Copilot Credits go default-on: your 2 November checklist
From 2 November 2026, new Microsoft 365 Copilot Business licences bought through CSP arrive with usage-based billing switched on, an Azure subscription attached, and Copilot Credits metering Cowork, the Work IQ APIs and GitHub Copilot Harness. Five settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center decide whether that becomes a budget line or a surprise invoice, and the defaults are not the ones a finance team would pick.
Copilot Cowork is GA: a rollout and cost-control playbook
Microsoft made Copilot Cowork generally available worldwide on 16 June 2026, giving every Microsoft 365 Copilot tenant an agentic system that plans and delivers multi-step work, billed through Copilot Credits at 0.01 dollars each with no usage bundled into the license. Swedish IT teams now need spending limits, a DPIA update for the Anthropic-by-default model lineup, and a clear answer on when Cowork beats building a Foundry agent.
Computer-using agents go GA in Copilot Studio: cost vs RPA
Microsoft's 26 May Copilot Studio update takes computer-using agents to general availability, ships a redesigned workflows designer with agent nodes, and moves A2A communication and remote MCP support to GA. CUA runs bill at 5 credits per agent action, which makes adaptive UI agents cheaper than classic RPA at modest volumes and costlier at high, steady ones.