A feature that used to ship inside the Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription now carries a separate, consumption-based bill. Microsoft gave organizations days of notice, not months. Multiple unrelated organizations discovered this the same week, after usage had already started accumulating. One…
Microsoft’s AI Bundles Have a Value Problem.
Microsoft’s latest AI bundles revive a familiar enterprise challenge: paying for capabilities that only a subset of employees will use meaningfully. The dynamic itself is not new. For decades, Microsoft has expanded its position inside the enterprise by combining high-demand capabilities…
Microsoft’s July 1st Pricing Changes Means More Than Higher Costs.
Beginning July 1, 2026 Microsoft will increase pricing across several commercial plans: Office 365 E3, Microsoft 365 E3, Microsoft 365 E5, frontline licensing, and business plans. Microsoft attributes the increases to expanded capabilities tied to AI integration, security tooling, Intune management,…