Bloomberg 2026-03-16-1

Microsoft Launches $99/Month E7 Bundle — Copilot Gets the Teams Treatment

Only 3% of Microsoft's 450M business users pay for Copilot standalone after two years. The E7 bundle at $99/user/month, a 65% increase over E5, isn't demand; it's an admission that enterprise AI can't survive as a conscious purchase decision. Microsoft is doing what it always does when a product can't win on merit: bundle it until it disappears into the platform tax. If you're building standalone enterprise AI, this is your clock starting.