Copilot Licensing
The latest Copilot Licensing coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
June 2026 Copilot Update: Free Notebooks Arrive, but Cowork Billing Now Demands a Hard Cap
Microsoft has quietly redrawn the price tags around its most advanced AI tools. The company’s June 2026 update to Microsoft 365 Copilot makes the Notebooks workspace—previously locked behind a...
Microsoft Teams' New Master AI Toggle Arrives by July 2026 — Here’s How It Affects Your Meetings
Microsoft is putting a new live switch directly into Teams meetings, rolling out by July 2026, that lets meeting organizers and presenters instantly enable or disable AI features without leaving the...
Microsoft’s June 29 Fix Restores Missing Copilot Buttons in Classic Outlook — Steps to Get Them Back
Microsoft has deployed a service-side fix to address a vexing issue where Copilot buttons inexplicably disappeared from the classic Outlook client on Windows, the company confirmed on June 29, 2026....
Microsoft Suddenly Removes Free Copilot from Office Desktop Apps, Sparking User Backlash
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Microsoft Locks Down Copilot in Office Apps, Adds Teams Recapture Governance in June 2026 365 Update
Microsoft has begun rolling out its June 2026 update for Microsoft 365, bringing two headlining changes that will immediately impact how organizations manage AI assistants and meeting data. The...
Microsoft Tightens Copilot Licensing in Office Apps as Teams Governance Expands
Seton Hall University’s June 2026 Microsoft 365 update has laid bare a pivot underway across the software giant’s ecosystem: Copilot AI features inside Word, Excel, and other Office apps are...
Microsoft Teams Debuts Dedicated Meeting Recap App with AI Video Highlights, Coming June 2026
Microsoft is preparing to roll out a long-awaited dedicated Meeting Recap app for Teams desktop and web clients, set to land in June 2026. The new app will unify AI-generated meeting summaries, video...
The 'AI Tax' Unpacked: How Microsoft's OpenAI Deal Reshapes Azure, Copilot, and Revenue Sharing Through 2030
Microsoft's $13 billion bet on OpenAI is no longer a speculative play—it's a revenue engine that is quietly reshaping the cost structure of enterprise IT. Dubbed the "AI tax" by industry analysts,...
Microsoft Halts Automatic Windows 11 Microsoft 365 Copilot Deployment: What IT Admins Need to Know
Microsoft has paused the automatic deployment of the Microsoft 365 Copilot application on Windows 11 devices, marking a significant shift in how the company is rolling out its flagship AI...
Windows Copilot embeds directly into Taskbar and File Explorer in new Windows preview builds
Microsoft's vision of an AI-infused operating system is taking a significant leap forward as Windows Copilot expands beyond its initial sidebar implementation to become deeply integrated into the...
Microsoft Planner's AI Transformation: Copilot Integration, Enterprise Security & User Reactions
Microsoft's task management landscape is undergoing its most significant transformation since the introduction of Microsoft To Do, with Planner evolving from a simple Kanban board into an AI-powered...
King's College London's £35K Copilot Investment Amid Rising AI Misuse Expulsions
King's College London has invested £35,013 in Microsoft Copilot licenses while simultaneously grappling with a significant increase in AI-related academic misconduct cases, including 10 student...