Microsoft Copilot Studio: Introducing the pre-purchase plan (P3)

Originally posted by Microsoft Oct 31, 2025 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Microsoft Copilot Studio launches a Pre-Purchase Plan (P3) on November 1, 2025, offering annual prepaid Commit Units with discounts, a single usage meter across Copilot Studio, Dynamics 365, and Moveworks, MACC eligibility, and Pay-As-You-Go overage billing. Preparation includes choosing credit options and aligning budgets.

We’re launching a Pre-Purchase Plan (P3) for Microsoft Copilot Studio: a prepaid capacity option on Azure rails. This plan is Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment (MACC)-eligible, offers annual commitment discounts, auto-monetizes overages at Pay-As-You-Go (PayGo) rates, and uses a single external meter that spans Copilot Studio, Dynamics 365 out-of-box (OOB) agents, and Moveworks OOB agents. Usage is externally reported under M365—Productivity & Business Process KPI.

When this will happen:

Customer availability begins November 1, 2025.

How this will affect your organization:

Who’s affected:

• IT administrators
• Procurement and finance teams (MACC)
• Platform owners for Copilot Studio, D365 OOB, and MW OOB

What’s changing:

• Purchase annual, prepaid Commit Units (CU) with tiered discounts; overages billed at PayGo rates
• A single meter aggregates usage across Copilot Studio, D365 OOB, and MW OOB
• MACC is decremented at purchase; revenue is recognized upon consumption; unconsumed credits are recognized in the final month

Copilot credit options (CU ↔ credits):

   Standard P3 (fastest):

• 1 CU = $1
• Example: 3,000 CU list price = $3,000; sold at $2,850 (5% discount)
• Converts to 300,000 credits at $0.01/credit

   Custom P3 (developer-friendly):

• 1 CU = $0.01 (CU ≡ Copilot Credit)
• Example: 300,000 CU (credits) list price = $3,000; sold at $2,850 (5% discount)
• Longer lead time (non-standard)

   P3 Mechanics:

• 1-year prepaid, use-it-or-lose-it, auto-renewing model
• Overage billed at PayGo
• Revenue recognized as consumed; remaining credits recognized in the final month

What you can do to prepare:

Additional Information:

• Choose between Standard and Custom CU mapping
• Align MACC and budget with forecasted consumption
• Review procurement processes for annual prepay and auto-renew
• Coordinate with platform owners to leverage the single meter

• Usage across Copilot Studio, D365 OOB, and MW OOB is metered together and reported under M365
• Custom P3 offers intuitive credit mapping but requires longer implementation lead time

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