Changes to Microsoft Product Terms – May 2026
A new month brings new changes to some Microsoft Product Terms - read the summary of the latest amendments to be made.
Published on 5th May 2026
Universal Terms for Online Services
Updated Responsible Use of Microsoft AI Services terms to cover use of automated classifiers for AI Services.
🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/ForOnlineServices
Office Applications and Microsoft 365 Applications
Added “Use for training AI Models” to clarify that outputs generated through Robotic Process Automation, bots, or other similar technologies may not be used to develop, train, evaluate, improve AI or machine learning models, or to replicate product functionality. These updates clarify existing intent and do not change permitted use.
🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/OfficeApplications
🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/Microsoft365Applications
Microsoft 365
Updated the use limitations for Microsoft 365 – Unattended License to reinforce its use for automation and task execution scenarios and clarify that outputs generated through Robotic Process Automation or bots may not be used to develop, train, evaluate, improve AI or machine learning models, or to replicate product functionality. These updates clarify existing intent and do not change permitted use.
🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/Microsoft365
Microsoft Azure
Added new terms for Azure Capacity Blocks.
🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/MicrosoftAzure
Microsoft Power Platform
Added Windows 365 for Agents add-on for Microsoft Copilot Studio to Availability Table.
🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/MicrosoftPowerPlatform
Microsoft Defender Experts
Updated Prerequisites for Microsoft Defender Experts for Servers and Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting – Servers.
🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/changes/Microsoft%20Defender%20Experts
Windows 365
Removed terms for W365 with Windows Hybrid Benefit as that product has reached end of life and is no longer supported.
🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/Windows365
Agent 365
Added new terms for launch of Agent 365.
🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/Agent365
Glossary
Added definition for Azure Capacity Blocks.
🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/Glossary
Windows Desktop Operating System
Added Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB ESU SKU to the Availability tables.
🔗 https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/productoffering/WindowsDesktopOperatingSystem
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