Safeguarding Sensitive Data in Microsoft 365 Copilot with Purview DLP (GA Release)

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The challenge with sensitive data and access to Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot empowers users with AI-driven assistance across Microsoft 365 apps, but it also raises concerns about accidental oversharing of sensitive information. In response, Microsoft has extended its Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capabilities to Microsoft 365 Copilot, allowing organizations to enforce information protection policies within AI workflows. The DLP for Microsoft 365 Copilot has been in preview for some time, but Microsoft has now announced it is released for GA (General Availability). Among some of the interesting features are new features like alerting and policy simulation. Key details:  Rollout Timeline: As of June 2025, the rollout has begun. It should be completed worldwide by late July 2025. Scope: Initially, DLP for Copilot was available for Copilot Chat scenarios. By the time of GA this is expanding to Copilot in core Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well. Ensuring that DLP prote...

get-userandpolicy V1.1 released

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I just updated my get-userandpolicy script at the Technet Gallery (here)

This version of the script can edit the assigned policy of multiple users with a few simple clicks.

Here is an example of how I edited my own voice policy in our demo system:

First I run the .\get-userandpolicy.ps1 -changepolicy -voice policy:


Next, i am presented with a gridview of all my voice enabled users, and I selected two of them:


After selecting my users, I press ok. Next I am presented with a new gridview. This time with all my policies:


I selected the policy I wanted to switch to, and pressed ok. Then, watch the verbose output:


In the end, I ran the script again, but with the -listuser switch, to verify the change was executed:


Hope you find my script ant tool useful. Please let me know if you find any bugs or have any suggestions on improvements.