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...

Teams native federation being rolled out

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This feature was announced earlier this year, but have taken some time to get implemented. This feature will give users a richer experience when chatting with users outside of the home tenant with federated functionality.

However, not all users are eligible for this feature. The official documentation has been updated with a description of how it is expected to work: Microsoft Docs

The short story is: Both users must be in a tenant set in "Teams Only" mode, and have these same settings themselves. You know this is the case when you can use features like @mentions, rich text and emojis in the chat.

According to the road-map, this feature should be well on the way to your tenants and land no later than "early December": 52394