Microsoft recently unveiled Copilot Chat — "a new offering that adds pay-as-you-go agents to our existing free chat experience for Microsoft 365 commercial customers."

Microsoft is launching a new pay-as-you-go plan for corporate customers that bundles together several of the company's existing AI-powered productivity features for Microsoft 365.

On Wednesday, Microsoft launched Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat which builds on the traditional free Microsoft 365 Copilot chat experience, introducing pay-as-you-go agents that can automate repetitive tasks.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is essentially a rebranding of what was once Bing Chat Enterprise before Microsoft rebranded it to just Copilot. It crucially now includes access to Cop

Microsoft is looking to boost usage of its Copilot AI tools for businesses. (GeekWire File Photo /) Microsoft is adding a new wrinkle to

Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out a chat service allowing businesses to use on-demand AI agents for routine tasks, betting on the pay-as-you-go model to drive up the adoption of the technology.

Microsoft’s M365 Copilot Chat is a new consumption-based AI product similar to Security Copilot, while the vendor also has license-based GenAI offerings as well.

M365 Copilot Chat is a chat interface powered by OpenAI’s GPT4o that serves up responses based on web data (rather than information held in the Microsoft Graph, as per the paid M365 Copilot subscription). It also includes features such as Copilot Pages and image generation, as well as data protection and IT admin controls at no cost to users.

Microsoft revealed a corporate user tier of its Copilot assistant on Wednesday, with a pricing structure based on consumption. TakeAway Points: Microsoft will bill businesses for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat according to the kind of work their workers do and how often they use it.