Assistant built into Microsoft 365 apps that grounds its answers in an organisation's data via Microsoft Graph. Because it respects existing permissions, content that has been overshared can appear in responses.
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Terms in this definition
- Chat message roles
Labels on chat messages: instructions go under system, the person's input under user, the model's previous answers under assistant, and results returned by a called tool under tool (or function).
- Microsoft 365 Apps
Word, Excel, Outlook and the rest of Microsoft's Office programs for the desktop, licensed by subscription. Admins roll them out using the Office Deployment Tool or Intune.
- Microsoft Graph
API giving access to Entra and Microsoft 365 data. Authorisation uses application or delegated permissions rather than Azure RBAC.
- AGDLP
Nesting pattern: users go into global groups, which go into domain local groups, which receive the permissions. AGUDLP adds universal groups for forests with several domains.
Related terms
- AI Administrator
Microsoft Entra role for managing Microsoft 365 Copilot and other AI settings; holders may also consent on behalf of the whole tenant, Microsoft Graph application permissions excepted.
- DSPM for AI
Purview solution securing data used by Copilot, agents and AI apps. Its one-click recommendations generate policies, for example DLP scoped to Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat, which you then adjust in the solution that owns them rather than in DSPM.
- E7
The Frontier Suite: a Microsoft 365 tier, generally available from 1 May 2026, that builds on all of E5 by adding Agent 365, Microsoft Entra Suite and Microsoft 365 Copilot.
- EEEU
SharePoint's built-in group of all internal users, guests excluded. Anything shared with it, such as a public site or item, is open to the whole organisation and may appear in Microsoft 365 Copilot answers.
- Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
Policies in Purview that look for sensitivity labels or sensitive information types in content held in many places, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, and respond by auditing, warning or blocking. You can simulate a policy before enforcing it.
- SharePoint Advanced Management
An add-on for SharePoint governance, bundled with Microsoft 365 Copilot, that helps detect and cut oversharing via site access reviews, restricted content discovery, restricted access control and data access governance reports.