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Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents practice questions

Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents is worth 29% of the AB-900 exam — the lightest of the 3 domains. Copilot and agent capabilities, Researcher and Analyst, licensing vs pay-as-you-go, enabling features, assigning licenses, billing policies, usage and adoption reporting, prompts, and creating, approving, governing and monitoring agents. Official weight range 25–30%. 6 fully worked examples are further down this page, answers included.

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Questions from the AB-900 bank mapped to domain 3, with the answer key and the reasoning behind every option. None of them repeat the examples on the main AB-900 practice page.

Question 1Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents

A marketing team without Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses wants an agent in Copilot Chat that follows written instructions and answers only from the company’s public website. How is this agent’s use paid for?

Choose one.

  • a
    It is billed per message to a pay-as-you-go billing policy

    Metered billing applies to agents that use shared tenant data such as SharePoint content, not to web-only agents.

  • b
    It is available at no additional cost in Copilot Chat Correct

    Declarative agents grounded in instructions and public websites are included with Copilot Chat at no additional cost.

  • c
    It needs a Copilot Studio capacity pack before anyone can use it

    Prepaid capacity is one way to pay for metered agents. A web-only agent is not metered, so no capacity is needed.

  • d
    It needs each user to hold a Microsoft 365 Copilot license

    Licensed users get work-data agents included, but web-only agents are already available to unlicensed Copilot Chat users.

The concept

Copilot Chat agents are split into no-cost agents (instructions and public web) and metered agents (shared tenant data such as SharePoint or connector content).

Why that’s the answer

This agent only uses instructions and a public website, so it falls in the no-cost group and is available by default under the existing store settings. Pay-as-you-go billing, Copilot Studio capacity and Copilot licenses only matter once an agent reads organizational content.

How to reason it out
  1. Identify the agent’s knowledge source: a public website.
  2. Recall that web-only declarative agents are included with Copilot Chat.
  3. Reject the options that apply only to work-data agents.
  4. Conclude there is no additional charge.

Exam tip: Web-only agent in Copilot Chat: free. Agent reading tenant data: metered.

AB-900 Copilot and Agent Features: Licensing vs Pay-As-You-Go, Admin Settings, Researcher and Analyst — the lesson that teaches this.

Question 2Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents

Employees without Copilot licenses already have read access to the HR SharePoint site. An agent built on that site’s content works for licensed users, but unlicensed users can’t use it in Copilot Chat. No Copilot settings have changed since rollout. What should the admin do?

Choose one.

  • a
    Set up pay-as-you-go billing for agents in Copilot Chat Correct

    Agents that use shared tenant data are metered and off by default for unlicensed users. Connecting a pay-as-you-go billing policy turns them on.

  • b
    Turn on the Allow web search in Copilot policy for those users

    Web search adds public web grounding. The blocker here is metered access to SharePoint content.

  • c
    Allow the agent for those Copilot Chat users on the Agents page

    Making an agent available doesn’t enable metered usage. Without a billing source, unlicensed users still can’t use a work-data agent.

  • d
    Grant the users Edit access to the HR SharePoint site

    Agents use the user’s existing permissions, and the users already have read access. More permission doesn’t remove the billing requirement.

The concept

For unlicensed Copilot Chat users, agents grounded in organizational content are metered and turned off until the admin sets up billing (pay-as-you-go or Copilot Studio capacity).

Why that’s the answer

Licensed users need no action because agents come with the Copilot license, which is why the agent works for them. Unlicensed users can only use a SharePoint-grounded agent once metered consumption has a billing source, such as a pay-as-you-go billing policy linked to an Azure subscription. Making the agent available or adding site permissions doesn’t solve a missing billing setup.

How to reason it out
  1. Note who is affected: unlicensed users only.
  2. Note the knowledge source: SharePoint, which is tenant data.
  3. Recall that work-data agents are metered and off by default.
  4. Choose setting up pay-as-you-go billing.

Exam tip: Unlicensed users + tenant-data agent = pay-as-you-go billing first.

AB-900 Copilot and Agent Features: Licensing vs Pay-As-You-Go, Admin Settings, Researcher and Analyst — the lesson that teaches this.

Question 3Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents

An organization has set up pay-as-you-go billing for SharePoint agents. A project member without a Copilot license can add and edit files on the project site. What can she do with agents on that site?

Choose one.

  • a
    Create and use agents on the site, with her usage billed

    Edit permission is only half of the requirement to create an agent; the creator also needs a Copilot license.

  • b
    Create new agents on the site, but not use existing ones

    This reverses the rule: pay-as-you-go covers using agents, while creating them is the part that needs a license.

  • c
    Neither create nor use agents until she is assigned a license

    That was true before billing was set up. With pay-as-you-go connected, unlicensed users can use agents and their usage is billed.

  • d
    Use the site’s existing agents, but not create a new one Correct

    Pay-as-you-go lets unlicensed users use agents. Creating one requires a Copilot license plus permission to add files to the site.

The concept

For SharePoint agents, a Copilot license lets a user create and use agents; pay-as-you-go lets unlicensed users use agents, with usage billed to the Azure subscription.

Why that’s the answer

Microsoft’s requirements table is explicit: creating an agent needs a Copilot license and the ability to add files to the site, while configuring and interacting with an agent needs a license or pay-as-you-go billing. Her edit rights satisfy only one of the creation requirements, so pay-as-you-go gives her use but not creation.

How to reason it out
  1. List the two requirements to create an agent: license and edit rights.
  2. Check her situation: edit rights, no license.
  3. Recall that pay-as-you-go covers using agents.
  4. Conclude: use yes, create no.

Exam tip: SharePoint agents: license to create; license or pay-as-you-go to use.

AB-900 Copilot and Agent Features: Licensing vs Pay-As-You-Go, Admin Settings, Researcher and Analyst — the lesson that teaches this.

Question 4Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents

A company doesn’t yet know how many employees will regularly use agents grounded in company content. It wants to see real demand before committing to any per-user cost. Which purchasing model fits?

Choose one.

  • a
    Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses for the whole workforce

    Licenses are a fixed per-user monthly cost, which is the commitment the company wants to avoid before demand is known.

  • b
    Pay-as-you-go billing linked to an Azure subscription Correct

    Usage is billed only as it happens, and Microsoft lists establishing usage patterns before buying licenses as a main use case.

  • c
    Copilot self-service purchases set to Allow for everyone

    Self-service purchases still buy per-user licenses, just without admin approval. It doesn’t measure demand without cost.

  • d
    Microsoft 365 E5 licenses for the whole workforce

    E5 is a broader Microsoft 365 suite. It doesn’t include the Copilot add-on and is itself a per-user commitment.

The concept

Pay-as-you-go charges actual consumption to an Azure subscription; the Copilot license is a fixed monthly per-user charge.

Why that’s the answer

When demand is unknown, consumption billing avoids paying for seats that go unused, and the usage it records shows whether licenses would make financial sense later. Licenses, self-service license purchases and a suite upgrade all create per-user costs up front.

How to reason it out
  1. Note the uncertainty about how many people will use it.
  2. Note the constraint: no per-user commitment yet.
  3. Match consumption billing to unknown demand.
  4. Choose pay-as-you-go.

Exam tip: Unknown or occasional demand: pay-as-you-go. Known heavy users: licenses.

AB-900 Copilot and Agent Features: Licensing vs Pay-As-You-Go, Admin Settings, Researcher and Analyst — the lesson that teaches this.

Question 5Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents

Forty financial analysts use Copilot all day in Word, Excel and Teams meetings. In the same company, 2,000 warehouse staff without Copilot licenses occasionally ask one SharePoint agent about safety procedures. The company wants each group served at the lowest reasonable cost. Which two actions should the admin take? (Select TWO.)

Choose TWO.

  • a
    Set up pay-as-you-go billing so the analysts pay per use in Word

    Pay-as-you-go meters agents such as Copilot Chat and SharePoint agents. It doesn’t give the analysts the licensed Copilot experience in Word, Excel and Teams meetings.

  • b
    Assign Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses to the analysts Correct

    Daily use inside Word, Excel and Teams meetings needs the licensed in-app experience, which pay-as-you-go doesn’t provide.

  • c
    Set up pay-as-you-go billing for the warehouse staff’s agent use Correct

    A SharePoint agent is grounded in shared tenant data, so unlicensed staff can use it only through metered billing; occasional use makes per-use billing the cheap choice.

  • d
    Rely on the no-cost agent access in Copilot Chat for the warehouse staff

    Only agents built from instructions and public web content are free in Copilot Chat. An agent grounded in a SharePoint site uses shared tenant data, so it is metered and off by default for unlicensed users.

  • e
    Rebuild the safety agent in Agent Builder so the staff use it for free

    How the agent is built doesn’t change metering. It is still grounded in shared SharePoint content, so unlicensed users’ use is metered.

The concept

Match the purchasing model to the usage pattern: licenses for heavy users who need the in-app Copilot experience; pay-as-you-go for occasional agent use by unlicensed users.

Why that’s the answer

Two facts combine. First, pay-as-you-go covers metered agents such as Copilot Chat agents and SharePoint agents, not the licensed experience in Word, Excel and Teams meetings, so the analysts need licenses. Second, an agent grounded in shared tenant data is metered for unlicensed users whichever tool built it; only instruction and public-web agents are free. So the warehouse staff need pay-as-you-go, which for occasional use is far cheaper than 2,000 licenses. The cheapest-looking options for the warehouse staff fail because the free tier doesn’t cover tenant-grounded agents.

How to reason it out
  1. Split the scenario into two groups with different usage patterns.
  2. For the analysts, recall that in-app Copilot needs the license.
  3. For the warehouse staff, recall that a SharePoint-grounded agent is metered for unlicensed users, however it was built.
  4. Reject options that break either capability or cost.

Exam tip: Daily in-app users get licenses; tenant-grounded agents for unlicensed users need pay-as-you-go, never the free tier.

AB-900 Copilot and Agent Features: Licensing vs Pay-As-You-Go, Admin Settings, Researcher and Analyst — the lesson that teaches this.

Question 6Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents

A finance manager asks how charges differ between the Microsoft 365 Copilot license and Copilot pay-as-you-go. Which statement is accurate?

Choose one.

  • a
    The license bills each message to an Azure subscription; pay-as-you-go is a fixed monthly per-user charge

    This swaps the two models. The per-message, Azure-billed model is pay-as-you-go.

  • b
    The license is a fixed monthly per-user charge; pay-as-you-go is a prepaid annual commitment for the tenant

    Pay-as-you-go has no upfront commitment; it charges consumption after it happens.

  • c
    The license is a fixed monthly per-user charge; pay-as-you-go bills actual usage to an Azure subscription Correct

    This matches both models: licenses are per user per month, and pay-as-you-go meters usage against the Azure subscription named in the billing policy.

  • d
    The license and pay-as-you-go are both billed per message on the Microsoft 365 invoice

    Licenses aren’t billed per message, and pay-as-you-go charges go to an Azure subscription.

The concept

Copilot license: fixed per-user monthly price. Pay-as-you-go: consumption-based, charged through an Azure subscription via a billing policy.

Why that’s the answer

The license gives a named user Copilot for a predictable monthly price whatever their usage. Pay-as-you-go has no seat cost; usage is measured by Azure meters and billed to the Azure subscription that the billing policy points to. The distractors swap the models, invent a prepaid commitment, or put both on one invoice.

How to reason it out
  1. Recall how the license is priced: per user, per month.
  2. Recall where pay-as-you-go charges land: an Azure subscription.
  3. Reject statements that swap or merge the two.
  4. Pick the statement that keeps each model correct.

Exam tip: License = per seat. Pay-as-you-go = per use, billed through Azure.

AB-900 Copilot and Agent Features: Licensing vs Pay-As-You-Go, Admin Settings, Researcher and Analyst — the lesson that teaches this.

What AB-900 domain 3 tests, topic by topic

The official exam guide breaks Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents into 2 topics. The question bank follows the same split, so a weak topic shows up as a cluster of misses you can go back and read.

Published AB-900 practice questions per topic in Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents
TopicWhat it coversQuestions
Copilot and Agent Features and CapabilitiesOfficial AB-900 study guide, "Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents" (skills measured as of October 14, 2026). "Understand features and capabilities of Copilot and agents": Compare the built-in capabilities of Copilot and agents; Compare Copilot monthly license model to pay-as-you-go, including; Identify which Copilot features can be enabled or disabled; Identify use cases for Researcher; Identify use cases for Analyst; Identify use cases for custom agents.31
Copilot and Agent AdministrationOfficial AB-900 study guide, "Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents" (skills measured as of October 14, 2026). "Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot": Assign Copilot licenses; Monitor and manage Copilot pay-as-you-go billing policies; Monitor Copilot usage and adoption, including Copilot Analytics and the Microsoft 365 admin center; Manage prompts, including saving, sharing, scheduling, and deleting. "Perform basic administrative tasks for agents": Identify how to configure user access to agents; Create an agent; Understand approval process for agents; Monitor agents, including usage, operational insights, and agent lifecycle, by working with the Microsoft 365 admin center and the.31
Total62

Revise Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents before you drill it

AB-900 Copilot and Agent Features: Licensing vs Pay-As-You-Go, Admin Settings, Researcher and AnalystExpect short admin scenarios that state a requirement and a constraint, then ask which license model, setting, policy value or Copilot experience meets it. Typical constraints are whether users hold a Copilot license, whether an agent uses public web content or shared tenant data, whether a person needs to create or only use an agent, whether a control must be enforced or only a default, and what must stay available. Know the near-twins: Copilot Chat vs the Microsoft 365 Copilot license, license vs pay-as-you-go, free vs metered agents, Copilot Frontier vs Targeted release, the three self-service purchase options, the four Teams meeting Copilot values, Researcher vs Analyst vs standard Copilot, and Agent Builder vs Copilot Studio vs SharePoint agents. Harder items combine two rules, such as who is billed and whose permissions apply, and a few ask you to select two answers. Prices and usage caps aren't needed.AB-900 Copilot and Agent Administration: Licenses, Pay-As-You-Go Billing, Usage Reports, Prompts and Agent GovernanceExpect short admin scenarios that state a requirement plus a constraint, typically about privilege, scope, cost, timing or reversibility, and then ask which admin center, role, setting, report or lifecycle action meets it. Know the near-twins: License Administrator vs Billing Administrator, per-user vs group-based license assignment, Microsoft 365 roles vs Azure Owner/Contributor for billing policies, budget alerts vs a spending cap, the usage report vs the readiness report vs the Copilot Dashboard, enabled vs active users, saved vs shared vs scheduled vs organizational prompts, agent User access vs Agent and plugin access vs Sharing, audience vs preinstall in the publishing wizard, block vs delete vs uninstall, and Assign new owner vs Add owner. Harder items combine two facts, such as which admin center sees which agents and what fills the gap, and a few ask you to select two answers. Prices and Copilot Credit rates aren't needed.

Other AB-900 domains

Domain 1: Identify the core features and objects of Microsoft 365 services33% of the exam · 70 questionsDomain 2: Understand data protection and governance tasks for Microsoft 365 and Copilot38% of the exam · 82 questionsAll AB-900 practice questionsMixed sessions across all 3 domains — the way the real exam interleaves them.

Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents: your questions

Perform basic administrative tasks for Copilot and agents is domain 3 of the AB-900 exam guide and carries 29% of the scored content — the lightest of the 3 domains. On a 45-question paper that works out to roughly 13 questions, though Microsoft Azure does not publish an exact per-domain count and individual exam forms vary.

Source

The domain weight and topic list on this page come from the official AB-900 exam guide.