Understand licensing requirements for Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot is available as an add-on plan with one of the following licensing prerequisites:

For Business and Enterprise:

• Microsoft 365 plans:

  • Microsoft 365 E5
  • Microsoft 365 E3
  • Microsoft 365 F1
  • Microsoft 365 F3
  • Microsoft 365 Business Basic
  • Microsoft 365 Business Premium
  • Microsoft 365 Business Standard
  • Microsoft 365 Apps for business
  • Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise

• Office 365 plans:

  • Office 365 E5
  • Office 365 E3
  • Office 365 E1
  • Office 365 F3

• Microsoft Teams plans:

  • Microsoft Teams Essentials
  • Microsoft Teams Enterprise
  • Microsoft Teams EEA (European Economic Area)

• Exchange plans:

  • Exchange Kiosk
  • Exchange Plan 1
  • Exchange Plan 2

• SharePoint plans:

  • SharePoint Plan 1
  • SharePoint Plan 2

• OneDrive for Business plans:

  • OneDrive for Business Plan 1
  • OneDrive for Business Plan 2

• Planner and Project plans:

  • Microsoft Planner Plan 1 (formerly Project Plan 1)
  • Microsoft Project Plan 3
  • Microsoft Project Plan 5
  • Project Online Essentials

• Visio plans:

  • Visio Plan 1
  • Visio Plan 2

• Other plans:

  • Microsoft ClipChamp

For Education Faculty and Higher Education Students Aged 18+:

• Microsoft 365 A1*
• Microsoft 365 A3*
• Microsoft 365 A5*
• Office 365 A1*
• Office 365 A3*
• Office 365 A5*

*Available via Enrollment for Education Solutions (EES) or Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) only.

Note

Customers with Education or Business subscriptions that do not include Teams can still purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses.

You can use the Microsoft 365 Copilot setup guide in the Microsoft 365 admin center to assign the required licenses to users. For more information, see Assign licenses to users in the Microsoft 365 admin center and Microsoft 365 Copilot requirements.