Copilot Governance
The latest Copilot Governance coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Gets Granular Web Control: Admins Can Exclude Specific Sites from Grounding
Microsoft shipped a long-awaited governance tool for Microsoft 365 Copilot that lets administrators block specific websites from shaping AI-generated answers. The domain exclusion feature, listed...
Microsoft Purview’s File Archiving Feature Arrives September 2026—Here’s What to Expect
Microsoft is preparing to give organizations a new way to handle the growing pile of old documents in OneDrive and SharePoint: a built-in, policy-driven archive button. The company has updated its...
Teams Copilot Will Analyze Your Screen During Meetings — Here’s How IT Can Prepare Now
Microsoft has confirmed that Copilot in Teams will soon be able to understand and answer questions about whatever you share on your screen during meetings, with a rollout currently scheduled for...
Microsoft’s Copilot Compliance Engine: What EY’s Peek Inside Reveals
A new EY case study pulls back the curtain on the automated compliance machinery that Microsoft 365 engineering teams use to ship AI features like Copilot while satisfying over 80 regulatory...
Microsoft Gives IT Control Over Copilot’s Web Access in Edge for Business
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a long-awaited governance feature for its Edge for Business browser: IT administrators can now specify exactly which websites the integrated Copilot AI is permitted...
Microsoft Teams' New Master AI Toggle Arrives by July 2026 — Here’s How It Affects Your Meetings
Microsoft is putting a new live switch directly into Teams meetings, rolling out by July 2026, that lets meeting organizers and presenters instantly enable or disable AI features without leaving the...
Microsoft Teams Facilitator to Detect Knowledge Gaps and Post Web-Grounded Explanations in Meeting Chat by August 2026
Microsoft is preparing to arm its Teams Facilitator agent with a new capability that will detect when meeting participants lack critical context and automatically inject web-sourced explanations into...
Vasu Jakkal Steps Down as Microsoft Security CVP After Six Years: Trust and Leadership in the Crosshairs
Microsoft’s corporate vice president of security, compliance, and identity, Vasu Jakkal, announced on June 30, 2026 that she is leaving the company after a six-year tenure that fundamentally...
Microsoft Resumes Auto-Install of Copilot on Windows 11 Business Devices, Reigniting IT Control Debate
Microsoft has resumed the automatic installation of the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on managed Windows 11 devices that already run Microsoft 365 desktop apps, a move that began rolling out in June...
Microsoft 365 Admins Advised: Only Use Deferred Release for Major Copilot Updates
Microsoft 365 administrators grappling with release audience configurations should keep most users on the Standard release track and reserve the Deferred channel exclusively for scenarios involving...
Microsoft Delays Edge Rewrite by Copilot to August 2026 for Enterprise Data Protection Overhaul
Microsoft plans to relaunch its Rewrite by Copilot feature in Edge no sooner than August 2026, baking in enterprise-grade data protection that requires Entra ID sign-in—a move that reshapes how...
Microsoft to Lock Down Copilot’s External Email Access with Purview DLP in June 2026 Preview
Microsoft plans to tighten data governance for its AI assistant by introducing a new Purview DLP control that explicitly prevents Microsoft 365 Copilot from processing emails originating outside the...