Data Governance
The latest Data Governance coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Finally Forces Internal SharePoint Links to Expire — What Admins Must Do Now
Microsoft closed a significant governance gap on July 20, 2026, when it officially launched expiration policies for “People in your organization” sharing links across SharePoint and OneDrive....
Don’t Let Users Archive SharePoint Files Without a Plan: Disable the Default Before Your Pilot
Microsoft’s SharePoint Online now includes file-level archiving for every site that has Microsoft 365 Archive enabled—and it’s turned on by default. Any employee with edit permissions can...
Clifford Chance's AI Knowledge Bank Is a Masterclass in Microsoft 365 Governance
On July 20, 2026, Clifford Chance launched a custom AI-powered knowledge-management platform that gives its lawyers secure, natural-language access to more than 400,000 internal documents. Built with...
When Your AI Assistant Knows Too Much: Navigating Microsoft 365's Agentic Future
Microsoft 365 Copilot is no longer just answering your questions—it’s beginning to act on your behalf. The assistant can now schedule meetings, draft emails, summarize documents, and even pull...
You'll Soon Share Copilot Chat Sessions with a Link — No More Copy-Paste
Microsoft will add link-based sharing to Microsoft 365 Copilot chats in August 2026, according to a newly published entry on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. The feature, identified as Roadmap ID 562353,...
Copilot Chat’s New Source Picker Narrows AI Focus — And Arrives This Month
Starting in July 2026, Microsoft 365 business users can finally define which documents, emails, and chats Copilot Chat considers when generating an answer. The new source selection control appears...
DoD Cloud Tenants Finally Get Microsoft 365 Copilot Connectors—The Security Risks and Setup Steps
Microsoft has quietly made Copilot connectors generally available for its most restricted cloud environment: the U.S. Department of Defense instance of Microsoft 365. The milestone—logged under...
Microsoft CEO Nadella: Enterprise AI Poses a ‘Reverse Information Paradox’ Risk
On July 13, 2026, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella published an essay on X that reframes the biggest risk of enterprise AI. Companies aren’t just paying for AI services—they may be handing over their...
Logicalis Secures Microsoft's Newest Top-Tier Partner Status, Promising Smoother Copilot Rollouts
On July 7, 2026, global IT service provider Logicalis announced from London that it has attained Microsoft Frontier Partner status, along with a dedicated Microsoft Copilot specialization. The...
Unstructured Deepens Azure Integration to Tackle Enterprise RAG Data Woes
On June 3, 2026, data preprocessing startup Unstructured announced a major expansion of its collaboration with Microsoft, embedding its technology deeper into Azure's AI stack. The move aims to...
Australia’s Grid Enlists AI to Handle 47% Renewables — and It’s Working
Australia’s electricity grid operator has quietly rolled out AI-driven systems to manage a historic surge in renewable energy, with solar and wind now supplying nearly half of the country’s...
Purview Endpoint DLP’s New JIT Audit Scoping Will Target Specific Users Starting 2026
Microsoft has placed a new data loss prevention capability on its public roadmap: Purview Endpoint DLP will soon support Just-in-Time (JIT) audit scoping with user-level inclusion and exclusion...