How Microsoft Purview DLP currently can help you protect confidential data in Copilot.

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Organizations today face a difficult balancing act. Business leaders are eager to adopt tools like Microsoft Copilot to unlock productivity and innovation. Meanwhile, IT and security teams are concerned about safeguarding sensitive information, especially as AI-driven features process vast amounts of organizational data. This tension is real: enabling advanced capabilities without compromising compliance or data protection is a challenge every modern enterprise must solve. Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is a key solution to this problem. It provides mechanisms to prevent confidential data from being exposed or misused, even in scenarios involving AI. I want to highlight two features designed to help organizations in controlling what is being processed by Copilot. Blocking Documents Based on Sensitivity Labels One of the foundational features of Purview DLP is its ability to enforce policies based on Microsoft Information Protection sensitivity labels. If your organization...

Microsoft 365 Copilot Audio Overviews: A New Way to Engage with your Content

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Audio overviews powered by Copilot

I think we all knew this some time ago, the speed at which new AI related news and updates are coming will only accelerate. Here is yet another change in how we can and will interact with our documents in Microsoft 365 Office. Associated with no less than 5 roadmap Items, Microsoft is releasing a new user-centric feature: audio overviews powered by Copilot. The rollout started in May and is probably on it's way to your users as you read this post. 

What does it do:

With a simple prompt in the Copilot chat pane, users can generate an audio overview, a narrated summary or a dynamic dialogue between two virtual hosts like a discussion on a podcast (Microsoft's description, not mine). These hosts don’t just read content; they analyze, connect ideas, and even banter, making the experience engaging and digestible.

Users be able to customize the experience with the following choices:
  • Choose between one or two speakers
  • Adjust the tone (concise, informative, or playful)
  • Set the length (short, medium, or long)
The feature will be integrated into tools you already use: Word, Teams, OneDrive, and Copilot Notebooks, making it accessible wherever you work.

Timeline

As I mentioned, this updated is related to 5 separate roadmap items (487423, 478649, 485747, 487854 and 490051), and will probably not be implemented all at once. My understanding is that the first features have stared rolling out already, but it will not be completed until the Late June or July. According to the message center, there will be three waves:
  • May 2025: Available in English for Word (web & desktop), OneDrive (web), and Copilot Notebooks (web)
  • June 2025: Expands to Teams (desktop & mobile) and OneDrive (mobile)
  • June 2025: Customization options for audio overviews arrive in Word
You can read more about all of this in detail in this newsletter.

As with many of these features, they will light up automatically for users without any admin actions required. But the feature does require a Copilot license. I do recommend updating your training material and maybe share some news internally to your users, so they know how it works and how it can help them.