Microsoft Viva: GitHub Copilot spend and usage insights in Copilot Analytics

🚨 The Signal: GitHub Copilot spend and usage insights are now available in Viva Insights. This provides visibility into AI tool adoption and credit consumption, enabling better governance of AI investments and usage within the organisation.

The Impact

Administrators and managers are affected by new visibility into GitHub Copilot usage, posing a low security risk related to data exposure.

• Global Administrators: Can view tenant-wide GitHub Copilot usage and consumption, requiring awareness of data access.
• Insights Analysts: Can view tenant-wide GitHub Copilot usage and consumption, requiring awareness of data access.
• AI Administrators: Can enable or disable the feature, requiring careful consideration of data exposure.
• Managers: Can view scoped GitHub Copilot usage for their teams, requiring awareness of data access.

The Action

1. Review access controls for Viva Insights to ensure only authorised personnel can view GitHub Copilot usage data.
2. If desired, enable GitHub Copilot spend and usage insights via Viva Insights settings (specific path not provided in announcement).
3. Communicate to relevant managers and administrators about the availability and implications of this new data.
4. Develop or update internal policies regarding the monitoring and use of AI tool consumption data.

Domain: Agentic-AI · Impact: low · Workload: Other