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

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...

Become a Microsoft MVP for Teams!

I was recently asked by my program manager if I could write a few words about becoming an MVP.

The answer was published in a post announcing the upcoming Teams MVP contribution area. Apparently, they will be announcing the first Teams MVPs at Ignite in a few weeks.

Read all about it, including comments form other MVP as well as mine.

Become a Microsoft MVP for Teams!: The Microsoft Teams Product Group values any and all community participation. Some of our community members write blogs and share others blogs via their social media channels.  They participate here in the Microsoft Tech Community answering questions, starting amazing conversations, and sharing tips...