Copilot Credits turn agent workflows into a budget risk
Microsoft announced on June 2, 2026 that Work IQ APIs will be generally available on June 16 and priced through Copilot Credits. Microsoft also announced a cost management dashboard in the Microsoft 365 admin center for reviewing credit usage, billing mode, spending limits and user credit requests.
Power Automate makers already have to think about owners, connectors, approvals, errors and run history. Agent-triggered workflows add another layer: a process can now consume AI credits while it reasons, retrieves context and takes action across Microsoft 365. For citizen makers, this means reliability and cost control belong in the same checklist. A flow that fails silently is bad; a flow that fails silently while spending credits or triggering repeated agent calls is harder to explain to a manager.
Analysis
Before connecting agents to production flows, define the owner, approval gate, failure alert and Copilot Credit limit. Treat spending controls as part of flow design, not as an admin cleanup task after launch.
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