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Mastering Copilot Studio Governance

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Episode 17 of "Guardians of Microsoft 365 Governance" featured hosts MVPs Christian Buckley, Joy Apple and Ragnar Heil discussing Copilot Studio governance with guest Matthias Einig, CEO of Rencore.

Agent Sprawl Crisis: Organizations are experiencing explosive growth in Copilot Studio agents - one customer already has 20,000 agents in just six months. Unlike traditional M365 Copilot's flat-rate pricing, the pay-as-you-go model creates cost control concerns when agents are shared organization-wide.

Lifecycle Management Gap: Current Microsoft tools lack proper lifecycle management for agents. The new Copilot Control Center helps but doesn't scale for thousands of agents. Organizations need automated policies for unused agents, approval workflows for high-risk deployments, and chargeback models to assign costs to appropriate departments.

From Data to Agents: While M365 Copilot governance focuses on cleaning underlying SharePoint/OneDrive data and permissions, Copilot Studio requires governing the agents themselves - their access scope, sharing permissions, and risk profiles throughout their lifecycle.

Risk-Based Approach: Organizations are implementing policies like requiring special approval for agents shared with 100+ users, but these are often only checked at creation, not monitored ongoing. Risk assessment should consider both data sensitivity and audience size.

Automated Governance: Rencore demonstrated upcoming capabilities including cost tracking per agent, usage analytics, automated cleanup of unused agents after 30 days, access reviews, and policy violations detection. The platform provides visibility into agent conversations, knowledge sources, and cross-connections between components.

Cultural Shift: Unlike the COVID-era "deploy first, govern later" approach that created current data chaos, organizations are taking more measured approaches to AI adoption, recognizing that proper governance enables rather than hinders innovation.

The episode emphasized that successful Copilot governance requires treating it as an ongoing process, not a one-time "readiness" checklist, with automation becoming crucial as both governance tools and AI agents operate autonomously.

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Episode 17 of "Guardians of Microsoft 365 Governance" featured hosts MVPs Christian Buckley, Joy Apple and Ragnar Heil discussing Copilot Studio governance with guest Matthias Einig, CEO of Rencore.

Agent Sprawl Crisis: Organizations are experiencing explosive growth in Copilot Studio agents - one customer already has 20,000 agents in just six months. Unlike traditional M365 Copilot's flat-rate pricing, the pay-as-you-go model creates cost control concerns when agents are shared organization-wide.

Lifecycle Management Gap: Current Microsoft tools lack proper lifecycle management for agents. The new Copilot Control Center helps but doesn't scale for thousands of agents. Organizations need automated policies for unused agents, approval workflows for high-risk deployments, and chargeback models to assign costs to appropriate departments.

From Data to Agents: While M365 Copilot governance focuses on cleaning underlying SharePoint/OneDrive data and permissions, Copilot Studio requires governing the agents themselves - their access scope, sharing permissions, and risk profiles throughout their lifecycle.

Risk-Based Approach: Organizations are implementing policies like requiring special approval for agents shared with 100+ users, but these are often only checked at creation, not monitored ongoing. Risk assessment should consider both data sensitivity and audience size.

Automated Governance: Rencore demonstrated upcoming capabilities including cost tracking per agent, usage analytics, automated cleanup of unused agents after 30 days, access reviews, and policy violations detection. The platform provides visibility into agent conversations, knowledge sources, and cross-connections between components.

Cultural Shift: Unlike the COVID-era "deploy first, govern later" approach that created current data chaos, organizations are taking more measured approaches to AI adoption, recognizing that proper governance enables rather than hinders innovation.

The episode emphasized that successful Copilot governance requires treating it as an ongoing process, not a one-time "readiness" checklist, with automation becoming crucial as both governance tools and AI agents operate autonomously.

  continue reading

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