Major SharePoint Update Adds Another Copilot

A new AI tool has been added to SharePoint and will have a BIG impact on your organization. This video goes through all the details.
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[@chap666ish]

I'm just starting a (12 month+) migration project (file shares into SharePoint) for an organisation so we're still only at the content analysis stage. Clearly I'm keen to learn whether we should factor this new feature into the project but equally clearly Microsoft haven't provided anything like enough information nor can they be trusted with their timeline guestimates. However, I don't want to be three quarters through and then discover that damn Co-pilot rendered meaningless a lot of the decisions we made. But one thing immediately concerns me - all this talk of users being able to configure their own co-pilots indicates to me a whole skill-set and confidence level that most ordinary users do not possess.

[@stevecorey365]

This shouldn't be factored into any migration plans that you have at the moment. As for skillset, I think this will be very accessible for the average user. The videos that came out at the Build conference show this being very easy. The demos I've seen in those Build videos tell me any average user would be able to handle it.

[@dyslexorx0x0]

The impact would be more satisfying for me if the copiolet also utilized list data. This approach would allow user and employee platforms to address personalized inquiries, such as checking available PTO hours versus understanding the PTO policy. While we store a significant amount of user data in lists, security concerns do remain about copoilet.

[@stevecorey365]

Fair point! I know you can add list data via Copilot Studio, so there's an easy fix. Remember, you can customize these basic copilots in Copilot Studio to add in whatever you need. That'll convert it into a proper custom copilot.

[@joshrice4709]

Interesting. If I'm understanding correctly, it seems like instead of one central copilot for your tenant, you'd have a bunch of decentralized copilots limited to a single site? The only thing I don't like is I feel this encourages folks to bulk up a small number of sites, to ensure the maximum number of docs fall under a copilots "scope". An ideal in my mind would be an internal version of Edge's copilot, set it up on a Hub and it covers all hubs and sites below that. Maybe I'm mistaken and this already exists? Either way, exciting stuff!

[@stevecorey365]

I think an intranet-specific copilot is needed, than spans all sites in that hub network. Other than that, site-specific copilot sound good. Maybe in some cases, like HR sites, a site-specific copilot is crucial. I agree, though, this IS very exciting stuff!!

[@rob7056]

Hey thanks for the video. Will it only be available for users who have a copilot licence?

[@stevecorey365]

Licensing requirements haven't been released yet. I think we'll see this as a free feature, knowing that it'll likely lead to the tenant Copilot Studio license ($200/mo/tenant)

[@rob7056]

@@stevecorey365 That would make sense. Thanks for the quick response 😊

[@rp26101]

It won’t be long until it is Copilot overkill. Microsoft doesn’t care as they love that sprawl.

[@stevecorey365]

It's all about making Copilot available in every user and admin experience. I think it'll be a good thing, considering users tend to have trouble finding content via MS Search.

[@cvkealey]

Please, please, please just don't enable this by default, Microsoft! While I see the potential benefits, tenant and site admins should be the ones deciding if this should be available to users.

[@stevecorey365]

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed!

[@franknielsen3219]

Wow 😮😮😮

[@stevecorey365]

Yeah! It's pretty big news, right? Sounds very fun, but not from a governance perspective 🤣