{"id":92434,"date":"2025-09-02T18:11:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/microsoft-wants-to-give-us-government-copilot-for-free-the-register\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T18:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:12:33","slug":"microsoft-wants-to-give-us-government-copilot-for-free-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/microsoft-wants-to-give-us-government-copilot-for-free-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft wants to give US government Copilot for free \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Microsoft, the newest tech agency to conform to large software program reductions for the US authorities, is digging even deeper into its cut price bin than the competitors by providing a yr of free Copilot entry to authorities businesses keen to place up with its different drawback merchandise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Normal Providers Administration (GSA) announced<\/a> its new cope with Microsoft on Tuesday, describing it as a “strategic partnership” that would save the federal authorities as a lot as $3.1 billion over the following yr. The GSA did not point out particular low cost phrases, however it mentioned that providers, together with Microsoft 365, Azure cloud providers, Dynamics 365, Entra ID Governance, and Microsoft Sentinel, will probably be cheaper than ever for feds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That, and Microsoft’s next-gen Clippy<\/a>, also called Copilot, is free to entry for any company with a G5 contract<\/a> as a part of the brand new deal, too. That free worth undercuts Google’s beforehand cheapest-in-show<\/a> deal to inject Gemini into authorities businesses for simply $0.47 for a yr.<\/p>\n

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