Microsoft 365 E7 (Microsoft's "Frontier Suite") lands on May 1, 2026 at $99 per user per month on an annual term. On its own, that number doesn't tell you much. What matters is what E7 replaces, what it integrates, and what Microsoft's CSP promotions can knock off the top through December 31, 2026.
The Quick Answer on Pricing
List price: $99 per user per month (annual commitment)
Available: May 1, 2026, through Enterprise Agreement, CSP, and the Microsoft Admin Center
What it replaces if bought separately: roughly $117 per user per month
Baseline savings from bundling: about $18 per user per month, or roughly 15%
The $117 figure is the sum of the four enterprise SKUs E7 rolls into one. That alone is the core case for the suite. The 2026 CSP promotions covered below can push the effective price as low as ~$84.15 per user per month.
What's Inside Microsoft 365 E7
E7 bundles four Microsoft products into a single SKU. If you already own any of these separately, you're paying more than you need to.
Microsoft 365 E5 (~$60/user/month standalone): Core productivity and security: Office apps, Teams, advanced threat protection, compliance controls, and analytics. Most enterprises are either here already or heading here.
Microsoft 365 Copilot (~$30/user/month standalone): AI assistance embedded across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. Most organizations have been pricing this separately since 2024.
Microsoft Entra ID Suite (~$12/user/month standalone): Entra ID Plan 2 plus the deeper identity governance toolkit: Conditional Access at depth, Identity Protection, Privileged Identity Management, and lifecycle workflows.
Microsoft Agent 365 (~$15/user/month standalone): The piece most customers haven't budgeted for yet. Agent 365 gives AI agents an identity in Entra, tracks what they access, and enforces your existing compliance and security policies on them the same way those policies apply to people. If AI agents are anywhere on your 18-month roadmap, this is the SKU that keeps them from becoming a shadow-IT problem.
The bundle math, side by side
| If Purchased Separately | Standalone Price |
|---|---|
| Microsoft 365 E5 | $60/user/month |
| Microsoft 365 Copilot | $30/user/month |
| Microsoft Entra ID Suite | $12/user/month |
| Microsoft Agent 365 | $15/user/month |
| Combined total (separate licenses) | $117/user/month |
| Microsoft 365 E7 (all of the above) | $99/user/month |
| Built-in savings from bundling | -$18 (15%) lower |
The bundle also saves you integration work. Entra Conditional Access already applies to Copilot traffic inside E7. Agent 365 is already wired to your Entra identity fabric. Wiring that up yourself across four separately-purchased SKUs usually takes a quarter and a careful Entra admin.
The 2026 CSP Promotions
Starting May 1, 2026, CSP partners can transact Microsoft 365 E7. Alongside launch, Microsoft is running three promotional offers through December 31, 2026. These discounts have to be passed through to the customer. Microsoft requires it. Partners don't get to keep the margin.
Annual (one-year) promotions:
- 10% off: seat minimum 10, seat maximum 9,999
- 15% off: seat minimum 100, seat maximum 9,999
Triennial (three-year) promotion:
- 15% off: seat minimum 300, seat maximum 9,999
What those percentages mean in dollars:
- 10% off $99 works out to ~$89.10/user/month (10+ seats, annual term)
- 15% off $99 works out to ~$84.15/user/month (100+ seats annual, or 300+ seats triennial)
The 150-user example
Take a 150-user organization choosing between three paths: buying the components separately, buying E7 at list, or buying E7 during the 2026 promo.
| Scenario | Annual Cost | E5 Bundle vs. E7 | E7 List vs. E7 Promo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Separate licenses (standalone) | $210,600 | — | — |
| E7 at list price ($99) | $178,200 | Savings of $32,400 | — |
| E7 with 15% promo ($84.15) | $151,470 | Savings of $59,130 | Savings of $26,730 |
The triennial 15% is worth thinking about seriously. You're locking in three years of the discount, which is attractive if you're confident E7 is your stack for three years. If you've only ever bought annual CSP, the cash-flow commitment is a bigger shift than the percentage suggests. Worth modeling. Not worth rushing.
Who Should (and Shouldn't) Buy E7
We work on Microsoft licensing every day. E7 isn't the right fit for every organization, and the honest version of this advice starts there.
E7 tends to make sense when you're already using, or planning to move to, Microsoft 365 E5 and expect Copilot adoption in the next 6 to 12 months. It is also a strong fit if your identity setup genuinely needs Entra ID Plan 2 features like Privileged Identity Management or Identity Protection, or if you already have AI agents in pilot or production and governance is becoming a real issue. The value gets more compelling if you can reach 100 or more seats and take advantage of the 15% annual promotion during 2026.
E7 tends to be overkill when you're on Business Premium and would only use the Copilot component, because the price jump usually does not justify itself. It is also harder to defend if you do not have a meaningful gap in identity or agent governance and Entra ID P1 is already covering what you need. And if your seat count is below the promo threshold, the 2026 discounts will not apply, which weakens the case even more.
The trap we see most often is clients upgrading to E7 for Copilot alone, then leaving Entra Suite and Agent 365 sitting dormant. They pay for capability they never turn on. If that's your plan, stay on E5 plus standalone Copilot and revisit E7 at renewal. Find out more in our deeper E5 vs E7 comparison post: Microsoft 365 E5 vs. E7: Is the AI Upgrade Worth the $99 Price Tag?
Critical Questions to Ask Your CSP Partner Right Now
If E7 is on your 2026 roadmap, these are the questions that move the invoice:
Q. Are you passing the full promotional discount through?
A. The answer has to be yes. Microsoft requires it. Get it in writing.
Q. When does my current E5 or Copilot term renew?
A. Your path depends on whether you're co-terming, upgrading mid-term, or waiting for renewal.
Q. Which promo tier do I qualify for?
A. The 100-seat and 300-seat thresholds are hard cliffs. Going from 98 to 100 seats literally costs you 5 percentage points.
Q. What happens after December 31, 2026?
A. Standard list pricing resumes for new subscriptions. If you're signing a triennial inside the promo window, confirm the discount is locked for the full three years.
The Bottom Line
The pricing math is the easy part. The harder question is whether you'll actually use the Entra Suite and Agent 365 capabilities you're paying for. If yes, E7 at a 15% promo is a legitimately good deal. If the answer is "maybe, eventually," you're buying a bundle to make Copilot cheaper, and that math gets thinner fast.
If you want help modeling E7 against your current licensing and renewal dates, bring your renewal calendar to a thirty-minute call and we'll run the numbers.
