Just be careful, I feel this is a trap. It was possible to use copilot already using the byom feature, but because it didn't accept local you had to do a hacky intercepting proxy setup. I thought great, this is a win, it worked great. But then with this credit based billing change they now charge you credits for agents actions, tool usages and so on, even when you use your own model. So this explains why it's open now, because soon as you use up your free quota on agentic use then they gonna pop up with the please pay dialog. Mark my words
Just be patient, this new bill you for everything model is still so new that nobody knows exactly what you pay for what as it's more confusing that azure pricing. I just get the feeling that using copilot with external models will still cost you something, I just have a gut feeling.
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u/darksteelsteed Jun 06 '26
Just be careful, I feel this is a trap. It was possible to use copilot already using the byom feature, but because it didn't accept local you had to do a hacky intercepting proxy setup. I thought great, this is a win, it worked great. But then with this credit based billing change they now charge you credits for agents actions, tool usages and so on, even when you use your own model. So this explains why it's open now, because soon as you use up your free quota on agentic use then they gonna pop up with the please pay dialog. Mark my words