Course Overview This one-day instructor-led course shows IT professionals how to plan, deploy, govern, and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot in a secure, compliant enterprise environment.
Description
Course Overview
This one-day instructor-led course shows IT professionals how to plan, deploy, govern, and extend Microsoft 365 Copilot in a secure, compliant enterprise environment. You’ll learn how to implement Copilot for your organization, apply data-security and Zero Trust principles, manage Copilot configurations across devices and services, and extend Copilot via agents, Graph connectors, and skills.
By the end of the class, you’ll have a clear governance-ready pathway for Copilot, be positioned to enable business-driven AI-powered assistants, and understand how to maintain both operational control and extensibility in Microsoft 365.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for Microsoft 365 administrators, IT professionals, and solution architects responsible for deploying and managing Copilot capabilities across the organization.
Prerequisites
Participants should have practical experience administering Microsoft 365 services and a foundational understanding of security, identity (Entra ID), and data handling. Basic knowledge of Microsoft Copilot concepts is beneficial.
Why Attend
With Microsoft 365 Copilot becoming central to modern work and AI-enabled productivity, this course gives your team the management and extensibility tools to deploy Copilot at scale—helping you avoid roadmap delays, governance gaps, and unmanaged risk.
COURSE OUTLINE
PART 1: Prepare your organization for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Implement Microsoft 365 Copilot
Get ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Implement SharePoint Advanced Management tools to prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Prepare your data for searches in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Protect your Microsoft 365 Copilot data with Microsoft 365 security tools
Assign your Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses
Extend Microsoft 365 Copilot
Drive Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption throughout your organization
Examine data security and compliance in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Examine how Microsoft 365 Copilot uses your proprietary business data
Examine how Microsoft 365 Copilot protects sensitive business data
Examine how Microsoft 365 Copilot uses Microsoft 365 isolation and access controls
Examine how Microsoft 365 Copilot meets regulatory compliance mandates
PART 2: Manage Microsoft 365 Copilot administration
Apply principles of Zero Trust to Microsoft Copilots
Prepare for Microsoft Copilot using Zero Trust security
Apply Zero Trust principles to your Microsoft Copilot deployment
Explore Zero Trust recommendations for your Copilot configuration
Apply Zero Trust principles to your Microsoft 365 Copilot deployment
Deploy or validate your data protection
Deploy or validate your identity and access
Deploy or validate your App Protection policies
Deploy or validate your device management protection
Deploy or validate your threat protection services
Deploy or validate secure collaboration for Microsoft Teams
Deploy or validate minimum user permissions to data
Manage Microsoft Copilot
Compare Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot
Explore Microsoft Copilot with commercial data protection
Manage commercial data protection in Microsoft Copilot
Manage Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft Edge
Manage Microsoft Copilot on mobile devices
Manage Microsoft 365 Copilot
Manage Microsoft 365 Copilot settings
Manage web access for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Manage Copilot for Microsoft Teams meetings and events
Explore Microsoft Purview data protections for AI apps
Secure data for AI apps using the Microsoft Purview AI Hub
Monitor the value of Microsoft 365 Copilot through the Copilot Dashboard
Track Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness and usage across your organization
Monitor your Copilot interactions using a communication compliance policy
Delete your Microsoft 365 Copilot interaction history
PART 3: Prepare and manage Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility
Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility fundamentals
What is Copilot extensibility
What are agents
What are declarative agents
What are custom engine agents
Add knowledge with Graph connectors
Add skills with plugins
Choose a Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility development path
Why extend Copilot
Which path for extensibility should you choose
Which development approach should you take
What development tools are available to extend Microsoft 365 Copilot
How are companies extending Microsoft 365 Copilot
How can I secure my data and ensure privacy
Manage Microsoft 365 Copilot extensibility
Manage Copilot agents in integrated apps
Create a connection between a data source and a Microsoft Graph connector
Monitor your Microsoft Graph connectors
Manage how Microsoft Graph connector content is displayed in Microsoft 365 Copilot