Are You Ready to Renew Your Copilot Licenses?

Take 3 minutes. Find out before your renewal date does.

You're coming up on your Microsoft 365 Copilot renewal. And if you're honest, you're not completely sure who's actually using those seats. This scorecard helps you find out.

In 10 yes/no questions, you'll know:

  • Whether you have real visibility into which Copilot licenses are active - and which are idle
  • Whether you can name (in dollars) what you'd save by trimming unused seats before you renew
  • Whether you can answer the question your CFO is eventually going to ask: "What did we actually get for that?"
  • Whether you're renewing from data - or just renewing because the invoice showed up

Most IT Managers can't answer yes to most of these. That's not a criticism. Microsoft doesn't make it easy. But it's worth knowing where you stand before you sign another 12 months.

Why I Made This

I've talked to a lot of IT Managers who are good at their jobs and still feel blind on Copilot. Not because they're not paying attention - because the visibility just isn't there by default.

One scenario I see more than I'd like: a team is 90 days from renewal, finance wants a number to put in the budget, and nobody can say with confidence how many seats are actually being used. They renew the same count because changing it feels riskier than keeping it the same. A few months later someone pulls the usage data and finds out 14 licenses have been idle for most of the year. That's roughly $5,000 that just quietly renewed for another 12 months - and not a single person in the org knew.

I built this scorecard so you have something concrete to work from before that conversation happens.

Steve Corey, Microsoft MVP
Steve Corey is a Microsoft MVP and the founder of Adovance. He helps IT and finance leaders get clear on what they're actually paying for with Microsoft 365 Copilot.