Copilot Notebooks available in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for Basic users

🚨 The Signal: Copilot Notebooks, a persistent AI workspace, is now available to basic Copilot Chat users. Content is stored in SharePoint Embedded, increasing the scope of AI-generated data requiring governance.

The Impact

All users with basic Copilot Chat are affected, increasing the risk of unmanaged AI-generated content and potential data sprawl.

  • Security Teams: Increased data governance complexity for AI-generated content.
  • Data Owners: New locations for sensitive information within SharePoint Embedded.
  • Compliance Officers: Potential for unclassified or ungoverned data in Copilot Notebooks.
  • Admins: Need to manage storage and access for new SharePoint Embedded containers.

The Action

  1. Review and update Microsoft Purview data governance policies to include SharePoint Embedded containers (Loop).
  2. Educate users on appropriate data handling and classification within Copilot Notebooks.
  3. Monitor SharePoint admin center for 'Loop' containers to understand data growth and access patterns.
  4. Assess existing data retention labels for applicability to Copilot Notebooks content.

Impact: high · Workload: Microsoft Purview