In this Tech Accelerator “Ask Me Anything” session for Copilot for Microsoft 365, host Mary David Pasch is joined by product experts Samer Baroudi, Jack Rowbotham, Alyson Ginesta, and Brian T. Jackett to tackle the questions admins actually ask when nobody’s trying to sell them a dream. They dig into how Copilot handles authentication and authorization for LLM calls, how Microsoft Graph permissions and security trimming keep Copilot from “helpfully” wandering into data you can’t access, and how you can extend Copilot with plug-ins and Graph connectors (including what “cached” or pre-indexed external data really means). The panel also covers Copilot Studio licensing, prompt history and what users can (and can’t) see or delete, what counts as “usage,” and practical integration questions—from SharePoint access and on-prem file shares to Exchange Server public folders, plus guidance on Copilot Lab for onboarding, Copilot Dashboard/Viva Insights access, Microsoft Fabric scenarios, and where data is processed and stored when connectors are involved.
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The inevitable sequels
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