If you haven’t seen some of the Copilot announcements from the last few weeks, I’m happy that you were able to disconnect so wholly. Good for you. 😉
For the rest of us, this new Windows Copilot+ Recall feature went from announcement to backlash, with Microsft promising to remove some of the features in just a few days.
This Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows’ New Recall AI
Windows won’t take screenshots of everything you do after all — unless you opt in.
That’s quite the whirlwind. Admittedly, it was a deserved whirlwind. I’m not sure who at Microsoft thought customers, especially business customers, would gleefully buy a PC that would take screenshots of everything we do on our PCs.
Of course, there was more Copilot stuff, starting with the new AI hub.
These were some of the more interesting Copilot items to me:
New agent capabilities in Microsoft Copilot unlock business value. - I’ve been asked repeatedly whether Copilot could populate a SharePoint list or tag documents in SharePoint based on the content. Maybe, eventually. It’ll be interesting to see how Microsoft evolves Copilot to complete tasks automatically and whether customers trust it.
That link also mentions Team Copilot. Here’s more on that:
Microsoft to launch Team Copilot to offer teams and groups some generative AI assistance.
This is an interesting resource for starting with Copilot:
Have you used Copilot with Forms yet? - How to use Copilot with Microsoft Forms.
Those who may need to investigate Copilot misuse one day might find this interesting. - Copilot Audit Records Now Capture Details of Resources Used.
What Copilot features are you excited about? Which ones seem too creepy?
I thought this was an excellent place to start with Purview eDiscovery. and OneDrive if you’re not familiar with the options and a good excuse to share another video from Peter this month:
Also, for the eDiscovery pros who need to collect meeting transcripts:
Teams Meeting Transcripts Stored in OneDrive for Business.
Greg Buckles is tracking which providers are integrating with Purview eDiscovery if you’re interested in that sort of thing. - Purview eDiscovery Integration Partners
This change in SharePoint with versions will impact what’s available for discovery. It’s important that we are aware of what our SharePoint settings look like.
Are the security tools in M365 good enough for you?
Which security tools are you using? Do you agree that they aren’t a joke anymore? Have you replaced any third-party tools with native ones?
Finally, I am a big fan of SharePoint lists. They’re just so flexible. Here’s some good information about them:
That’s it for this month’s news. I will spend a little time this week digging into meeting transcripts again. Let’s see if the change to storage in OneDrive has been rolled out to my tenant and if it’s everything we expect it to be.
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