Microsoft Copilot bundles Business Premium, Standard plans with Copilot access
What happened
Between the Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026 captures of Microsoft's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Page restructured: toggle renamed Existing/New customers to Plans with/without Teams; added bundled Business Premium ($32/mo) and Standard ($23.50/mo) w/ Copilot plans; Copilot Chat hidden from default view; Copilot Business add-on highlights reworded: dropped Copilot Studio agent creation & security bullet, added Reasoning AI, pre-built agents, adoption analytics, and LLM model choice. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change, feature change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 10, 2026) lists Microsoft 365 Copilot Business at $18.
It lands 90 days after Microsoft's previous change, "Microsoft Copilot softens AI usage promises, tightens renewal terms" (Apr 7, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Microsoft Copilot adds 4K Clipchamp export, AI image tools to Premium plan" (Apr 3, 2026), "Microsoft Copilot Transforms Copilot Pro into Family-Oriented 365 Premium Subscription with Enhanced AI Features and Increased Cloud Storage" (Q3 2025) and "Microsoft Copilot Removes 1-Month Free Trial Promotion for Copilot Pro Subscription" (Q2 2025). Microsoft has been tracked since 2024-11-16.
In the same window Google, IBM, Adobe and Salesforce also changed their Business Operations pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Copilot · PackagingRenamedExisting/New customersPlans with/without Teams
- — · FeatureRemoved
BeforeCopilot Studio agent creation & security bullet
AfterNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copilot | Packaging | Existing/New customers | Plans with/without Teams | Renamed |
| — | Feature | Copilot Studio agent creation & security bullet | Not listed | Removed |
Values as written on Microsoft's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Microsoft's pricing page (microsoft.com) from Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "Existing/New customers" becomes "Plans with/without Teams".
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Microsoft, pricing history
Full history- Aug 10, 2026packagingMicrosoft Copilot 365 Copilot: 1-month free trial added to Business plans
- Jul 6, 2026packagingMicrosoft Copilot bundles Business Premium, Standard plans with Copilot access · this change
- Apr 7, 2026packagingMicrosoft Copilot softens AI usage promises, tightens renewal terms
- Apr 3, 2026improvedMicrosoft Copilot adds 4K Clipchamp export, AI image tools to Premium plan
- Q3 2025improvedMicrosoft Copilot Transforms Copilot Pro into Family-Oriented 365 Premium Subscription with Enhanced AI Features and Increased Cloud Storage
- Q2 2025improvedMicrosoft Copilot Removes 1-Month Free Trial Promotion for Copilot Pro Subscription
- Q1 2025improvedMicrosoft Copilot Removes Copilot Voice Feature, Significantly Impacting User Experience and AI Interaction
Across Business Operations in the same window
All Business Operations changes- GoogleJul 6Google Vertexai delays Agent Gateway billing to July 13, extends free window
- IBMJul 3IBM Maas360: 30% first-year promotional discount removed
- AdobeJul 3Adobe Creativecloud CC: added Firefly Pro Plus + Acrobat Express, cut Stock AI Studio price + 2 more
- SalesforceApr 14Salesforce Loyalty Management rebrands AppExchange to AgentExchange
Questions about this change
Did Microsoft raise prices in July 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change, feature change.
What changed on Microsoft's pricing page between Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026?
Copilot packaging: Existing/New customers → Plans with/without Teams, renamed; feature: Copilot Studio agent creation & security bullet → Not listed, removed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Microsoft change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Microsoft in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Microsoft Copilot softens AI usage promises, tightens renewal terms" on Apr 7, 2026; Microsoft has been tracked since 2024-11-16.