Licensing updates for Microsoft Cloud products – October 2025
Microsoft retired three licenses, introduced new Microsoft 365 Copilot promotions, and announced the renaming of the E5 mini-suites for Security and Compliance.
1. October 2025
Microsoft retired three licenses, introduced new Microsoft 365 Copilot promotions, and announced the renaming of the E5 mini-suites for Security and Compliance.
A new Microsoft Planner service plan will be included in subscriptions that also offer Project for the web. Planner will be enabled by default in certain subscriptions.
Microsoft announced the retirement of Project for the web, project apps in Teams, and Project Roadmap (Teams app and web) for August 2025.
Microsoft did not introduce new licenses on 1 October, but changed the names of several licenses in September.
Microsoft introduced new licenses on May 1 and replaced various old licenses with new ones.