Get access to Copilot Studio

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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 Copilot Studio article.

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.

Standalone 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 Copilot Studio.

Copilot Studio for Microsoft Teams plans

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, app registration, certificates, and configuration values article for other capacity considerations.

Capability Select Microsoft 365 subscriptions Copilot Studio subscription
Gen AI: AI-enabled conversations Not available Orchestrate copilot topics and actions with generative AI
Deploy copilot to channels Teams Any channel supported by Copilot Studio
Power Platform connectors Standard connector actions in Copilot Studio Premium connector actions in Copilot Studio
Power Automate flows (Automated, instant, and scheduled flows) within the context of Copilot Studio creations Not available Create a flow
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 classic chatbot as a skill in a Bot Framework bot
Integrate Microsoft Bot Framework dialogs Not available Overview of Bot Framework Composer
Hand off copilot conversation to a live agent Not available Hand off to a live agent

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 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.

Screenshot showing where the Channels section is located. You need an upgraded license to publish to channels other than Teams.

You can start a 60 day free trial of 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.

Screenshot that shows a prompt to start a free trial or upgrade to premium when creating 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.

Other subscriptions that include 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.