Copilot Cowork just got a price tag

Copilot Cowork just got a price tag OK, so there is a significant risk that this post will just be lost as noise in a sea of outcry and “analysis” of the recent Copilot charging changes, but here goes… this is my 4 penn’th. First up, what’s this all about? Microsoft has just taken Copilot Cowork from Frontier status — beta for those of us who remember when software was tested before being released to an unsuspecting public — to general availability (GA). And now the meter is running, with charges taking effect from 1 July. If you don’t use Copilot Cowork, then it’s off by default. But if you used it in Frontier, then it will remain enabled and start accruing usage charges from 1 July. And that’s in addition to your base Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription. An important caveat Quoting one LinkedIn post: “Your everyday Copilot has not changed. Word, Outlook, Teams, Chat. Still flat, per-user, predictable. […] The meter only runs when you send Cowork off to do multi-step work in the…