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Disclaimer: Since you described your issue in English, I will also provide my response in English, even though the support site you are using is based in fr-fr. If you prefer a French response, please feel free to let me know.
Dear @Bertrand Goapper,
I completely understand your frustration and the challenges this presents, especially as an independent consultant and Microsoft Certified Trainer looking to evaluate Microsoft Scout before recommending it to your clients.
I want to be completely upfront with you regarding the licensing situation. Currently, Microsoft does not have any public documentation detailing a minimum 10-license requirement for GitHub Copilot Business from our side. Our official documentation only lists an active GitHub Copilot Business or Enterprise license as a prerequisite for handling the external AI credit billing paths used by Microsoft Scout.
Because GitHub manages and dictates its own standalone licensing structures and multi-seat minimums, this 10-license constraint is enforced directly on the GitHub platform side rather than through the Microsoft 365 admin center.
What you can do next:
- Contact GitHub Support/Sales directly: Since this purchase minimum is governed by their billing ecosystem, reaching out to GitHub Sales or opening a ticket with GitHub Support is your best avenue to see if they can offer an exception or a specific single-user evaluation path for your tenant. Please refer to this document: Creating a support ticket.
- Open a Microsoft 365 Support Ticket: You can absolutely flag this via your Microsoft 365 Admin Center to raise internal awareness about how this restriction impacts small organizations, independent consultants, and partners looking to adopt Frontier preview features. To raise a ticket, please refer to the following: Get support - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn
Please be aware that opening a standard Microsoft 365 support ticket may not result in a direct solution or workaround, as our support engineering teams cannot bypass or alter the underlying transactional rules set by GitHub's commerce engine.
I truly appreciate you taking the time to share this critical feedback with the community, as it sheds light on a very real hurdle that other MCTs and small businesses face when trying to explore the new Microsoft Scout preview.