26/02/2026
Copilot is coming. Is your organization ready?
Here's what we're seeing: Most companies haven't cleaned up their data. And that matters now more than ever.
Copilot learns from everything your team can access. Files with messy permissions. Old projects nobody closed down. Sensitive stuff mixed in with public docs. Duplicate information everywhere.
One client we looked at had 15,000 shared documents. When we dug deeper:
- 37% had access they shouldn't have
- 24% were just old. Projects from 2020. Employees who left years ago.
- 18% had mixed sensitivity levels (public files sitting in restricted folders)
- 8% were exact duplicates (same info, different locations)
When Copilot reads all that chaos, it doesn't magically organize it. It reflects it back to you.
Real talk: The companies winning with Copilot right now aren't the ones with the most data. They're the ones who got their house in order first.
If you haven't tackled data governance yet, you're probably about 6 months behind already.
The good news? It's fixable. It just takes consistency.
Ready to audit your M365 environment? We're here to help. And we partner with Rencore Governance, the best visibility tool out there for this.