Copilot Licensing
The latest Copilot Licensing coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft's July 2026 Update Breaks Copilot in Classic Outlook, Hides Buttons Elsewhere
On July 8, 2026, Microsoft confirmed a new known issue: users of classic Outlook who have only the basic Copilot Chat license may lose all Copilot entry points after updating to build 20026.20182 or...
Microsoft Sets Sept. 30 Licensing Deadline—But There’s No Single ‘Copilot Deal’
Microsoft has extended a series of commercial licensing promotions for Microsoft 365 E3, E5, and Copilot through September 30, 2026, but the discounts come with sharply different seat thresholds,...
Microsoft’s SharePoint Agent Sharing Controls Don’t Revoke Existing Access – Admins Must Audit Now
Microsoft has quietly confirmed that administrative changes to who can share SharePoint agents only affect new sharing actions. Existing shared agents continue to work, even after IT locks down the...
June 2026 Copilot Update: Free Notebooks Arrive, but Cowork Billing Now Demands a Hard Cap
Microsoft has quietly redrawn the price tags around its most advanced AI tools. The company’s June 2026 update to Microsoft 365 Copilot makes the Notebooks workspace—previously locked behind a...
Microsoft Teams' New Master AI Toggle Arrives by July 2026 — Here’s How It Affects Your Meetings
Microsoft is putting a new live switch directly into Teams meetings, rolling out by July 2026, that lets meeting organizers and presenters instantly enable or disable AI features without leaving the...
Microsoft’s June 29 Fix Restores Missing Copilot Buttons in Classic Outlook — Steps to Get Them Back
Microsoft has deployed a service-side fix to address a vexing issue where Copilot buttons inexplicably disappeared from the classic Outlook client on Windows, the company confirmed on June 29, 2026....
Microsoft Suddenly Removes Free Copilot from Office Desktop Apps, Sparking User Backlash
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Microsoft Locks Down Copilot in Office Apps, Adds Teams Recapture Governance in June 2026 365 Update
Microsoft has begun rolling out its June 2026 update for Microsoft 365, bringing two headlining changes that will immediately impact how organizations manage AI assistants and meeting data. The...
Microsoft Tightens Copilot Licensing in Office Apps as Teams Governance Expands
Seton Hall University’s June 2026 Microsoft 365 update has laid bare a pivot underway across the software giant’s ecosystem: Copilot AI features inside Word, Excel, and other Office apps are...
Microsoft Teams Debuts Dedicated Meeting Recap App with AI Video Highlights, Coming June 2026
Microsoft is preparing to roll out a long-awaited dedicated Meeting Recap app for Teams desktop and web clients, set to land in June 2026. The new app will unify AI-generated meeting summaries, video...
The 'AI Tax' Unpacked: How Microsoft's OpenAI Deal Reshapes Azure, Copilot, and Revenue Sharing Through 2030
Microsoft's $13 billion bet on OpenAI is no longer a speculative play—it's a revenue engine that is quietly reshaping the cost structure of enterprise IT. Dubbed the "AI tax" by industry analysts,...
Microsoft Halts Automatic Windows 11 Microsoft 365 Copilot Deployment: What IT Admins Need to Know
Microsoft has paused the automatic deployment of the Microsoft 365 Copilot application on Windows 11 devices, marking a significant shift in how the company is rolling out its flagship AI...