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Mitigating AI Risks: Governance Best Practices for Microsoft 365 Copilot
Discover how to balance innovation with governance when using Copilot for Microsoft 365. Learn about the organizational risks of generative AI and get expert recommendations to ensure your AI usage is safe, efficient, and compliant.
Streamline SharePoint and Teams Provisioning with Orchestry
Prevent a messy sprawl in Microsoft Teams and SharePoint with a provisioning process tailored to your organization using Orchestry.
Teams or SharePoint site sprawl? How to rein it in
Tips to mitigate issues with SharePoint site, Teams and Microsoft 365 group sprawl.
Why a technical discovery is necessary
What does a technical discovery project look like, and why is it necessary?
Governing AI in Microsoft 365
The benefits of AI technology such as Microsoft 365 Copilot and why you need to embrace it and govern it — instead of trying to prevent it.
A guide to SharePoint Premium content processing (previously Syntex)
An explainer guide for Microsoft Syntex including examples, feature highlights and why it might be worth trying out for your next project.
Taming the email tsunami
Organizations take on risks if they have no rules for retention and disposal of email. Learn email governance strategies to mitigate the risks of unmanaged email.
The best risk insurance? Good RM
Organizations take on risks without good record keeping and information management practices. Learn what those risks are and how to minimize them in this post.
“Open by default” for information access
Organizations experience ongoing tension between two different information access permissions perspectives: “need to know” where access is closed unless there is a valid reason, and a more open approach.
Oh, please give me labels! What to consider for a Microsoft 365 metadata strategy
Labels are a simple solution to many information challenges, yet they are often not used or applied inconsistently. This post discusses considerations for a Microsoft 365 metadata and labelling strategy.
Why you should always govern SharePoint content types
We recommend adding governance of SharePoint content types to all implementations. The cost of doing a little upfront planning and training pays off with the benefits of reusable configuration and setting a foundation for value-add solutions.
How to clean up a Microsoft Teams sprawl
Dealing with a Microsoft Teams implementation that grew fast and is now hard to use? Get some advice on how to clean it up and manage Teams going forward.
Building an effective Microsoft 365 roadmap
Your organization has the licenses to the Microsoft 365 suite…and the question is, now what? Here is a guide on how to plan an effective Microsoft 365 roadmap.
Right-sizing governance for Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365, especially SharePoint Online, is traditionally over-governed through centralized IT. This is a carry-over from “how things have always been done.” In this article, we suggest right-sized governance polices for Microsoft 365.
5 common Microsoft 365 challenges — and how to solve them
Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) is a comprehensive solution with a robust assortment of business applications. The addition of many apps also presents challenges of confusion, indecision and indifference.
Gain leadership support for information governance and records management
Gaining support from an organization’s top leadership is critical to the success of any worthwhile effort, especially if you’re considering implementing an information governance and records management program. This article describes four key business drivers that you want to discuss when gaining top-down support for an information and records management program.