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Important

Power Virtual Agents capabilities and features are now part of Microsoft Copilot Studio following significant investments in generative AI and enhanced integrations across Microsoft Copilot.

Some articles and screenshots may refer to Power Virtual Agents while we update documentation and training content.

This article includes details about Copilot Studio Licensing. You can also review the Microsoft Power Platform Licensing Guide to learn more.

If you already have licenses, see the Assign licenses and manage access to Microsoft Copilot Studio topic.

Copilot Studio is available in the US Government Community Cloud (GCC) plan.

For more information and to request assistance, visit the Microsoft Copilot Studio Community.

Microsoft Copilot Studio for Microsoft Teams plan

Copilot Studio for Teams enables customers to build conversational interfaces within Teams. The copilots can use data stored in Microsoft Dataverse for Teams or many other sources, using the supplied standard connectors.

Capabilities available in the Copilot Studio app in Teams are available as part of select Microsoft 365 subscriptions with Microsoft Power Platform and Teams capabilities, excluding plans for US government environments (GCC, GCC High, and DoD), EDU A1, and SUB SKUs.

This table compares key capabilities in the Copilot Studio for Teams plan, which is available in select Microsoft 365 subscriptions, against the standalone Copilot Studio subscription. For a full, comparative list, see the Microsoft Power Platform Licensing Guide.

Also see the Quotas, limits, and configuration values topic for other capacity considerations.

Capability	Select Microsoft 365 subscriptions	Copilot Studio subscription
Deploy copilot to channels	Teams	Any channel supported by Copilot Studio
Power Automate connectors	Standard connectors for flows triggered from Copilot Studio	Premium connectors for flows triggered from Copilot Studio
Web security	Secure access enabled by default, can't generate secrets to enable secure access	Can generate secrets and turn on or off secure access by the copilot author
Create (edit) with Copilot	Not available	Can create and iterate on topics by describing what you want, then AI builds it
Use Microsoft Bot Framework skills	Not available	Can extend Copilot Studio copilots with Microsoft Bot Framework skills
Use a Copilot Studio copilot as a Bot Framework skill	Not available	Use a Copilot Studio copilot as a skill
Integrate Microsoft Bot Framework dialogs	Not available	Develop custom dialogs with Bot Framework Composer
Hand off copilot conversation to a live agent	Not available	Trigger handoff to a live agent

Note

A paid, standalone Copilot Studio subscription is required to run flows with premium connectors with copilots.

Similarly, usage rights and functionality are part of paid, standalone Power Automate subscriptions serve automation scenarios and cannot be applied to Copilot Studio scenarios.

Upgrading your license

To access the full range of Copilot Studio capabilities, upgrade your plan to a standalone Copilot Studio subscription.

After you upgrade your license, you can continue using the same copilot in the same environment. Capabilities that were previously only available in a standalone license are now be available. These capabilities might include billed sessions that require Copilot Studio capacity.

You can upgrade within the Copilot Studio app for Teams from Settings > Channels. Select the apps you want to publish to and you're prompted to upgrade.

You can start a 60 day free trial of Microsoft Copilot Studio to try out all the capabilities. You're prompted to sign up for a trial if you try to create a copilot without a license.

Note

The option to create a free trial may be disabled. For more information, see the Self-service sign-up disabled section.

Standalone Microsoft Copilot Studio subscription

The standalone Copilot Studio subscription allows you to build copilots on any supported channel and connect to any data using premium connectors.

You can obtain a standalone Copilot Studio subscription from the Microsoft 365 admin center. For more information, see Assign licenses and manage access to Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Other subscriptions that include Microsoft Copilot Studio

Entitlements for Copilot Studio are included in Digital Messaging and Chat add-ons for Dynamics 365 Customer Service. For more information, see the Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide.