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GitHub Copilot Code Review now available for Azure Repos with per-review billing and 48-hour cost lag
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Microsoft opened GitHub Copilot code review for Azure Repos to all Azure DevOps customers, billing per review through the linked Azure subscription with charges appearing in Cost Management 48 hours later.
Teams on Azure Repos gain AI-assisted code review without migrating to GitHub, but the billing model carries operational risk: budgets only notify and cannot stop reviews, and the 48-hour reporting delay means costs can accumulate for two days before appearing anywhere. Concurrency limits of five reviews per organization could also queue reviews in busy teams.
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Copilot code review is now available for Azure Repos to all Azure DevOps customers, removing the sign-up gate from June.
Reviews bill per use through the linked Azure subscription, with charges appearing 48 hours later and budgets only notifying rather than blocking further reviews.
The feature runs on Azure Pipelines infrastructure with concurrency limits of five reviews per organization, two per user, and one per pull request.
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