Office 365 - Copilot

Copilot for Microsoft 365: Datacenter Investments, Customer Spend, and Black Hat Exploits

Tony Redmond — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Market analysts question if companies like Microsoft will ever generate a return on their AI investment. That hasn't stopped Microsoft spending $19 billion in FY24 Q4, so they must be hopeful. Meanwhile, at Black Hat USA 2024, a presentation exploring some vulnerabilities in Copilot should make all Microsoft 365 tenants with Copilot consider how to secure their organization better.

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Practical Graph: Using GitHub Copilot for Microsoft 365 PowerShell Development

Tony Redmond — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000

GitHub Copilot costs $10/month. At that price level, anyone working with PowerShell should try out the AI assistance to see if it helps. But will GitHub Copilot work well with Microsoft 365 PowerShell modules like Exchange Online and the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. That's what we tested and report on here.

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Securing Microsoft 365 Data from Unauthorized Generative AI Applications

Karin Skapski — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

With the rise of generative AI comes an increased risk of organizational data leakage. This article explores recommendations to secure Microsoft 365 data from unauthorized generative AI applications.

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Block Copilot Access to Individual Office Documents

Tony Redmond — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

A new sensitivity label setting blocks access to content services for Office applications. In effect, this stops any feature that depends on the ability to send content to Microsoft for processing, including Copilot for Microsoft 365, DLP, text prediction, and so on. It's a precise item-level block that protects sensitive documents from being consumed and used by Copilot in the text that it generates.

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Practical Protection: Protecting Your Enterprise Against Microsoft Recall

Paul Robichaux — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Microsoft already announced two sets of pre-release changes to Microsoft Recall that address some of its security issues. And there will undoubtedly be more. In this blog, we review your options to protect your organization against Microsoft Recall.

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Practical Graph: Report SharePoint Online Files in a Document Library

Tony Redmond — Mon, 06 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000

This article describes creating a SharePoint Online files report using the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK. While keeping digital debris online might have been unimportant in the past, it's something that can wreak havoc in the era of generative AI when tools like Copilot for Microsoft 365 are happy to consume obsolete and inaccurate material.

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Copilot gets more Data Controls, and MVP Jon Jarvis joins to Discuss: Should you Manage all Your Devices with Intune?: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E15

Steve Goodman — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:11:06 +0000

On Season 4, Episode 15 it's a trio of MVPs, as Steve and Paul are joined by UK MVP Jon Jarvis to discuss Intune & the criticality of making sure you onboard devices. And a show wouldn't be complete with an mention of AI! We discuss a new feature that helps you restrict what Copilot can search and use from your SharePoint sites.

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Exploit Microsoft 365 Usage Data to Decide Who Should Get Copilot for Microsoft 365 Licenses

Tony Redmond — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000

It can be difficult to decide who should get expensive Copilot for Microsoft 365 licenses. This article describes how to use PowerShell to extract and analyze Microsoft 365 usage reports to help make the decision. It's always best to make decisions based on data rather than emotions!

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Exchange Online Changes, Copilot + Viva plus Identity Migration with Becky Cross: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E14

Steve Goodman — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 19:20:28 +0000

In this episode of the Practical 365 Podcast, Steve and Rich are joined by Becky Cross to discuss Hybrid Identity Migration, new Exchange On-Premises cumulative updates, Azure OpenAI features, and more!

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AI Security & Safety – Microsoft Gives Us Their Expert View, Plus Copilot Goes Far and Wide: The Practical 365 Podcast S4 E12

Steve Goodman — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 20:02:05 +0000

In this week's episode of the Practical 365 Podcast, Steve Goodman and Rich Dean welcome Microsoft CVP, Yonatan Zunger to talk through AI Security & Safety, including how you can get Copilot today.

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