes lengthy email threads, and even drafts replies, saving you valuable time and allowing you to focus on higher-value tasks.
  • Meeting Scheduling: Effortlessly find optimal meeting times, send invitations, and manage your calendar, freeing you from the tedious back-and-forth of scheduling.

Teams: Foster Collaboration and Boost Productivity

  • Meeting Summaries: Automatically capture key points, decisions, and action items from your Teams meetings, ensuring everyone stays on track and informed.
  • Real-time Collaboration: Work together seamlessly with colleagues to co-author documents, brainstorm ideas, and receive instant feedback, accelerating project completion and fostering a culture of collaboration.

Microsoft Copilot Pricing and Licensing:

With its transformative potential, you might be wondering about the cost of integrating Microsoft 365 Copilot into your organization. Here’s a breakdown of the Microsoft Copilot pricing and licensing options, designed to cater to businesses of all sizes:

  • Enterprise (300+ seats): $30 per user per month
  • Small to Medium Businesses (1-299 seats): $30 per user per month

Microsoft Copilot’s licensing model offers a range of options for businesses. However, to truly harness the power of AI and achieve a seamless integration with your existing systems, partnering with a trusted advisor like AlphaBOLD can be invaluable.

Our expertise goes beyond simply acquiring licenses. We tailor Copilot’s implementation to your unique business needs, ensuring you maximize your investment. From identifying the most cost-effective licensing options to providing comprehensive training and ongoing optimization, we’re committed to maximizing the value of Copilot for your organization. Request a demo today.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Limitations and How AlphaBOLD Can Help

While Microsoft Copilot is a groundbreaking tool with immense potential, decision-makers need to be aware of its current limitations:

  • Data Privacy: Copilot processes your data to assist but adheres to Microsoft’s strict privacy standards and does not share your information with others. At AlphaBOLD, we understand the sensitivity of data privacy and can guide you through best practices for using Copilot securely within your organization’s data governance framework.
  • Hallucinations: Copilot can sometimes generate incorrect or nonsensical information, like all large language models. Reviewing and verifying Copilot’s output is crucial, especially for critical tasks. AlphaBOLD’s experts can help you develop workflows and guidelines to ensure that Copilot’s output is always accurate and reliable.
  • Not a Replacement for Human Expertise: While Copilot can automate tasks and provide suggestions, it is not a substitute for human judgment and expertise. It’s essential to use Copilot as a tool to enhance your work, not as a replacement for critical thinking and decision-making. AlphaBOLD can provide training and support to your team to ensure they effectively leverage Copilot’s capabilities while maintaining their critical thinking skills.

By partnering with AlphaBOLD, you can confidently adopt Microsoft Copilot, knowing that you have a trusted advisor who can help you address these limitations and maximize the benefits of AI for your organization.

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Business Chat: Your AI-powered Personal Assistant for Strategic Decision-Making

Business Chat takes Copilot to the next level by working across your entire Microsoft 365 data landscape. It empowers decision-makers like you with rapid information synthesis, efficient communication, and enhanced collaboration. Business Chat acts as your personal AI assistant, distilling insights from your vast array of emails, chats, meetings, and documents, providing concise summaries and key takeaways to quickly inform your decisions. You can effortlessly compose emails, create project updates, and stay informed about key discussions, all within a single, intuitive interface.

Key Benefits for Decision-Makers:

  • Rapid Information Synthesis: Get a quick overview of chats, meetings, and emails, saving you valuable time.
  • Efficient Communication: Compose emails based on recent conversations or specific requests, ensuring clear and concise communication.
  • Create Project Updates: Generate status reports, summaries, and action items for your projects, keeping everyone informed.
  • Enhanced Collaboration: Business Chat fosters seamless collaboration by centralizing information and providing a shared context for your team’s work. This enables faster decision-making and a more cohesive approach to achieving your goals.

Pricing: Currently included with Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Beyond Microsoft 365: Empowering Your Business with Copilot's Expanded Capabilities

Microsoft’s commitment to AI-powered productivity extends beyond Microsoft 365. As a decision-maker, you can leverage Copilot’s transformative capabilities across several key areas of your business:

The infographic shows the Microsoft Copilot Studio architecture.

1. Viva Sales: Supercharge Your Sales Team

Copilot in Viva Sales empowers your sales professionals to close deals faster and build stronger customer relationships. By automating repetitive tasks and providing data-driven insights, Copilot helps your team focus on what matters most: building trust, identifying opportunities, and closing deals.

  • Key Features:
    • Email Drafting: Generate personalized, compelling emails that resonate with prospects and customers.
    • Meeting Preparation: Summarize customer interactions and suggest relevant talking points, ensuring productive meetings.
    • Customer Engagement: Track engagement metrics, identify potential opportunities, and personalize follow-up communications to nurture leads.

Licensing: Copilot in Viva Sales is included with Viva Sales subscriptions. Contact Microsoft or a trusted partner like AlphaBOLD for detailed pricing information tailored to your organization’s needs.

2. Power Platform: Accelerate Innovation and Automation

Copilot in Power Platform revolutionizes how you build and automate business processes. By democratizing app development with low-code tools and AI-driven insights, Copilot empowers both technical and non-technical users to create custom solutions that streamline workflows and boost efficiency.

  • Key Features:
    • App Idea Generation: Spark innovation with AI-generated app ideas tailored to your specific business needs.
    • Low-Code App Development: Build custom applications quickly and easily with intuitive drag-and-drop tools and pre-built components.
    • Workflow Automation: Automate repetitive tasks and processes, freeing up your team to focus on strategic initiatives.

Licensing: Copilot in Power Platform is available with select Power Platform licenses. Contact Microsoft or AlphaBOLD to learn more about the licensing options and pricing details that best suit your organization.

Further Reading: Building Workflows with Copilot for Power Automate

3. Dynamics 365: Elevate Customer Engagement and Business Processes

Copilot in Dynamics 365 brings the power of AI to your customer service, marketing, and sales operations. You can deliver personalized customer experiences, optimize marketing campaigns, and accelerate sales cycles by leveraging AI-driven insights and automation.

  • Key Features:
    • Customer Service: Streamline case management, resolve faster, and personalize customer interactions.
    • Marketing: Generate compelling content, optimize targeting, and personalize customer journeys.
    • Sales: Automate leads nurturing, prioritize opportunities, and close deals faster.

Licensing: Copilot in Dynamics 365 is available with select Dynamics 365 licenses. Contact Microsoft or AlphaBOLD for specific pricing details tailored to your deployment and existing licensing agreements.

AlphaBOLD: Your Partner in Unleashing the Power of Copilot

AlphaBOLD’s team of experts can guide you through the intricacies of Microsoft Copilot pricing and licensing, helping you choose the right modules and features that align with your business goals. We offer comprehensive implementation services, including customization, integration, and training, to ensure that you’re maximizing the value of Copilot across your entire organization.

Let AlphaBOLD help you transform your business with the power of AI. Contact us today to explore how Copilot can revolutionize your operations and drive greater productivity, innovation, and growth.

To further understand the transformative potential of Microsoft Copilot and its latest updates, especially in field service operations, we recommend reading our in-depth blog: Level the Playing Field with Copilot and Dynamics 365 Field Service.

Microsoft Security Copilot: Benefits and Pricing

Security Copilot is an AI-powered security analyst designed to augment security teams’ capabilities. It combines Microsoft’s security expertise with the power of OpenAI’s GPT-4 model to help organizations:

  • Identify and assess threats faster: Analyze security signals and alerts, correlate data from various sources, and prioritize the most critical issues.
  • Investigate incidents more efficiently: Automate repetitive tasks, provide context on threats, and guide security analysts through investigations.
  • Respond to threats proactively: Offer recommendations on how to contain and remediate threats and generate reports and summaries for stakeholders.
  • Learn and improve continuously: Leverage the vast amounts of data in Microsoft’s security graph to identify new threats and refine its algorithms.

How Does Microsoft Security Copilot Work?

  • Ingests and Analyzes Data: Security Copilot continuously ingests security signals from various sources, including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, and other third-party security products. It then analyzes this data using AI and machine learning to identify potential threats.
  • Provides Insights and Recommendations: Security Copilot provides security analysts with contextual insights and recommendations on how to investigate and respond to threats. This can include summaries of relevant alerts, suggested actions, and links to relevant documentation.
  • Automates Repetitive Tasks: Security Copilot can automate many repetitive tasks, such as gathering information about a threat, generating reports, and communicating with stakeholders. This frees up security analysts to focus on more complex and strategic tasks.
  • Learns and Improves: Security Copilot uses the vast amounts of data in Microsoft’s security graph to learn and improve continuously. This allows it to identify new threats and refine its algorithms over time.

Pricing:

Microsoft Security Copilot uses a consumption-based pricing model based on Security Compute Units (SCUs).

  • SCUs: These units are provisioned per hour and billed monthly. Each SCU represents a certain amount of computing power that is used to run Copilot’s workloads.
  • Cost: The cost per SCU is $4. More information regarding pricing for Microsoft Copilot for Security can be found at this link.

  • Recommendations: Microsoft recommends provisioning 3 SCUs per hour to start exploring Security Copilot. However, the actual number of SCUs you need will depend on the size and complexity of your environment.

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What are The Estimated Costs of Microsoft Security Copilot?

You can estimate your monthly bill using the following formula:

Monthly Cost = (Number of SCUs per hour) * (Hours per day) * (Days per month) * ($4 per SCU)

For example, if you provision 3 SCUs per hour, your estimated monthly cost would be:

3 SCUs/hour * 24 hours/day * 30 days/month * $4/SCU = $8,640 per month

Note: This is just an estimate, and your actual cost may vary depending on your usage.

Additional Considerations:

  • Preview: Security Copilot is currently in limited preview, and pricing may change when it becomes generally available.
  • Cost Optimization: Microsoft provides tools to help you monitor and optimize your SCU usage to control costs.

Unlock the Full Potential of Microsoft Copilot with AlphaBOLD

AlphaBOLD’s seasoned consultants can guide you through the entire Microsoft Copilot pricing and licensing process, ensuring you make informed decisions aligning with your business objectives and budget. We offer comprehensive services, including:

  • License Assessment and Optimization: We’ll analyze your current Microsoft 365 subscriptions and recommend the most cost-effective licensing options that meet your needs.
  • Implementation and Integration: We’ll handle the technical aspects of deployment, ensuring a smooth transition and seamless integration with your existing systems.
  • Training and Adoption: We’ll provide comprehensive training to your teams, empowering them to leverage Copilot’s full potential.
  • Ongoing Support and Optimization: We’ll continuously monitor and optimize your Copilot implementation to ensure you’re always getting the best possible return on your investment.

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Microsoft Copilot Suite: Pricing and Feature Comparison

Microsoft Copilot Suite Product Use Cases Pricing Structure Notes
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Copilot for Microsoft 365
AI assistance in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams
$30 per user per month (Monthly or Annual paid monthly)
No pay-as-you-go option
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Business Chat
Summarizing meetings, drafting emails, and project updates
Included with Microsoft 365 Copilot
Copilot for Individuals
Copilot for Individuals
AI assistance in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote + Image Creator
$20 per user per month (Monthly only)
Requires Microsoft 365 subscription
Copilot Studio
Copilot Studio
Customize & extend Copilot capabilities
Customization for Microsoft 365 included. Building custom Copilots/GPTs: $200 per month/tenant for 25,000 messages + additional packs
No pay-as-you-go or annual paid monthly options for custom Copilots/GPTs
Dynamics 365 Copilot
Copilot for Sales
AI assistance for sales professionals
Included in Viva Sales. Contact Microsoft for Dynamics 365 Sales pricing
Pricing varies based on licensing and deployment
Dynamics 365 Copilot
Copilot for Service
AI assistance for customer service agents
Contact Microsoft for Dynamics 365 Customer Service pricing
Pricing varies based on licensing and deployment
Security Copilot
Microsoft Security Copilot
AI-powered security analyst
$4 per Security Compute Unit (SCU) per hour
Currently, in limited preview, pricing may change

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Conclusion

Microsoft Copilot represents a significant leap forward in AI-powered productivity, offering a suite of tools that can revolutionize how your teams work, collaborate, and innovate. Understanding the core technologies, diverse applications, and flexible licensing options is crucial for decision-makers looking to leverage this innovative solution. By integrating Microsoft Copilot into your existing Microsoft 365 ecosystem or exploring its wider applications across sales, development, and security, you can empower your organization to work smarter, not harder.

However, navigating the complexities of Copilot implementation and licensing can be a daunting task. That’s where AlphaBOLD’s expertise comes in. We offer tailored solutions that go beyond simply acquiring licenses. We can help you assess your unique needs, identify the most suitable Copilot modules, optimize costs, and ensure a seamless integration process.

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