New features from Microsoft set to help organizations detect risky usage of AI

Here are two new features from Microsoft which will enhance the detection of risky AI usage and generative AI interactions. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is introducing new detections for risky AI usage. This update will enhance the ability of administrators to identify risky AI usage within their organizations. The new detections will cover both intentional and unintentional insider risk activities related to generative AI applications, including risky prompts containing sensitive information or intent and sensitive responses generated from sensitive files or sites. The detections will apply to M365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and ChatGPT Enterprise, contributing to Adaptive Protection insider risk levels. Using IRM  administrators can gain insights into risky AI usage in an anonymized form using analytics, create policies to track risky prompts and sensitive responses, and use the new generative AI indicators in adaptive protection to assess user risk scores. Microsoft P...

Breakout rooms coming to Teams soon

This is one of the features I have been looking forward to, and will be most useful in remote teaching and training. With breakout rooms coming to Teams, we get a great way to split classes into smaller groups for collaborative work. All of them supervised by a teacher/trainer who can monitor all rooms at the same time, or easily pop in/out of the sessions for support or questions.

The feature is associated with the roadmap item 65332, and according to a message in the admin center recently, it should be rolling out this month. The doesn't come with separate administrative controls, but the users need the right to start private meetings and channel meetings in order to control these features in the meeting.