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Microsoft 365 Copilot's commercial failure
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This article only talks about the number of Copilot 365 licences that are active. It doesn't even consider the situations like my workplace, where everyone was given a licence but hardly anyone uses it.
I wouldn't be surprised if the actual usage rate for these licences is also very low, meaning the situation could be even more dire than the article makes out.
Well, Microsoft doesn't care if you use it, only if the business buys the license.
They sure do; using it will cost them money.
If I got a Copilot license, I'd definitely make sure to expend my quota every single day and use it as much as possible. Especially if I was "highly encouraged" to use it.
Just run a markov chain and let it talk to the thing. It's expensive to make the queries, for MS.