What licenses are available for Microsoft Copilot?

Brittan Tremblay Benton, GTM Solutions Director
Pax8 AI Readiness 2024 Blog

In January, Microsoft brought Copilot for Microsoft 365 to the cloud solution provider (CSP) channel, along with the web-based support of Copilot with commercial data protection and the consumer-focused Copilot Pro. Continue reading to learn more about Copilot licenses are available today in the Pax8 Marketplace, and what options will be available to you and your customers in the future.

Prices and features subject to change. Please contact your Pax8 sales team for the most up to date information.

Copilot with commercial data protection (previously Bing Chat Enterprise)

Prerequisites: Freely available for everyone with an ENTRA ID (previously Azure Active Directory) and accessible via the web at: Copilot.

Key features:

  • All Copilot features are connected to the most up-to-date GPT models including: OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo and Dall-E 3.
  • AI-powered chat for work with commercial data protection.
  • User and business data is protected and will not leak outside the organization.
  • Responses are grounded in web data and provide complete, verifiable answers with citations, along with visual answers that include graphs, charts, and images.

Copilot for Microsoft 365

Prerequisites: Base licenses necessary for a Copilot for Microsoft 365 add-on are Office 365 E3, E5, and Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Business Premium, E3, E5. This list continues to expand to empower every organization with AI, so licenses now include Microsoft 365 F3 and F1, Microsoft 365 Business Basic, and Office 365 E1.

Key features:

  • AI-powered productivity tool that integrates with your organization’s Microsoft 365 apps, services, and graph data to provide customized insights and recommendations.
  • Interact with Copilot in natural language to assist you with writing, creating presentations, searching for information, generating ideas, summarizing meetings, analyzing data and more.

Purchase: Pax8 Marketplace at $360 USD per user. Annual upfront payment only. Base license must be purchased via Pax8 for successful provisioning. If the base SKU is canceled or not active during M365 Copilot term, it will become inaccessible.

Copilot Pro (for home users)

Prerequisites: Base licenses for Copilot Pro add-on are M365 Personal and Family plans.

Key features:

  • Consumer access to the latest AI models including OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo.
  • Integration with Microsoft apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote, and available on PC, Mac, and iPad.
  • AI-powered capabilities: generate documents, presentations, and emails with AI assistance, and enjoy features like AI image creation all in one platform.

Purchase: Direct from Microsoft website. Cost is $20 USD per month per user, not available via cloud solution providers. Not intended for commercial use.

Other Copilots and AI-powered solutions

Teams Premium

Prerequisites: Add-on to an Office 365 or Microsoft 365 subscription that includes Teams.

Key features:

  • AI-generated intelligent meeting recaps, chapters, tasks, live caption translation, personalized timeline markers, and notes.
  • Enhanced customization of Teams appointments, webinars, and meeting templates to bring your brand to the forefront of your communication.

Purchase: Pax8 Marketplace at $10 USD per user, per month on an annual commitment, Microsoft promotions may be available in region.

Copilot for Sales

Prerequisites: Base licenses necessary for the Copilot for Sales add-on are Office 365 E3, E5, and Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Business Premium, E3, E5, and is included in Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise.

Key features:

  • Native to Dynamics 365, also supports 3rd party CRMs like Salesforce.
  • Personalize customer interactions with AI-assisted insights and recommendations.
  • Stay in the flow of work with integrated data between M365 apps and your CRM.
  • Includes Copilot for Microsoft 365 in one power packed add-on.

Purchase: Pax8 Marketplace at $50 USD per month (annual upfront agreement only). Customers with Copilot for M365 can purchase Copilot for Sales for an additional $20 USD per user per month. Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise includes Copilot for Sales. Customers can pair Copilot for Sales and Copilot for Microsoft 365 to create a comprehensive AI-accelerated seller software stack.

Copilot for Service

Prerequisites: Base licenses necessary for a Copilot for Microsoft 365 add-on are Office 365 E3, E5, and Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Business Premium, E3, E5. This list continues to expand to empower every organization with AI, so licenses now include Microsoft 365 F3 and F1, Microsoft 365 Business Basic, and Office 365 E1.

Key features:

  • Tailored to help service agents improve efficiency.
  • Diagnose with AI-assistance, troubleshoot issues, and help draft customer responses.
  • Increase first-call resolution with AI-based routing that classifies issues and assigns them to the best-suited agent.
  • Includes Copilot for Microsoft 365 for integration with Teams and M365 Apps.

Purchase: Pax8 Marketplace at $50 USD per user per month. Customers with Copilot for M365 can purchase Copilot for Service for an additional $20 USD per user per month. Dynamics 365 Customer Service includes Copilot for Service. Customers can pair Copilot for Service and Copilot for Microsoft 365 to create a comprehensive AI-accelerated service software stack.

Copilot for Security

Prerequisites: Base licenses necessary for a Copilot for Microsoft 365 add-on are Office 365 E3, E5, and Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Business Premium, E3, E5. This list continues to expand to empower every organization with AI, so licenses now include Microsoft 365 F3 and F1, Microsoft 365 Business Basic, and Office 365 E1.

Key features:

  • Reinforce security posture with AI-accelerated support and remediation.
  • Summarize vast data signals, detect threats before they cause harm.
  • Integrates with Sentinel, Intune, and Defender to catch what other solutions miss.
  • Respond to incidents in minutes instead of hours or days.

Get started on your Defender journey with Pax8 and stay tuned for more information around this AI-enhanced security breakthrough.

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As you can see, Pax8 offers a full array of Copilot licenses to choose from. Talk with one of our AI experts to see which Copilot license best fits your company’s and clients’ needs for generative AI solutions.

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