To be clear: Microsoft has not formally announced an E7 SKU yet. But the chatter in the licensing community is getting loud for a reason.
On paper, a bundle including E5 + Copilot + Agent 365 + additional EntraID security sounds like a CFO's dream. One predictable price. No more fragmented add-ons.
But here is the reality: That $99 per user per month is just the entry fee. In practice, it could be $200+ per month.
How?
Because Microsoft is shifting the goalposts from "SaaS" (fixed cost per seat) to "Utility" (variable cost per usage).
If you build agents in Copilot Studio or Microsoft Foundry, you aren't capped by your user count. You are buying "Copilot Credits."
Every time an autonomous agent triggers, or a "Reasoning Model" runs a multi-step task, you’re burning credits. And unlike a human employee who works 40 hours a week, an agent can rack up compute costs 24/7.
Negotiating on the seat price alone is going to result in additional costs. You need to be negotiating the credit multipliers and the governance of "Agentic" consumption now.
Don't let a "fixed" license turn into an uncapped utility bill.