Copilot for Government
Secure • Compliant • Mission-Ready
Expert guidance for deployment and adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot & Copilot Studio in GCC, GCC High, and DoD environments
with Microsoft Federal Cloud Solution Architects
(opinions are our own)
Guides
Everything you need to understand what Microsoft 365 Copilot is, how it works, and what it looks like in action. The foundation for everyone starting their Copilot journey.
Build the business case for Microsoft 365 Copilot in your agency. Understand the value proposition, address common objections, and learn how to start your Copilot journey.
Everything CISOs, security teams, compliance officers, and authorizing officials need to evaluate and approve Microsoft 365 Copilot. Covers security architecture, compliance frameworks, and governance controls.
Step-by-step guidance for IT administrators deploying Microsoft 365 Copilot in GCC, GCC High, and DoD environments. Covers prerequisites, deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Strategies and tactics for driving successful Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption in your organization. Covers planning, rollout, training, and measuring success.
Practical guidance for end users on how to use Microsoft 365 Copilot effectively in daily work. Covers Copilot Chat for everyone, M365 Copilot features for licensed users, and techniques for getting better results.
Series
Videos
- Building Your First Agent (15:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Writing Effective Prompts (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- When to Use Copilot Studio (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- When Copilot Gets It Wrong: Handling Errors (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- What You Can't Do Without a Copilot License (4:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- What Is Copilot Studio? (7:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Measuring Value Realization (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Prioritizing Use Cases for Impact (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Training Approaches That Work (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Topics and Triggers (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Testing Your Agent (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Sustaining Momentum After Launch (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Defining Success Criteria Upfront (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Stakeholder Alignment for Adoption (7:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Role-Based Training Strategies (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Responsible Use: Human in the Loop (5:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Reporting Copilot Success to Leadership (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Quick Wins: Building Early Momentum (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Publishing Your Agent (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Prompting Fundamentals: Goal, Context, Source, Expectations (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Privacy Awareness and Limitations (5:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Power Automate Integration (12:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Phased Rollout: From Pilot to Broad Deployment (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Microsoft Adoption Resources and Materials (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Licensed Copilot Chat: Working with All Your Data (7:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Adding Knowledge Sources (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Iterating on Responses (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Identifying and Enabling Champions (7:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Handling Resistance and Skepticism (7:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Generative Answers in Agents (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Creating Feedback Loops (5:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Environment Management (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Entities and Slot Filling (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- DLP Policies for Agents (7:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Dataverse Integration (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Building Custom Connectors (15:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Word: Summarizing Documents (5:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Word: Rewriting and Editing (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Word: Drafting Documents (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Teams: Meeting Summaries and Catch-Up (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Teams: Chat Summaries and Search (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Teams: Channels and Collaboration (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot Studio vs. Custom Agents (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot Studio Licensing (5:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot Studio in Government Clouds (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Governance for Copilot Studio (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Setting Up Your Copilot Studio Environment (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in PowerPoint: Design and Polish (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in PowerPoint: Creating Presentations (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Outlook: Email Summaries and Drafting (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Outlook: Coaching and Tone (5:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Outlook: Calendar and Scheduling (5:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in OneNote (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot Notebooks: Deep Thinking Workspace (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Loop (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot for Specific Government Tasks (12:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Excel: Python Integration (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Excel: Formula Suggestions (7:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Copilot in Excel: Data Analysis (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Using the Copilot Dashboard for Adoption Metrics (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Getting Writing Help from Copilot Chat (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Getting Started with Copilot Chat (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Brainstorming with Copilot Chat (5:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Conversation Design Best Practices (12:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Continuous Improvement: Iterating on Adoption (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Connectors Overview (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Communication Strategy: Messaging That Works (8:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Channels and Deployment Options (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Building Internal Copilot Expertise (7:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Authentication Patterns (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- API Actions in Agents (12:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Agent Lifecycle Management (6:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Agent Analytics and Monitoring (7:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Advanced Prompting Techniques (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Building Your Copilot Adoption Strategy (10:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Key Adoption Metrics to Track (7:00, Feb 08, 2026)
- Usage Reporting and Analytics (7:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Troubleshooting Copilot Problems (12:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Support Escalation Paths (5:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Semantic Index Rollout and Timing (7:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Running a Readiness Assessment (8:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Policy Configuration for Copilot (8:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Setting Up Your Pilot Group (8:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Network and Endpoint Requirements (7:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Licensing Requirements for Copilot (8:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Assigning Copilot Licenses (6:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Identity and Authentication Requirements (6:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- GCC High Deployment Walkthrough (15:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- GCC Deployment Walkthrough (12:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- DoD Deployment Considerations (12:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Copilot Deployment Prerequisites (10:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Deployment Planning: Phased Rollout Strategy (10:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Copilot Dashboard: What Admins Can See (8:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Common Deployment Issues and Fixes (10:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Admin Center Configuration for Copilot (10:00, Feb 07, 2026)
- Teams-Specific Copilot Settings (06:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- SharePoint and OneDrive Copilot Settings (06:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Retention Policies for Copilot Content (06:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Responsible AI Controls in Copilot (08:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Outlook-Specific Copilot Settings (05:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Ongoing Oversight and Review Processes (06:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Managing Copilot at Scale (10:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- IL2, IL4, IL5: Impact Levels and Copilot (08:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Building a Governance Framework for Copilot (12:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- eDiscovery and Copilot Interactions (08:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Copilot Policies: Best Practices (08:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Introduction to Copilot Pages (06:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Where to Find Copilot Chat (05:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Using Copilot Chat for Web Research (06:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Analyzing Files with Copilot Chat (07:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Copilot Admin Controls Overview (10:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Using Compliance Manager with Copilot (07:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Audit Logging and Copilot Activity (07:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- Managing Who Has Access to Copilot (07:00, Feb 06, 2026)
- FedRAMP Authorization: What It Means for Copilot (07:00, Jan 17, 2026)
- Threat Protection and Copilot: Detecting Risks (8:00, Jan 14, 2026)
- Sensitivity Labels and Copilot (7:00, Jan 14, 2026)
- Security Monitoring: Auditing Copilot Activity (8:00, Jan 14, 2026)
- Oversharing Risks: What Copilot Surfaces (6:00, Jan 14, 2026)
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Copilot (8:00, Jan 14, 2026)
- Data Residency in Government Clouds: Where Copilot Data Goes (8:00, Jan 14, 2026)
- Copilot Security Architecture: Where Your Data Goes (10:00, Jan 14, 2026)
- How Copilot Respects Your Permissions (and Why It Still Feels Risky) (7:00, Jan 14, 2026)
- Copilot Does Not Train on Your Data: The Facts (4:00, Jan 14, 2026)
- What Microsoft 365 Copilot Is (And Isn't) (6:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Starting Your Copilot Journey: From Decision to Pilot (08:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Quick Tour: Copilot in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (8:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Quick Tour: Copilot in Teams (6:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Quick Tour: Copilot in Outlook (6:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- The Productivity Promise: Why Copilot Matters for Government (06:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Addressing 'Users Won't Adopt It': Change Management for Copilot (07:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Addressing 'It's Too New': Maturity, Stability, and Enterprise Readiness (06:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Addressing the Cost Objection: Copilot's ROI in Government (06:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Addressing Security Concerns: Copilot in Government Clouds (08:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Will Copilot Replace Jobs? Augmentation vs. Automation (07:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Addressing 'We're Not Ready': Change Management Over Technical Readiness (06:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Addressing 'Our Data Isn't Ready': The Graph-First Reality (07:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- How Copilot Actually Works (8:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Government Workforce Challenges: The Case for AI Assistance (06:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Forrester TEI Study: Quantifying Copilot's Value in Government (07:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Executive Briefing: Microsoft 365 Copilot for Government Leaders (10:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Copilot Pages and Notebooks: Collaborative AI Workspaces (5:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Copilot Naming Explained: Chat vs Licensed vs Personal (5:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Copilot in Government Clouds: GCC, GCC High, and DoD (7:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: Your AI Starting Point (5:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Copilot and Your Data: What It Can and Can't See (7:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Building Your Copilot Business Case: Template and Framework (09:00, Jan 05, 2026)
- Already Invested in M365: Maximizing Your Microsoft Investment (05:00, Jan 05, 2026)