Covers prompts and responses in Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Chat whenever people sign in with an Entra work account. The term refers to the safeguards and promises Microsoft makes through its Product Terms and Data Protection Addendum.
Also called EDP.
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Terms in this definition
- Microsoft Copilot
Licensed users get this workplace AI assistant, which grounds large language models in organisational data from Microsoft Graph and the Microsoft 365 apps. It respects existing permissions, so people see only what they could already open; without the licence, people use the web-grounded Microsoft Copilot Chat instead.
- Copilot Chat
A conversational feature of Microsoft Copilot open to eligible subscriptions with no Copilot licence needed. Earlier it carried the name Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, and some admin centre labels may not have caught up.
- DPA
Short for Data Protection Addendum, Microsoft's contractual terms for handling customer data in its role as processor. These terms, plus the Product Terms, are what enterprise data protection for Copilot rests on.
Related terms
- AI subprocessor
A third-party company handling Copilot data for Microsoft falls under the Microsoft DPA, Product Terms and enterprise data protection. Anthropic models in Copilot are an instance. Independent-processor AI providers are governed by their terms, not these.