Question

Your organization has purchased Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses for 200 employees. The finance department wants to pilot a custom SharePoint agent for a small group of 15 seasonal contractors who do not have Copilot licenses, but only for a short two-month project. The finance manager wants to avoid buying full monthly licenses for these temporary users. As the administrator, what is the most appropriate way to enable agent usage for these contractors while controlling cost?

Accepted Answer

Set up a pay-as-you-go billing policy linked to an Azure subscription so contractor agent consumption is metered and billed by usage

Answer

Assign each contractor a full monthly Microsoft 365 Copilot license and remove it after the project ends

Answer

Add the contractors to the same license group as the 200 employees so they inherit Copilot access automatically

Answer

Enable Copilot for the contractors using the free built-in web chat that requires no license or billing setup