Microsoft enables usage-based billing by default for Copilot Business licenses

Copilot’s new features—including a Home starting point, Today command center, and Code tool—roll out alongside the billing change. Microsoft says everyday AI tasks like summarizing documents remain covered under the fixed license price. Heavy users can opt for consumption-based credits at 1 cent per Copilot Credit, with spending controls like tenant-level budgets and alerts. Partners can build recurring revenue through AI Center of Excellence services, custom agents, and managed consumption spend, per Microsoft’s expectations of over double the year-on-year growth in agent solution revenue.