1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:05,528 This is the Microsoft Copilot week, the seven days to 25 October. 2 00:00:05,528 --> 00:00:12,006 Every date you hear was read on a Microsoft page — if it is not on the page, I do not say it. 3 00:00:12,006 --> 00:00:15,977 It is for one seller who carries a quota and has no time. 4 00:00:15,977 --> 00:00:17,440 Here is what changed. 5 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:23,528 The item that matters most this week is a cost-and-licensing move. 6 00:00:23,528 --> 00:00:33,190 Microsoft opened a limited-time offer for partners: buy five annual Copilot Studio capacity packs alongside Microsoft 365 E7, and get five more. 7 00:00:33,190 --> 00:00:42,784 The catch, and the point, is that it runs on pay-as-you-go billing — and every pack is matched, one to one, in Copilot credits for a full year. 8 00:00:44,344 --> 00:01:00,666 Here is what the Partner Center page actually says, word for word: a new limited-time Microsoft 365 E7 and annual Copilot Studio capacity pack, Buy five Get five offer, for Cloud Solution Provider customers. 9 00:01:00,666 --> 00:01:02,007 Dated 21 October. 10 00:01:02,007 --> 00:01:07,053 The page is the evidence — read it yourself before you quote it. 11 00:01:09,763 --> 00:01:13,441 Now the second reading — what the page does not say. 12 00:01:13,441 --> 00:01:15,280 This is not free capacity. 13 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:22,848 The match only lands when a customer enables usage-based billing, so the pay-as-you-go switch has to be on. 14 00:01:22,848 --> 00:01:29,073 It runs up to five packs, and the one-to-one match holds for twelve months, not forever. 15 00:01:29,073 --> 00:01:30,700 And it is limited-time. 16 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:36,641 So this is not something to sit on; it is a reason to move while the window is open. 17 00:01:36,641 --> 00:01:41,946 Who it is for: partners selling through the CSP motion, not every customer. 18 00:01:43,986 --> 00:01:46,660 So, the seller line on Buy five Get five. 19 00:01:46,660 --> 00:01:51,356 What moved: capacity packs now come matched in credits on pay-as-you-go. 20 00:01:51,356 --> 00:01:59,444 Why it matters to your number: this is a new workload you can stand up, consumption that widens the moment the handle turns. 21 00:01:59,444 --> 00:02:05,314 Who to call: CSP customers weighing Copilot Studio who will switch on usage-based billing. 22 00:02:05,314 --> 00:02:13,336 And the question that opens it: if every pack were matched one to one for a year, which workloads would you stand up first? 23 00:02:16,836 --> 00:02:18,034 Next, Copilot Code. 24 00:02:18,034 --> 00:02:28,496 What moved: it turns a plain-language description into working software, published to a managed runtime — Microsoft spotlighted it this week as a Frontier capability. 25 00:02:28,496 --> 00:02:38,958 Why it matters: it is billed through Copilot Credits under spending policies, so building an app becomes metered consumption a customer activates and widens on proof. 26 00:02:38,958 --> 00:02:43,559 Who to call: account teams with customers stuck in the development queue. 27 00:02:43,559 --> 00:02:47,719 The opening question: who needs an app built but has been waiting? 28 00:02:51,219 --> 00:02:52,115 Then Cowork. 29 00:02:52,115 --> 00:02:57,713 What moved: new role-based plugins for Legal, Sales, Service and Education. 30 00:02:57,713 --> 00:03:10,178 Why it matters: a skill built for a profession gives a licensed-but-idle seat a reason to open Copilot every day — activation, turning quiet seats into consuming ones. 31 00:03:10,178 --> 00:03:15,179 Who to call: customers whose Copilot seats sit idle in those teams. 32 00:03:15,179 --> 00:03:20,105 The question: which team has Copilot licensed but barely opens it? 33 00:03:23,605 --> 00:03:25,188 Last line: AI Builder. 34 00:03:25,188 --> 00:03:34,471 What moved: the capacity add-ons retire from sale on 1 November, and Copilot Credits are the path to keep those features running. 35 00:03:34,471 --> 00:03:43,970 Why it matters: entitlement is rerouted, never removed — the same work moves onto Copilot Credits, where consumption grows on usage. 36 00:03:43,970 --> 00:03:49,295 Who to call: customers running AI Builder today whose credits will expire. 37 00:03:49,295 --> 00:03:55,556 The question: when those credits run out, is the plan to keep going on Copilot Credits? 38 00:03:59,056 --> 00:04:00,536 The rest of the week. 39 00:04:00,536 --> 00:04:12,588 Microsoft shipped Insights Agent V2, an early-access Frontier preview that brings user feedback into Copilot Chat, with an admin control for sharing it — dated 22 October. 40 00:04:12,588 --> 00:04:25,767 And what was quiet: the official Microsoft blog had no new Copilot post in the window; cost-management dashboard mechanics held steady; usage reports and admin-consent changes were still. 41 00:04:25,767 --> 00:04:31,053 Naming the quiet is a service — it is what you can stop watching this week. 42 00:04:34,343 --> 00:04:38,463 Two things you can do this week, both without anyone's permission. 43 00:04:38,463 --> 00:04:46,578 One: list your CSP customers who are weighing Copilot Studio, and check whether pay-as-you-go is switched on — the match needs it. 44 00:04:46,578 --> 00:04:57,377 Two: find the customers running AI Builder on capacity add-ons, and open the conversation about keeping those features running on Copilot Credits before their window closes. 45 00:04:59,767 --> 00:05:07,026 The next brief lands this time next week, same promise: Microsoft's own pages, and only the dates printed on them. 46 00:05:07,026 --> 00:05:22,755 If a buyer wants to watch these same changes land on their own estate — hand in hand with Microsoft, entitlement rerouted, never removed — there is a place for that: Microsoft governs the credit; Aristo governs the decision and the reconciliation.