News on AI

Microsoft’s May 2026 Product Terms launch Microsoft 365 E7 at $99 per user per month, introduce Agent 365 at $15, broaden multiplexing to cover AI agents and automation, ban RPA outputs from AI training, and disclose automated AI policy classifiers.

Microsoft unified consumer and commercial Copilot under new EVP Jacob Andreou. Mustafa Suleyman pivoted to in-house model development. Rajesh Jha retired after 35 years. Five restructurings in two and a half years amid 3.3% paid seat penetration.

Microsoft SQL Server 2025 brings major licensing changes: Power BI Report Server now included in Standard, Web edition discontinued, clarified fail-over rights, and significant capacity and feature updates across editions.

Microsoft 365 Copilot added to Education plans A3 and A5. Price, limitations, discounts, and future availability. Rumours about the end of the Enterprise Agreement.

October 2023 update: CoPilot, Entra ID, Microsoft 365 without Teams, and the mess with ESU licensing updates.