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Microsoft Shifts Copilot Cowork to Usage-Based Pricing, Charging per Compute-Consuming Task
Microsoft has officially abandoned the per-seat licensing model for its enterprise AI agent, Copilot Cowork, announcing on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, that organizations will now pay only for the compute...
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...
Air Force Locks in $1.44 Billion Microsoft 365 Deal with Dell Federal Through 2029
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $1.44 billion call order to Dell Federal Systems for Microsoft 365 licenses and subscription services, a deal that will underpin the service’s cloud-based...
Microsoft's Copilot Cowork Goes Metered: Usage-Based Pricing Arrives in 2026, DeepSeek V4 on the Table
Microsoft will shift its enterprise-grade AI assistant, Copilot Cowork, to a usage-based billing model when the agent becomes broadly available for Microsoft 365 in 2026. The move, confirmed by...
Microsoft Launches Copilot Cowork Globally with Pay-As-You-Go, Explores Hosted DeepSeek for Enterprises
Microsoft officially launched Copilot Cowork as a generally available product worldwide on June 16, 2026, introducing a usage-based billing model that could reshape how enterprises adopt AI. The move...
Copilot Cowork GA Brings Per-Agent Metered Billing and Central IT Controls to Microsoft 365
Microsoft officially launched Copilot Cowork to general availability on June 16, 2026, marking a pivotal shift in how enterprises consume and govern AI agents within Microsoft 365. The move...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork Lets AI Agents Plan and Execute Work Across Apps with IT Governance
Microsoft will roll out Copilot Cowork for Microsoft 365 in June 2026, adding an AI task-automation layer that lets organizations delegate complex, multi-step workflows to intelligent agents that...
Edge Canary Tests OneJS-Powered New Tab Page Tied to Microsoft 365 Cloud Search
Microsoft is experimenting with a radical overhaul of the Edge browser’s New Tab Page (NTP) in its Canary channel, replacing the standard grid of shortcuts and news feed with a sleek, Microsoft...
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 365 Copilot Search Leak Alarms Admins—Enable Only After This Security Checklist
A critical security advisory is making the rounds among Microsoft 365 administrators this week, and its message is blunt: Microsoft 365 Copilot Search could be serving up sensitive corporate data to...
CVE-2026-42824: Microsoft Shuts Down ‘SearchLeak’ Attack Chain in Copilot
Microsoft has rolled out a critical security update for Microsoft 365 Copilot that neutralizes a one-click data-exfiltration attack chain that researchers at Varonis dubbed “SearchLeak.” The...
Microsoft 365 Diagnostic Tool Goes Untrusted as TLS Certificate Expires
Administrators attempting to use Microsoft’s official network connectivity diagnostic tool, connectivity.office.com, were met with stark browser security warnings on Tuesday after the site’s TLS...