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Users with Entra IDs can access Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for free to create AI agents.

However, they must set up Pay-As-You-Go licensing and leverage Copilot Studio metering in Azure to create agents.

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Copilot Chat’s offerings compared to Microsoft 365 Copilot

But Copilot Chat’s pricing isn’t that simple

How does Copilot Studio metering work?

The short answer: it’s complicated.

According toMicrosoft’s pricing and consumption rates, agent usage is measured in messages.

Copilot Chat’s offerings compared to Microsoft 365 Copilot

Copilot Chat’s offerings compared to Microsoft 365 Copilot

Interestingly, responses that depend on advanced models and potentially hit Microsoft Graph will constitute 30 messages.

The way you might control the spinning of the meters is paying in different ways.

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