Copilot Licence Candidates

The question it answers: Which heavy Microsoft 365 users do not have a Copilot licence yet?

Copilot pays off for people who already live in Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. These are the heaviest Microsoft 365 users who do not have a Copilot licence yet - the first place to move a seat that is going unused.

Note

Score = 2 points per app used (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Teams) + 1 per platform (Windows, Mac, mobile, web). Pair with Copilot Licence Adoption to find seats to move.

At a glance

Where in the app	Licensing › Copilot Candidates
Workload	Licensing
Kind	Table
Data	Built from the tenant data IntensiveReports keeps in memory and refreshes in the background, so it opens at once.
Licence	None; Copilot usage data exists only for users with Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Report id (API and MCP)	entra.licensing.copilot-candidates

Columns

Column	Key	Type
User	DisplayName	Link
Score	Score	Text
Apps used	Apps	Text
Platforms	Platforms	Text
Department	Department	Text
Job title	JobTitle	Text
Last activity	LastActivity	Date

Filters

Filter	Key (API)	On when the page opens
Only heavy users (4+ apps)	heavy	Yes

What it needs

Licence: None; Copilot usage data exists only for users with Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Application permissions on the IntensiveReports app registration (all permissions):

Permission	API	What it allows	Note
Reports.Read.All	Microsoft Graph	Read all usage reports
User.Read.All	Microsoft Graph	Read all users’ full profiles
User-LifeCycleInfo.Read.All	Microsoft Graph	Read all users’ lifecycle information
Organization.Read.All	Microsoft Graph	Read organization information

Data sources it reads

• GET /v1.0/reports/getM365AppUserDetail(period='D30')
• GET /v1.0/users (assignedLicenses)
• GET /v1.0/subscribedSkus
• GET /v1.0/copilot/reports/getMicrosoft365CopilotUsageUserDetail(period='D30')

Through the API and MCP

GET /ir-api/v1/reports/entra.licensing.copilot-candidates?size=100
GET /ir-api/v1/reports/entra.licensing.copilot-candidates?filter=heavy

An AI assistant reads it with the MCP tool get_report and the id entra.licensing.copilot-candidates. The client needs the Read grant for Licensing. See Using the API.