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How many Copilot Credits does meeting preparation use?
Preparing for a meeting is light-to-medium Cowork work - roughly 300 to 700 Copilot Credits, about £2.40 to £5.50 per meeting. Who's coming, what's the history, what did we promise last time, what's still open - assembled from your calendar, email and files.
What this task adds up to
One person, one task is easy. The monthly picture is what matters - put in how often this actually happens in your business.
Usage only - licences come on top, and every person needs one. Credit ranges are directional; run the task and check /cost in Cowork for your real figure. $0.01 per credit at roughly £1 = $1.27, ex-VAT. Last verified 13 July 2026.
What drives the cost
History drives the cost. A first meeting with someone new costs little - there's not much to gather. A quarterly review with a client you've worked with for three years means months of email threads and documents to digest, and that's the top of the range.
This is a frequency task, not a big-ticket one. Someone in three meetings a day won't prep them all - but the dozen a month that matter, prepped properly, run £28 to £66 a month. The comparison isn't really the money: it's walking in knowing what was promised last time versus winging it. Most people don't skip prep because it's hard; they skip it because it's twenty minutes they don't have. This makes it two.
Common questions
What does a meeting prep task actually produce?
A brief: attendees and context, history of the relationship, open actions from previous meetings, and suggested talking points - grounded in your own email and files.
Why do some meetings cost more to prep than others?
Depth of history. Long relationships mean more email and documents to digest. New contacts are cheap; three-year clients are not.
Is it worth prepping every meeting this way?
No - triage. Internal stand-ups don't need it. Client reviews, first meetings with prospects, and anything with a decision at stake usually do.
BEFORE YOU COMMIT
That's the cost. The harder question is whether it's the answer.
A new tool sitting on top of an estate that nobody fully understands usually adds cost, not clarity. So before you commit the budget, it's worth asking a simpler question: is Cowork actually your constraint, or is it something underneath it? We help established UK businesses get a clear view of what they're running - and whether the next bit of spend earns its place.
Pricing and defaults last verified
13 July 2026
against Microsoft's published documentation.
Figures use Microsoft list pricing ($0.01 per Copilot Credit, billed in US dollars) converted at roughly £1 = $1.27, ex-VAT. Usage defaults come from Microsoft's Cowork Frontier programme data. This is a budgeting aid, not a quote - confirm current pricing with Microsoft. This is an independent tool built by Segmentum and is not produced or endorsed by Microsoft. "Microsoft 365", "Copilot" and "Cowork" are trademarks of Microsoft, used for identification only.