*For this entry exists the more relevant or more recent entry MC899941
check before: 2025-03-01
Product:
Copilot, Microsoft 365 admin center, Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft 365 Copilot
Platform:
Online, World tenant
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Change type:
Admin impact, New feature, Updated message, User impact
Details:
Summary:
Microsoft 365 Copilot will soon offer a new license request feature and self-service purchase option for various Microsoft 365 plans. Admins can manage license requests and self-service purchases in the admin center. The rollout begins in late March 2025 and completes by late May 2025. Existing self-service purchase settings will be honored.
Details:
Updated February 27, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: A new license request feature and self-service purchase for Microsoft 365 Copilot will be widely available for all tenants. End user license request and self-service purchase will now be available for users with Microsoft 365 E1, Microsoft 365 E3, Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft Office 365 Plan E1, Microsoft Office 365 Plan E3, Enterprise Mobility + Security E3, Enterprise Mobility + Security E5, Microsoft 365 Apps for Business and standalone products. Both License request and self-service purchase will be shown within Microsoft 365 apps such as Copilot Chat, the unpaid version of work chat included in your Microsoft 365 subscription.
License Request allows users to request a Microsoft 365 Copilot license directly from their admin. This helps you efficiently assign unused licenses or purchase additional ones and assign based on user request. Global admins, license admins, and user admins will be able to manage these requests seamlessly in the Microsoft 365 admin center and can choose between standard or custom messaging, including directing to a third-party URL.
Self-Service Purchase allows users to purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses directly with their own credit card and use within their tenant with their Microsoft admin's visibility and control. Note: If your organization has previously disabled self-service purchase for Microsoft 365 Copilot, your existing settings will be honored.
This message is related to MC853238 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: New self-service purchase and trial settings (published August 2024, updated September 2024). This message is also related to MC886385 Copilot for Microsoft 365 available for self-service purchase (November 2024) and MC899941 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Self-service purchase settings in Microsoft 365 admin center (E3, E5) (September 2024).
[When this will happen:]
General availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025.
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2025-02-26
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change history
| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2025-03-04 | MC Last Updated | 02/27/2025 20:24:35 | 2025-03-03T19:22:36Z |
| 2025-03-04 | MC Title | (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: End User License Requests | (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: End User License Requests & Self-Service Purchase |
| 2025-02-28 | MC Messages | Coming soon: A new license request feature and self-service purchase for Microsoft 365 Copilot will be widely available for all tenants. End user license request and self-service purchase will now be available for users with Microsoft Office 365 Plan E1, Microsoft Office 365 Plan E3, Enterprise Mobility + Security E3, Enterprise Mobility + Security E5, Microsoft 365 Apps for Business and standalone products. Both License request and self-service purchase will be shown within Microsoft 365 apps such as Copilot Chat, the unpaid version of work chat included in your Microsoft 365 subscription.
License Request allows users to request a Microsoft 365 Copilot license directly from their admin. This helps you efficiently assign unused licenses or purchase additional ones and assign based on user request. Global admins, license admins, and user admins will be able to manage these requests seamlessly in the Microsoft 365 admin center and can choose between standard or custom messaging, including directing to a third-party URL. Self-Service Purchase allows users to purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses directly with their own credit card and use within their tenant with their Microsoft admin's visibility and control. Note: If your organization has previously disabled self-service purchase for Microsoft 365 Copilot, your existing settings will be honored. This message is related to MC853238 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: New self-service purchase and trial settings (published August 2024, updated September 2024). This message is also related to MC886385 Copilot for Microsoft 365 available for self-service purchase (November 2024) and MC899941 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Self-service purchase settings in Microsoft 365 admin center (E3, E5) (September 2024). [When this will happen:] General availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. | Updated February 27, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon: A new license request feature and self-service purchase for Microsoft 365 Copilot will be widely available for all tenants. End user license request and self-service purchase will now be available for users with Microsoft 365 E1, Microsoft 365 E3, Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft Office 365 Plan E1, Microsoft Office 365 Plan E3, Enterprise Mobility + Security E3, Enterprise Mobility + Security E5, Microsoft 365 Apps for Business and standalone products. Both License request and self-service purchase will be shown within Microsoft 365 apps such as Copilot Chat, the unpaid version of work chat included in your Microsoft 365 subscription. License Request allows users to request a Microsoft 365 Copilot license directly from their admin. This helps you efficiently assign unused licenses or purchase additional ones and assign based on user request. Global admins, license admins, and user admins will be able to manage these requests seamlessly in the Microsoft 365 admin center and can choose between standard or custom messaging, including directing to a third-party URL. Self-Service Purchase allows users to purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses directly with their own credit card and use within their tenant with their Microsoft admin's visibility and control. Note: If your organization has previously disabled self-service purchase for Microsoft 365 Copilot, your existing settings will be honored. This message is related to MC853238 (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center: New self-service purchase and trial settings (published August 2024, updated September 2024). This message is also related to MC886385 Copilot for Microsoft 365 available for self-service purchase (November 2024) and MC899941 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Self-service purchase settings in Microsoft 365 admin center (E3, E5) (September 2024). [When this will happen:] General availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. |
| 2025-02-28 | MC Title | Microsoft 365 Copilot: End User License Requests | (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: End User License Requests |
| 2025-02-28 | MC Last Updated | 02/26/2025 01:29:43 | 2025-02-27T20:24:35Z |
| 2025-02-28 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact |
| 2025-02-28 | MC Summary | A new license request feature and self-service purchase for Microsoft 365 Copilot will be available for all tenants starting late March 2025. Users can request or purchase licenses directly, with admins managing these requests in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Existing self-service purchase settings will be honored. | Microsoft 365 Copilot will soon offer a new license request feature and self-service purchase option for various Microsoft 365 plans. Admins can manage license requests and self-service purchases in the admin center. The rollout begins in late March 2025 and completes by late May 2025. Existing self-service purchase settings will be honored. |
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