Azure Costs and Licensing
Articles on Azure cost mechanics such as reservations, savings plans and commitments. They explain how these show up in Cost Management and on the invoice.
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Microsoft token economics: what AI really costs
Microsoft token economics: Copilot Credits, tokens and compute units bill per action. Without usage per user and agent, nobody can allocate it.
Michael Altenberger 20 Oct 2026 
Microsoft licensing 2027: where costs rise
Copilot Credits, Power Apps prices and the end of reservation exchanges shift Microsoft costs in 2027. One default allows USD 40 per Copilot user a month.
Daniel Georgi 8 Oct 2026 
Amortized costs in CSP: rebuild the view
Amortized cost is missing in CSP: your tenant reports CHF 0 for every covered reservation hour. Eight fields from the cost details rebuild it.
Nicolas Boeglin 8 Sept 2026 Amortized vs actual costs: two views
Azure reports the same reservation two ways. Actual cost matches the invoice, amortized cost explains consumption; only one makes chargeback defensible.
Nicolas Boeglin 24 Aug 2026 
Azure reservation exchanges end 1 Feb 2027
From 1 February 2027, reservation exchanges end for every Azure service covered by savings plans. Six months remain to correct a commitment portfolio.
Christoffer Andenmatten 2 Aug 2026 
Unlock SQL 2025 savings
Released in November 2025, SQL Server 2025 reshapes Standard vs. Enterprise economics: Power BI Report Server without SA, and the Web edition retired.
Alex Kohler 17 Feb 2026