Traffic Lights · your thresholds, not ours
Two lights are red. Seats first: 65.7% are active against the 75% floor you set.
counted from Microsoft license records · as of 24 September 2026
65.7%
floor 75%
active of 4,200 paid seats · your floor 75%
counted from Microsoft license records
as of 24 September 2026
1.31×
0.851.10
of pace · your red line 1.10× · the pool empties early
estimate — may under-count
as of 24 September 2026
1.06×
0.851.10
of budget pace · projected $44,580 this month
estimate — may under-count
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 — may under-count
as of 24 September 2026
Every month, keptMicrosoft's report keeps 30 days · hatched = estimate
AprMayJunJulAug
When a light turns worse
Connect the measured bill
The people you named get one card in Teams, that day. Aristo watches and warns. Hard limits stay in your Microsoft 365 admin center.
How this is measured
The measured dollars come from your Azure Cost Management export; until it is connected these lights run on a labeled estimate.
Estimates use Aristo-mediated consumption and may under-count. Seats are counted from Microsoft license records and the Copilot usage report.
Consumption source: Illustrative consumption scenario.
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.