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...

Best practice configurations dashboard in Teams

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For me, this is a tale as old as time, at least as long as I have been working with real-time media. Large organizations typically have complex networks with switches, routers, and firewalls. These networks can be challenging to troubleshoot when issues arise.

There are various reasons for failures, and sometimes resolving one issue leads to the emergence of another. Microsoft aims to help administrators in understanding these issues better by collecting end-user diagnostics and presenting them in a new tool called the "Best Practice Configuration Dashboard."

In my opinion, this tool will not solve all your problems, and you will still need to identify where in the network the issues may lie. However, it will provide a better understanding of some of the most basic issues. The Dashboard currently offers insights into client versioning (suggesting updates), explains which ports are being blocked for end-users (causing failures or reduced quality and functionality), and detects if VPNs are in use, suggesting split tunneling where appropriate.

This feature is mentioned in Roadmap ID 421185 and is expected to roll out at the end of this month and onward.