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19 Jun: SharePoint Advanced Management & Data Access Governance: Preparing SharePoint for the AI Era

As organisations adopt Microsoft 365 Copilot, governance has become more important than ever. In this second article of my SharePoint Permissions series, I explore how SharePoint Advanced Management and Data Access Governance help organisations understand ownership, reduce oversharing, improve access reviews, and build confidence that the right people have access to the right information in an AI-powered workplace.

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12 Jun: Copilot Doesn’t Create Your Permissions Problem. It Reveals It.

As organisations embrace Microsoft Copilot and AI, permissions management has become more important than ever. The challenge isn’t that Copilot creates new security risks—it simply shines a brighter light on the permissions, sharing links, and access decisions that already exist within your Microsoft 365 environment. In this first article of our governance series, I explore the roles of Site Owners and SharePoint Administrators, the risks of oversharing, and how tools such as SharePoint Advanced Management, Data Access Governance, Access Reviews, sharing controls, and sensitivity labels can help organisations prepare for the age of AI.

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22 May: Copilot Will Expose Your Permissions Problem: Why Site Owners Must Take Control

Copilot is about to expose the permissions problems many organisations never realised they had. In this webinar, Brett Lonsdale explores why traditional IT-led governance models are no longer enough, how oversharing and stale content create serious AI risks, and why empowering SharePoint Site Owners is now essential for Copilot readiness and Microsoft 365 governance.