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Microsoft Sustainability Manager plans

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Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability includes two plans for Microsoft Sustainability Manager:

  • Microsoft Sustainability Manager Essentials
  • Microsoft Sustainability Manager Premium

These plans offer your organization greater flexibility and choices in sustainability reporting and management and aligning with your unique goals. They provide tailored solutions to empower your organization on its sustainability journey. This article provides a high-level overview of the features and capabilities of both plans and the updated trial experience. It helps you understand which plan best suits your sustainability reporting and management needs.

Features included in each plan

The following table shows which features are available with each plan and the trial version.

Product area and feature Essentials Premium Trial
Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability data model
Carbon x x
Water x x
Waste x x
Energy x x
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Copilot in Microsoft Sustainability Manager x x
Dataverse capacity Database 10 GB
File 20 GB
Log 2 GB		 Database 50 GB
File 20 GB
Log 2 GB
Data ingestion x x x
Power BI dashboards x x x
Goals x x x
Collaboration via Teams x x x
Audit and traceability p p x
ESG value chain solution c
Allocation x x
Custom dimensions x x x
Workflow approvals x x x
Data provider connectors x x x
Report versioning x x
What-if analysis x x
Microsoft Sustainability Manager climate
Intelligent invoice scanning c x
(25,000 AI Builder
capacity included)
Scope 1 calculations x x x
Scope 2 calculations x x x
Scope 3 calculations (1-9, 12, 13) x x x
Scope 3 calculations (10, 11, 14, 15) x x
Carbon estimation calculations x x x
Carbon fee x x
Factor libraries
ADEME x x x
EPA x x x
EXIOBASE x x x
IPCC x x x
IEA x x
DEFRA x x x
EU energy factors x x x
Taiwan Ministry of Environment x x x
Australian NGA x x x
Microsoft Sustainability Manager water
Water accounting (quantity) x x x
Wastewater effluent tracking (quality) x x x
Water quantity estimations x x x
Water regulatory reports x x x
Water intensity KPIs x x
Microsoft Sustainability Manager waste
Waste generation and disposal tracking (quantity) x x x
Emissions related to waste (scope 3 category 5) x x x
Circularity (input material) x x x
Circularity (finished good) x x x
Waste intensity KPIs x x

x - included, c - consumption-based, p - platform only for custom build (no capacity).

Features planned for 2023 release wave 2

The following table shows the 2023 release wave 2 features available with each plan and the trial version.

Product area and feature Essentials Premium Trial
Estimate waste generation when data is unavailable x x x
Set carbon fee in Sustainability Manager x x
Trace activity data for emissions records x x x
Restate emissions from previous cycles x x
Easily resolve and reduce data import errors x x x
View circularity metrics x x x
Ingest product circularity data x x x
Meet disclosure standards with expanded reporting x x x
View emissions trends with generated insights x x
Assess and report circularity metrics x x x

x - included, c - consumption-based, p - platform only for custom build (no capacity).

Trial experience

We updated the trial experience based on the Sustainability Manager plans. When you sign up for a new Sustainability Manager trial, you now get access to Microsoft Sustainability Manager Premium for 30 days.

After the trial period, if you acquire licenses for Microsoft Sustainability Manager Premium, you can convert to production.

If you purchase Microsoft Sustainability Manager Essentials, premium data doesn't display in your environment. The data for the premium features isn't removed, but it's no longer visible. If you purchase Microsoft Sustainability Manager Premium after November 1, 2023, you can get functionality added back by updating your environment via Power Platform Admin Center or Microsoft Cloud Solution Center.

Microsoft Sustainability Manager Essentials customer capabilities

With Microsoft Sustainability Manager Essentials, you have access to emissions data for premium categories (scope 3 category 10, 11, 14, and 15), including ingestion of precalculated emissions. Ingestion and calculation capabilities using the underlying activity and reference data sets are part of Microsoft Sustainability Manager Premium and aren't available in Microsoft Sustainability Manager Essentials.

The activity and reference data for these categories aren't deleted.

Reporting and insights pages don't show any previously imported activity data and associated calculated emissions for premium data sets for Microsoft Sustainability Manager Essentials customers.

Upgrade process

The upgrade process is handled through licensing. Customers who choose Microsoft Sustainability Manager Premium can add the new features via Solution Center or Power Platform admin center.

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