Chatting about Purview, eDiscovery, Copilot and more with Tom O’Connor
Just a little light conversation about eDiscovery, Microsoft 365, Copilot, etc., before you head out to your holiday weekend.
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So much news from Ignite 2025
I’ve only had time to watch the keynote today, and I’m already overwhelmed by the number of announced changes coming to M365 – almost all of which involve AI of some sort.
If you want to see the firehose, you can check out the Book of News.
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Worth Reading – Enabling Knowledge Agents in SharePoint: Pain control
I will admit, as interesting as SharePoint knowledge agents are, enabling them wasn’t very simple for a PowerShell novice like myself.
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Who asked for this?
As I’ve said many times, Microsoft has invested too much money in AI to let users opt out of using it, even if it does ruin everything Microsoft has been known for.
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Worth Reading – Skilling snack: Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
If you’re rolling out Copilot at work and looking for ways to teach people about using it, this might also be a good place to start.
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Worth Reading – Moving sales, service, and finance to the Frontier with Microsoft 365 Copilot
I want to be charitable and say that this doesn’t reek slightly of desperation, but is instead a strategic decision, possibly to be followed by a price increase next year. Or even that they are trying to lessen the confusion around the different versions of Copilot.
Then I counted the number of “Try Copilot Chat Now!” buttons on that page and immediately realized how desperate they are to get people to use Copilot.
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Worth Reading – Microsoft delays plan to let Copilot see your Teams screen
We may never know if Microsoft is delaying this in response to privacy concerns voiced by its customers, but we do know that many customers had strong reservations about this feature. Yet another thing for law firms and other industries where confidential information is discussed in meetings to be aware of.
