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Set up pay-as-you-go for Microsoft 365 Copilot services for IT admins

  • Applies to: ✅ Microsoft 365 Copilot

The Microsoft 365 Copilot pay-as-you-go service offers a consumption-based option for organizations to access Copilot services, like Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. To learn more about the pay-as-you-go service, see Microsoft 365 Copilot pay-as-you-go overview.

You can set up the pay-as-you-go plan directly in the Microsoft 365 admin center. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to set up and manage pay-as-you-go billing.

This article applies to:

  • Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
  • SharePoint agents

Prerequisites

To set up pay-as-you-go, you must have the following prerequisites:

  • Azure subscription and resource group:

    • You must have an owner or contributor Azure role to an Azure subscription to set up the pay-as-you-go service.
    • You must have an owner or contributor Azure role to an Azure resource group linked to the same Azure subscription to set up the pay-as-you-go service.

    To learn more, see Use the Azure portal and Azure Resource Manager to Manage Resource Groups.

  • One of the following Microsoft 365 administrator roles:

    • Global administrator
    • Billing administrator
    • AI administrator

    To learn more about these roles, see Microsoft 365 admin roles.

Step 1 - Add a billing policy

The first step is to add a billing policy.

  1. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, go to Copilot > Billing & usage.
  2. On the Billing policies tab, select Add a billing policy.
  3. Select the Azure subscription, resource group, and region for the pay-as-you-go setup.
  4. Select the user scope for the billing policy:
    • All Users: All users in the tenant are included in the billing policy
    • Specific group: Assign a specific security group to be included in the billing policy
  5. Review the details and select Create policy to complete the creation on billing policy.

Step 2 - Connect a billing policy

After the billing policy is created, the next step is to connect the policy to the Copilot pay-as-you-go service.

  1. In the admin center, go to the Pay-as-you-go services tab.
  2. Select Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat or SharePoint agents and select the billing policy you created. To learn more about how to set up a billing policy for SharePoint agents, see Use agents with pay-as-you-go billing.

Disable pay-as-you-go

Disabling pay-as-you-go for a Copilot service involves disconnecting the billing policies associated with the service, like Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat or SharePoint agent.

  1. In the admin center, go to the Pay-as-you-go services tab, and select the Copilot service, like Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat or SharePoint agent.
  2. Unselect the billing policy, one at a time to disconnect the billing policy.
  3. Read and accept the confirmation. This step completes the disconnection.

When you turn off pay-as-you-go, it can take up to two hours for users to stop being able to use the agents. If the agent is unused, it stops being available when pay-as-you-go is turned off.

Delete a billing policy

After you disable pay-as-you-go, you can also delete the billing policy.

  1. In the admin center, select a billing policy, and select the Delete billing policy button.
  2. Accept the confirmation dialogue. Any services connected to the billing policy are disconnected.

What if pay-as-you-go is already set up in the Power Platform admin center?

If you already set up pay-as-you-go in the Power Platform admin center, the two setups can coexist. You can create another setup in the Microsoft 365 admin center without being double billed. The billing system ensures that you're only billed once for your user's usage, regardless of the setup location.

Although the setups can coexist, we recommend you turn off pay-as-you-go in the Power Platform admin center before you enable it in the Microsoft 365 admin center.