Security and Management Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2024

Security and Management Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2024

Our head Modern Work Rob Thomas has been at this year’s Microsoft Ignite 2024 reporting back all of the massive announcements made relating to Microsoft 365 security and management features.

Microsoft have introduced powerful new features to enhance security, streamline IT management, and simplify administrative tasks across Microsoft 365 apps.

Here’s a breakdown of the key Security and Management announcements:

Copilot Control System

The Copilot Control System will help you govern your Copilot and Agents. It is a complete set of IT capabilities designed to provide a trusted way to manage and secure the data that Copilot and AI agents use.

There are a lot of additional security and safety considerations when it comes to Microsoft Copilot and especially the newly announced Copilot Agents that are going to be running AI autonomously.

Valto have heard a lot of feedback from customers that although Microsoft Copilot features and benefits are fantastic. There is still a lot of concern around how it is going to be controlled. This is where Copilot Control system will step in. With robust IT controls, admins can measure business value and track ROI effectively.

This system ensures that organisations have full visibility and control over their AI implementations.

Copilot in Microsoft 365 Admin Center

As part of Microsoft commitment to helping you properly administrate Copilot has now been added into the Microsoft 365 admin center.

This will give you key insights into Copilot usage such as the amount of licenses you have purchased vs how many have been allocated.

IT admins and adoption specialists can now harness the power of Copilot in Microsoft 365 Admin Center to receive real-time, contextually relevant information across the Microsoft 365, Teams, and SharePoint admin centers.

The admin portal also contains guides and recommendations for the deployment of Microsoft Copilot. Including sections for issuing welcome emails to employees that have been assigned a Microsoft Copilot license.

Another useful feature is to enable the ability for employees to provide feedback surrounding their experience with being onboarded and using Microsoft Copilot.

Use Copilot to properly explore and configure your Microsoft 365 admin center.

This feature improves informed decision-making, enabling IT teams to act faster and more effectively.

Copilot in Teams Admin Center

The Copilot in Teams Admin Center allows you to take control and properly govern Microsoft Teams by providing you with your very own Teams admin assistant.

It simplifies administrative tasks and delivers actionable insights to enhance the Teams experience or all of your users.

Now with the ability of Copilot in Teams admin centre, your IT admins can:

• Set up protected meetings and assign phone numbers to end users effortlessly using simple prompts within the Copilot chat at the right hand side of the admin centre window.
• Gain insights into configured policies and receive recommendations for effective configurations. Ask it questions about what policies you have applied and how they are impacting the Microsoft Teams users.
• Troubleshoot poor meeting quality with ease, improving collaboration experiences. Use Copilot to drill into quality issues your Microsoft Teams users might be facing to improve the overall experience of using Teams.

These updates make it easier for IT professionals to maintain high-quality Teams environments while reducing administrative overhead.

It will also mean those that are less experienced with managing their Teams environment will get a helping hand towards ensuring that they have everything configured correctly.

Security and Management Announcements from Microsoft Ignite – Our Expert Says

Microsoft’s latest announcements highlight a commitment to strengthening security and management capabilities across its applications.

With tools like Copilot Control System and SAM, organisations can confidently manage their data while improving workflows and enhancing collaboration.

If you have any questions about how you can implement these Copilot features, book your free consultation below and I would be happy to discuss them with you.

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