The single unit in which Microsoft meters usage-based charges for agents and AI services, Copilot Studio among them. They're paid for with prepaid packs, a pre-purchase plan, or pay-as-you-go through Azure.
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Terms in this definition
- Copilot Studio
Microsoft's low-code tool for building workflows and AI agents. Its generative agents may hand each tool call they intend to make to an external threat detection service, Microsoft Defender for example, for checking.
- Microsoft Online Services Program
Signing up for Azure directly on the website, as a free, pay-as-you-go or Visual Studio subscriber customer, gives you this type of billing account. There are no departments or invoice sections; it simply holds subscriptions.
Related terms
- Copilot Credit Pre-purchase Plan
A twelve-month Azure commitment for buying Copilot Credits at a reduced rate. Consumption is taken from it first, then falls back to pay-as-you-go when it's used up.
- Spending policy
To allow metered Copilot features (billed by usage in Copilot Credits) to specific people and set a budget, create this in the Microsoft 365 admin center at Copilot > Cost management. Then connect it to the Copilot service, as creation alone leaves it inactive.
- Usage-based billing
A way of paying for demanding Copilot work, including Copilot Cowork and other metered agents: instead of the Microsoft 365 Copilot licence covering it, you spend Copilot Credits as you go.