Microsoft Unveils E7 Suite, Copilot Cowork In Enterprise AI Push

New Microsoft 365 E7 suite, Copilot Cowork with Anthropic, and Agent 365 control plane aim to dominate the growing enterprise AI market.

Published on Mar. 9, 2026

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Microsoft unveiled plans to launch a new Microsoft 365 E7 suite for $99 per user per month, previewed Copilot Cowork - a collaboration with Anthropic to orchestrate full workflows, and set Agent 365 control plane for general availability on May 1. These moves are part of Microsoft's broader push to dominate the growing enterprise artificial intelligence market.

Why it matters

Microsoft's latest AI offerings, including the E7 suite, Copilot Cowork, and Agent 365, represent a major opportunity for managed security services providers (MSSPs) to help enterprises adopt and govern AI at scale. The new products aim to provide the necessary tooling, governance, and security to enable widespread enterprise AI adoption.

The details

The $99 per user per month E7 suite brings together M365 E5, M365 Copilot, A365, Entra Suite and advanced capabilities in Defender, Intune and Purview. Copilot Cowork, a collaboration with Anthropic, can orchestrate full workflows like building presentations and assembling financials. Agent 365 control plane, going GA on May 1 for $15 per user per month, offers a single place for agent observations, governance, management and security across the organization.

  • Microsoft will launch the M365 E7 Frontier Worker Suite on May 1, 2026.
  • Copilot Cowork will enter a research preview this month (March 2026).
  • Agent 365 control plane will go GA on May 1, 2026.

The players

Vasu Jakkal

Corporate vice president of Microsoft Security.

Mike Wilson

Chief technology officer and partner at Microsoft partner Interlink Cloud Advisors.

Anthropic

The maker of the Claude AI model, which is being integrated into Microsoft's Copilot Cowork product.

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What they’re saying

“Intelligence cannot scale without that trust. It's not just IT professionals (using AI). It's not just classic developer teams using it. It's business functions using AI and creating agents. That's awesome. But we also see that without the right tooling, that's a real risk.”

— Vasu Jakkal, Corporate vice president of Microsoft Security (CRN)

“We've got to think about that (the price) in the context of what we pay human beings, like what we pay to enable them for technology is small compared to what we actually pay humans. The value's there.”

— Mike Wilson, Chief technology officer and partner at Microsoft partner Interlink Cloud Advisors (CRN)

What’s next

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The takeaway

Microsoft's new AI-powered offerings, including the E7 suite, Copilot Cowork, and Agent 365, represent a significant push by the tech giant to dominate the growing enterprise AI market. These products aim to provide the necessary tooling, governance, and security to enable widespread AI adoption, creating a major opportunity for managed security services providers to help enterprises navigate this transformation.