Traffic Lights · your thresholds, not ours
Two lights are red. Seats first: 65.7% are active against the 75% floor you set.
counted · Microsoft license records and the Copilot usage report · as of 24 September 2026
1.31×
0.851.10
of pace · your red line 1.10× · the pool empties early · estimate · Illustrative consumption scenario · as of 24 September 2026
1.06×
0.851.10
of budget pace · projected $44,580 this month · estimate · Illustrative consumption scenario · as of 24 September 2026
0.78×
0.700.801.15
of allotment · under 0.70, 30% of the packs would expire before use · estimate · Illustrative consumption scenario · as of 24 September 2026
Every month, keptMicrosoft's report keeps 30 days · hatched = estimate
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When a light turns worse
The people you named get one card in Teams, that day. Aristo never caps spend — hard limits stay in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
The measured dollars come from your Azure Cost Management export; until it is connected these lights run on a labeled estimate.
Connect the measured bill
1 December 2026 readiness: Ready for 1 December 2026 → finish the check on Connections › Permissions
Consumption — what the credits are doing
Licenses — same money, different clock
Seats not yet in use are ready to activate. Each license waits for a user — rerouted, never removed.
How you pay
The three ways a Copilot credit bill reaches you
pay-as-you-go · packs · pre-purchase pool — and which portal owns each
💳 Pay-as-you-go
$0.01 per credit, billed in arrears, with no ceiling. Nothing stops it, so the only protection is noticing the run-rate early. This light watches your pace against a monthly budget you set.
Managed in: Billed to your Azure subscription; the billing policy lives in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
📦 Credit packs
25,000 credits for $200 per pack per month, and they do not roll over. Danger on both sides: a standalone credit policy that empties mid-month stops serving your users, and anything unspent evaporates.
Managed in: Bought in the Microsoft 365 admin center, allocated AND monitored only in the Power Platform admin center.
🏦 Pre-purchase pool (P3)
A one-year pool bought upfront. Remaining credits expire at term end — so a pool that is drawing too slowly is a real loss, not a saving. This light watches both ends against your term dates.
Managed in: Provisioned and tracked in the Azure portal.
🧭 Four admin surfaces, one question — this page is the single pane those portals don't have.
Requests & approvals
One request-to-chargeback workspace
Request Copilot seats or Cowork credits, approve the funding, follow assignment, and monitor department usage without leaving the enterprise console.