Organization skills support in Copilot for PowerPoint (Frontier release)

🚨 The Signal: Copilot in PowerPoint will support organization-specific 'skills' for content generation. Admins can define and share these skills, influencing AI output with internal guidance, which introduces new governance considerations for AI-generated content.

The Impact

Tenant admins and Copilot users are affected, with a security risk related to the governance and accuracy of AI-generated content based on organizational skills.

• Tenant admins: New responsibility for defining and managing AI 'skills' and their security implications.
• Copilot users: Risk of generating content that may inadvertently expose sensitive information if skills are not properly secured.
• Security teams: Need to establish policies for AI skill creation and usage to prevent data leakage or misinformation.
• Compliance officers: Must ensure AI-generated content aligns with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.

The Action

1. Define a clear policy for the creation, review, and approval of organizational skills for Copilot in PowerPoint.
2. Identify and assign specific tenant administrators responsible for managing Copilot organizational skills.
3. Establish a process for regular auditing of created skills to ensure compliance and prevent misuse.
4. Educate users on the appropriate use of organizational skills and the importance of verifying AI-generated content.
5. Review Microsoft's guidance on data privacy and security for Copilot organizational skills once available.

Domain: Agentic-AI · Impact: medium · Workload: M365 Apps