Microsoft Innovation Podcast

Don't Turn on Copilot Yet: Prep Your Data First


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Pieter Kops shares practical lessons from the front lines of Copilot adoption. He explains why organisations must fix security and data quality before switching AI on, how oversharing and duplication damage AI outcomes, and where Copilot delivers real value beyond basic automation. The conversation focuses on SharePoint, metadata, governance, and helping people move from search and automation towards research and higher value AI use.

🎙 Full Show Notes
https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/819 

👉 What you’ll learn     

  • How to prepare your data estate before enabling Copilot 
  • Why oversharing creates real security and quality risks for AI 
  • Practical approaches to cleaning up SharePoint and file sprawl 
  • How metadata improves findability and Copilot results 
  • Where Copilot adoption stalls and how to push past basic automation 

✅ Highlights     

  • “Don’t switch it on yet. Do stuff first.” 
  • “If your security is not in place, then God knows what information you’re surfacing.” 
  • “Rubbish in, rubbish out.” 
  • “Human error is littered through the landscape of corporate data.” 
  • “Stop sharing.” 
  • “Deduplication is a tough process to do.” 
  • “People tend to have the folder structure on top of mind.” 
  • “That’s why we need Copilot.” 
  • “Most people just use Copilot as the new search agent.” 
  • “More than 90% of the ideas were just automation.” 

🧰 Mentioned     

  • SharePoint: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration 
  • Microsoft Copilot: https://www.copilot.com/ 
  • Microsoft Graph API: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/ 
  • Microsoft MVP YouTube Series - How to Become a Microsoft MVP - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkqdRJDPVE4PtTlm6quDhiu7 

✅ Keywords      
copilot adoption, sharepoint governance, data quality, oversharing, metadata, ai readiness, security, automation, microsoft copilot, document management, information architecture, enterprise ai 

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