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This is the Microsoft Copilot week for the week of 28 September through 4 October.

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Every date you hear was read on a Microsoft page, and named.

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It's for the seller who carries Copilot in their number and has no time to read partner announcements.

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One week, what changed, what it means for the accounts you carry.

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Here's what moved.

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The lead is a correction.

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Microsoft had an earlier default-on date for usage-based billing on new Copilot Business licences bought through a partner.

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On 1 October they moved it to 1 December.

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And for the first time they put a number on it: a default limit of four thousand Copilot Credits per user, per month, that an admin can change.

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Think of it as a meter that now ships already turned on — but with a dial your customer controls.

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Here's what the page actually says, so you can quote it without flinching.

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The Partner Center October announcement reads: usage-based billing will now be enabled by default for new Copilot Business subscriptions purchased through CSP, beginning 1 December.

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And the limit, in their words: four thousand Copilot Credits per user per month, which can be adjusted by admins.

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Same page, same date.

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That is the whole claim — nothing added.

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Now the second reading — what the page does not say.

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This default-on applies to new Copilot Business subscriptions bought through CSP.

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Not to existing licences, not to seats bought direct, not to Enterprise.

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The four thousand credits is a default, not a cap you're stuck with — an admin can raise it or lower it.

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And 1 December is a start date for the default, not a deadline for anything your customer must do.

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The meter arrives on; the dial was always theirs.

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The rest of the week is the new Copilot actually landing.

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Copilot in SharePoint began rolling out to general availability on 30 September, and Copilot in OneDrive reached general availability in the same wave.

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Everyday use stays inside the licence; the heavier work, which Microsoft calls advanced work, now draws on Copilot Credits.

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The same day, Work IQ opened public preview.

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One housekeeping note: the preview PowerShell opt-in cmdlets for SharePoint retire at general availability, with existing settings honored until 1 November.

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Quiet this week: Autopilot, Today, Copilot Managed Runtime — no primary movement.

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What moved: the default-on date for usage-based billing slid to 1 December, and a four-thousand-credit default limit is now public.

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This is a consumption lever.

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The meter ships on, so credits accrue on proof of use — entitlement rerouted into what the customer actually runs, never removed.

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Who to call: CSP customers buying Copilot Business through a partner.

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The opening question — when the meter arrives already on, who on your side watches the dial?

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What moved: at SharePoint's general availability, the heavier tasks — advanced work — are carved out of the licence and draw on Copilot Credits.

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This is a new-workload lever.

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Everyday Copilot stays entitled; the advanced work is new consumption that grows as people lean on it.

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Nothing is taken away — the heavy lifting is simply rerouted onto the meter.

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Who to call: accounts running content-heavy SharePoint.

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The opening question — where does your team already wish Copilot did the heavy lifting?

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What moved: Work IQ opened public preview, grounding Copilot and agents in Dynamics and Power Platform business data, and it's credit-billed.

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This is a new-workload lever.

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It opens a consumption line wherever a customer's real business data lives — entitlement widened into new ground, not shifted off anything.

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Who to call: Dynamics three sixty-five and Power Platform accounts curious about agents.

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The opening question — which decisions would change if Copilot could see your business data, not just your documents?

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What moved: the CSP growth margin went live 1 October, and Microsoft 365 Copilot is explicitly a qualifying workload.

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This is a renewal lever, and it's about your economics, not the customer's price — their pricing is unchanged.

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Growing Copilot across the base now earns incremental margin; the handle turns faster for you with every seat activated.

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Who to call: your own CSP practice lead.

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The opening question — which Copilot renewals this quarter now clear a growth threshold?

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Two things you can do this week, both without anyone's permission.

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One: pull your list of CSP customers on Copilot Business, and for each one note who owns the admin dial before the default-on arrives 1 December — so nobody's surprised by a meter that ships already on.

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Two: pick three content-heavy accounts and open the advanced-work conversation now, while SharePoint and OneDrive general availability is fresh.

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Both are about widening what's already entitled, never removing it.

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That's the week.

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The next brief lands the same time next Monday, same rule — every date read on a Microsoft page.

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If you'd rather watch these same changes land on your own estate, hand in hand with Microsoft — entitlement rerouted, never removed — Aristo is where a buyer sees it, with Microsoft governing the credit while Aristo governs the decision and the reconciliation.