Regaining Control Over Unmanaged GenAI Apps: New Microsoft Purview Enhancements in Edge

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Many organizations are growing increasingly concerned about the widespread use of unsanctioned Generative AI (GenAI) tools. These apps, often accessed through unmanaged browsers, pose significant risks to data security and compliance. To help with this, Microsoft is now updating some features in  Microsoft Purview that will enhance policy enforcement for unmanaged cloud apps accessed via the Edge browser.  What’s Changing? Previously, enforcing Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Collection policies required manual creation of Edge configuration policies. These policies were often complex and needed to be scoped correctly to block unsupported browsers or apply protections. With this update, Microsoft automates much of that process: Collection Policies now apply directly within Edge without needing a separate blocking configuration. DLP Policies automatically generate Edge configuration policies that align with the scope of the DLP rules. DLP policies can operate in two mode...

Copilot Pages: A New way of sharing and interacting with your data generated with Copilot

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Back in November 2024, Microsoft Copilot users signed in with an Entra account started getting the new feature called Copilot Pages. Copilot Pages offers a dynamic, persistent canvas within Copilot chat, designed to enhance multi-player collaboration.

With Copilot Pages, you can share and improve the responses you get from Copilot. This feature is great start on evolving Copilot from an individual tool to a collaborative experience.

You can easily return to a page by clicking the link in chat or the Open Page icon at the top of the associated Copilot session. Additionally, all your pages are accessible in the Pages module on Microsoft365.com, where you can continue to collaborate with others. Created pages are stored in a user-owned SharePoint Embedded container, which is managed with the user account and deleted when the account is removed.

The feature was turned on by default, but there are ways for IT administrators to manage it. The full details are available on Microsoft Learn, but here is a brief description for your convenience:

Steps to Manage Copilot Pages:

  • Sign in to https://config.office.com with your admin credentials.
  • Navigate to Customization and select Policy Management.
  • Create or edit a policy configuration.
  • Choose the scope (All users or specific groups).
  • Configure Settings:
    • Enabled: Copilot chat experience is available.
    • Disabled: Copilot chat experience isn't available.
    • Not configured: Copilot chat experience is available.
  • Save the policy configuration.
  • Reassign priority for any security group if required.

Changes to policy configurations may take up to 90 minutes to reflect if there were existing policies, or up to 24 hours if there were no prior configurations.