NEW Copilot Studio Licensing Made EASY!

Copilot Studio licensing changed—and if the February 2026 licensing guide made your eyes glaze over, you’re not alone. In this video, Amelia Roberts breaks down the new Copilot Studio licensing in plain English so you can make the right call for pilots, production agents, and enterprise rollouts.

Here’s the core idea: Copilot Studio runs on Copilot credits. Every interaction, response, and workflow consumes credits—simple chats cost less, complex actions and integrations cost more. From there, Amelia explains the 4 main ways to pay: Pay-as-you-go (Azure billing), the Copilot Studio capacity pack, the Copilot pre-purchase plan, and the broader Microsoft agent pre-purchase plan (for orgs building across multiple agent services).

She also clarifies a major confusion point: builders typically don’t “cost” money—usage does, and what changes depending on your model (user license vs author role). Finally, she covers how Microsoft 365 Copilot affects internal usage—and why external users (customers/students/public) still drive credit consumption.

If you want a simple framework to choose the right licensing approach based on who your agent serves and how predictable your usage is, this makes it easy.

00:00 Why the new Copilot Studio licensing feels overwhelming
00:27 What changed vs what stayed the same
00:49 The core concept: Copilot Studio uses Copilot credits
01:15 What drives credit usage (simple vs complex actions)
01:37 Option 1 — Pay-as-you-go (Azure billing)
02:07 Option 2 — Copilot Studio capacity pack (monthly credits)
02:31 Option 3 — Copilot pre-purchase plan (annual pool)
03:13 Option 4 — Microsoft agent pre-purchase plan (broader usage)
03:36 Who needs a license: builders vs usage (authoring access)
04:31 Microsoft 365 Copilot rights + internal vs external users
05:22 The takeaway framework: work done, audience, predictability

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