June 2026: Licensing & Product Updates

Microsoft Product Highlights and Updates

Plan Migrations Faster with Azure Migrate

Azure Migrate helps customers accelerate their cloud journey by quickly assessing their environment and delivering clear migration and cost recommendations, reducing manual effort and time to move to Azure.

2026: Agents Move into Action

In 2026, Microsoft 365 introduces AI agents that can execute tasks across your documents, inbox, and calendar, helping your teams move from manual work to faster, more automated execution. This shift enables employees to focus on higher-value work while improving productivity, decision-making, and business outcomes.

New Microsoft 365 Business with Copilot SKUs Available July 1

New Microsoft 365 Business plans with Copilot embed AI directly into the tools your employees already use, helping boost productivity and get more value from day one. With simplified pricing and no reliance on promotions, it is easier to adopt AI and scale it across your business.

Introducing Azure Linux: Now Available in Public Preview

Azure Linux provides a secure, cost-efficient, and cloud-optimized platform for running applications in Azure, helping improve performance while reducing infrastructure complexity. It enables you to standardize workloads across environments and run modern, cloud-native applications more efficiently at scale.

New Licensing Prerequisite for Agent 365

New Agent 365 purchases now require specific Microsoft 365 licensing to ensure you have the necessary security, compliance, and identity capabilities to fully support agent functionality. This helps you get the most value from Agent 365 while maintaining a strong, secure foundation for AI-driven workloads.

Microsoft Price Updates

Work IQ API and Consumptive Pricing Update

Work IQ API reaches GA with a consumption-based pricing model using Copilot Credits, enabling partners to build scalable AI solutions without fixed licensing constraints. This shift creates new opportunities to drive usage-based revenue while helping customers securely leverage Microsoft 365 data in custom agents and applications.

Microsoft Promos

Lock in Savings Before June 30

Microsoft CSP promotions are entering their final window, with many high-value offers, including Microsoft 365 E3/E5, Copilot, and Windows 365, ending June 30, 2026. These promotions present a significant opportunity to reduce costs, upgrade licensing, and accelerate cloud and AI adoption ahead of the new fiscal year. With Microsoft heavily incentivizing longer-term commitments and strategic workloads, now is the time to optimize licensing before pricing and program changes take effect. Contact your Account Manager today to review available promotions and secure savings before they expire.