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Microsoft Copilot Cowork is an enterprise agent for Microsoft 365 that is shifting to usage-based billing as part of its broader 2026 rollout. This move reflects the challenge of fitting autonomous AI into traditional per-seat software models, requiring enterprises to manage AI coworkers like compute workloads. Microsoft is also reportedly considering an Azure-hosted, fine-tuned DeepSeek V4 option to lower model costs. The tag covers discussions about Copilot Cowork's billing model, its role in the agentic workspace race against OpenAI's desktop superapp, and the implications for enterprise AI adoption.
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    Askpolly Joins Microsoft Copilot Cowork: Data Governance Questions for Dynamics 365 and Power BI

    Askpolly, an Ottawa-based market-research company, says it has plugged its social-media research platform into Microsoft Copilot Cowork. Research Live reported the news on October 9, 2026. The company's own announcement went out on October 1. For admins who run Dynamics 365, Power BI and...
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    Copilot Cowork Shifts to Usage-Based Billing as Microsoft Weighs DeepSeek V4

    Microsoft is moving Copilot Cowork, its enterprise agent for Microsoft 365 work, to usage-based billing as of its broader 2026 rollout, while reportedly considering an Azure-hosted, fine-tuned DeepSeek V4 option to lower model costs for customers. That is the immediate news, but the larger...
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    OpenAI Desktop Superapp: The Agentic Workspace Race vs Microsoft Copilot

    OpenAI is moving from a product family to a desktop platform strategy, and that shift could reshape the enterprise AI market faster than many IT teams expect. According to a Wall Street Journal report echoed by UC Today, the company is consolidating ChatGPT, Codex, and the Atlas browser into a...
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