Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent 365 will be included in the new E7 license.
Microsoft is preparing to release a new enterprise plan, Microsoft 365 E7, the first in ten years. The company last added a new subscription tier for businesses in 2015, when E5 was released. According to Directions on Microsoft , the launch is expected in the next few months.
E7 is designed to be more than just E5 plus Copilot. The new subscription is based on the concept of "digital workers": Microsoft plans to license AI agents just like human workers. Each agent will require an Entra ID account, email, OneDrive storage, and access to Teams. For agent management, the subscription will include Agent 365, a platform currently undergoing testing as part of the Frontier program. Agent 365 integrates identity management through Entra, compliance monitoring through Purview, and security infrastructure through Defender XDR. The platform supports agents built using Microsoft tools as well as third-party and open-source frameworks, including those running in partner clouds.
In addition to Agent 365, E7 is expected to include Microsoft 365 Copilot, as well as a number of Entra features currently missing from E5. Microsoft is currently declining to comment: a company representative simply stated that "there is nothing to share at this time."
Context is important: Copilot has been selling modestly so far, with just over three percent of M365's 450 million corporate users purchasing a subscription. The price reduction hasn't helped much, and the company is now counting on the new pricing plan to provide a more significant incentive.
Starting July 1, Microsoft will increase prices for all enterprise packages: E3 will increase from $36 to $39 per month per user, and E5 from $57 to $60. It's reasonable to expect the E7 announcement around the same time. According to Business Insider , the new subscription could cost $99 per month per user—less than E5 and Copilot combined, but with a significantly broader range of features.
A particular intrigue is the E7 pricing model. Microsoft is rumored to be considering a hybrid option: a fixed per-user fee plus pay-as-you-go pricing. According to Lane Shelton, Director of Consulting Services at Directions on Microsoft, this approach aligns the M365 licensing logic with Azure economics and positions E7 as a unified enterprise AI infrastructure management platform.
Microsoft is preparing to release a new enterprise plan, Microsoft 365 E7, the first in ten years. The company last added a new subscription tier for businesses in 2015, when E5 was released. According to Directions on Microsoft , the launch is expected in the next few months.
E7 is designed to be more than just E5 plus Copilot. The new subscription is based on the concept of "digital workers": Microsoft plans to license AI agents just like human workers. Each agent will require an Entra ID account, email, OneDrive storage, and access to Teams. For agent management, the subscription will include Agent 365, a platform currently undergoing testing as part of the Frontier program. Agent 365 integrates identity management through Entra, compliance monitoring through Purview, and security infrastructure through Defender XDR. The platform supports agents built using Microsoft tools as well as third-party and open-source frameworks, including those running in partner clouds.
In addition to Agent 365, E7 is expected to include Microsoft 365 Copilot, as well as a number of Entra features currently missing from E5. Microsoft is currently declining to comment: a company representative simply stated that "there is nothing to share at this time."
Context is important: Copilot has been selling modestly so far, with just over three percent of M365's 450 million corporate users purchasing a subscription. The price reduction hasn't helped much, and the company is now counting on the new pricing plan to provide a more significant incentive.
Starting July 1, Microsoft will increase prices for all enterprise packages: E3 will increase from $36 to $39 per month per user, and E5 from $57 to $60. It's reasonable to expect the E7 announcement around the same time. According to Business Insider , the new subscription could cost $99 per month per user—less than E5 and Copilot combined, but with a significantly broader range of features.
A particular intrigue is the E7 pricing model. Microsoft is rumored to be considering a hybrid option: a fixed per-user fee plus pay-as-you-go pricing. According to Lane Shelton, Director of Consulting Services at Directions on Microsoft, this approach aligns the M365 licensing logic with Azure economics and positions E7 as a unified enterprise AI infrastructure management platform.
