Beyond the Prompt: Understanding and Managing AI Tokenization
Discover how AI tokens influence cost, performance, and scalability
What You'll Learn:
AI services are rapidly shifting toward consumption-based pricing—making cost visibility and governance essential. This webinar explains how credits, tokens, capacity units, and usage-based billing work across Azure, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Security Copilot, Work IQ, Copilot Cowork, Microsoft Scout, and Claude Cowork.
Attendees will learn how to:
- Compare major AI pricing and consumption models
- Estimate costs for light, medium, and complex workloads
- Set budgets, spending caps, alerts, and access controls
- Monitor usage and identify high-cost models, agents, and tools
- Pilot AI services safely before scaling organization-wide
Who Should Attend:
Ideal for IT leaders, administrators, security teams, and technology decision-makers seeking to maximize AI value while preventing unexpected costs.
Meet Your Host:
Stephen brings more than 35 years of technical experience to Envision. He began his career delivering NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows XP certification courses at New Horizons and California State University. After several years leading his own consulting firm, he was invited to Redmond, Washington, to oversee IT professional readiness for the Microsoft Windows 7 launch. During the subsequent 15 years, he supported organizations in planning, piloting, deploying, managing, securing, and driving adoption of Windows, Microsoft 365, Teams, and Copilot prior to joining Envision Technology Advisors as their Chief Technology Officer in 2026.