Alan Cox
Microsoft MVP | Microsoft 365 Evangelist
Springfield, Missouri, United States
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Alan Cox is a Microsoft MVP for Copilot & Microsoft 365 and has been in IT for almost 30 years and consulting for 25. His passion is helping organizations achieve more from their Microsoft 365 investments. Alan currently is the Director of Microsoft Governance for Genworth Financial.
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Unlocking Business Scenarios with Multi-Agent Copilot Orchestration
The future of work isn’t one AI—it’s many. Microsoft’s multi-agent orchestration lets you combine copilots across departments or roles for a cohesive experience. In this session, learn how to create a “Master Copilot” that delegates tasks to specialized agents—HR, Sales, IT, and more. Perfect for building tailored, scalable solutions.
Mastering Adaptive Scopes for Targeted Governance at Scale
Adaptive Scopes enable organizations to dynamically target users, groups, and sites for retention and information protection based on attributes rather than static selections. This session dives deeper into how to design scalable attribute strategies, reduce administrative overhead, and automate lifecycle governance. Attendees will learn patterns for structuring Entra ID attributes, common pitfalls, and how financial and regulated organizations use them to simplify complex retention requirements.
Purview Compliance Manager: Turning Score Insights into Actionable Governance
Compliance Manager offers risk‑based insights and actionable improvement steps. This session teaches attendees how to interpret improvement actions, map controls to frameworks, build workflows for control ownership, and use assessment templates to support audits. Great for organizations wanting to operationalize compliance rather than simply track it.
Insider Risk Management Advanced Scenarios with Indicators, Policies & Adaptive Protection
Insider Risk Management (IRM) provides signals, indicators, and analytics designed to identify and mitigate risky user behavior. This session focuses on intermediate capabilities such as cumulative risk scoring, policy tuning, building personas, managing high-volume alerts, and using Adaptive Protection to dynamically elevate DLP enforcement for high‑risk individuals.
End-to-End eDiscovery Process Optimization for Modern M365 Environments
This intermediate session walks through optimizing eDiscovery workflows—search, collections, holds, review sets, exporting—using public best practices. We'll cover how to prepare data sources, reduce cost by filtering early, manage Teams/SharePoint nuances, and ensure legally defensible processes. Attendees gain a full view of operational efficiencies for legal teams working with Microsoft 365 data.
Building a Strong Data Classification Foundation with Sensitivity Labels at Scale
This session focuses on designing scalable and consistent sensitivity labeling frameworks across Microsoft 365. Attendees will learn how to structure label taxonomies, configure sub‑labels, leverage auto‑labeling, and align labeling strategy with business units and risk profiles. We'll walk through common misconfigurations and strategies for scaling classification across SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and Exchange.
Revolutionizing Customer Interaction: Building Efficient Chatbots with Copilot Studio
In today's fast-paced digital world, businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to enhance customer engagement while optimizing resources. This session will delve into the transformative potential of Copilot Studio in creating intelligent chatbots that not only streamline customer interactions but also significantly reduce operational costs. Attendees will learn how to leverage Copilot Studio's advanced features to design, deploy, and manage chatbots that can handle a wide range of customer queries with minimal human intervention. By automating routine tasks and providing instant responses, these chatbots can free up valuable time for your team, allowing them to focus on more strategic initiatives. Join us to discover how Copilot Studio can be a game-changer in your customer service strategy, driving efficiency and improving customer satisfaction.
Microsoft Multi-Tenant Organizations (MTO): Enhancing Collaboration Across Tenants
In today’s interconnected business landscape, organizations often collaborate with partners, suppliers, and customers who use different Microsoft 365 tenants. Microsoft Multi-Tenant Organizations (MTO) provide a solution to seamlessly connect these disparate tenants, enabling efficient collaboration and resource sharing. In this session, we explore the concept of MTO, its use cases, benefits, and configuration.
Revolutionizing Customer Interaction: Building Efficient Chatbots with Copilot Studio
In today's fast-paced digital world, businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to enhance customer engagement while optimizing resources. This session will delve into the transformative potential of Copilot Studio in creating intelligent chatbots that not only streamline customer interactions but also significantly reduce operational costs. Attendees will learn how to leverage Copilot Studio's advanced features to design, deploy, and manage chatbots that can handle a wide range of customer queries with minimal human intervention. By automating routine tasks and providing instant responses, these chatbots can free up valuable time for your team, allowing them to focus on more strategic initiatives. Join us to discover how Copilot Studio can be a game-changer in your customer service strategy, driving efficiency and improving customer satisfaction.
Navigating Data Governance with Microsoft Purview
In today’s data-driven landscape, effective data governance is paramount. Organizations grapple with managing vast amounts of data spread across various platforms, from on-premises servers to cloud services. Enter Microsoft Purview, a powerful solution designed to streamline data governance, enhance security, and provide insights into your data estate.
Securing the digital assistant: Security considerations for deploying Copilot
In an age where digital assistance is becoming increasingly integrated into our daily workflows, the security of such systems is paramount. This presentation will address the critical security considerations that organizations must evaluate when adopting Copilot for Microsoft 365. We will discuss the potential risks, the importance of data privacy, and the safeguards that need to be in place to protect sensitive information. Attendees will learn about the security architecture of Copilot, compliance with industry standards, and best practices for maintaining a secure AI environment. By understanding these security essentials, organizations can confidently leverage Copilot for Microsoft 365 to enhance their productivity while ensuring their data remains protected.
Unlocking Seamless Collaboration: Microsoft 365 Multi-Tenant Organizations
In today’s interconnected business landscape, organizations often collaborate with partners, suppliers, and customers who use different Microsoft 365 tenants. Microsoft Multi-Tenant Organizations (MTO) provide a solution to seamlessly connect these disparate tenants, enabling efficient collaboration and resource sharing. In this session, we explore the concept of MTO, its use cases, benefits, and configuration.
Empowering Collaboration: Building Copilot Agents in SharePoint Online
In today's dynamic work environment, enhancing productivity and collaboration is paramount. This presentation delves into the innovative world of Copilot Agents within SharePoint Online, showcasing how these intelligent assistants can revolutionize the way teams interact and manage information. Attendees will gain insights into the architecture and development of Copilot Agents, exploring practical applications and best practices for integrating these tools into their SharePoint ecosystems. From automating routine tasks to providing real-time support, Copilot Agents are set to transform organizational workflows, making collaboration more efficient and intuitive. Join us to discover the future of workplace automation and learn how to leverage Copilot Agents to drive success in your organization.
Locked Down, Leaking Out: Why Blocking External Sharing in Microsoft 365 Can Be More Dangerous
In today’s hybrid and hyper-connected workplace, collaboration rarely stops at the organization's borders. Employees work with external partners, vendors, contractors, and clients daily. Yet, in the name of security, many organizations take the drastic step of blocking external sharing in Microsoft 365 altogether.
It seems safe on the surface. If you don’t let people share externally, your data stays inside, right?
Not quite.
Real-World Use Cases of Copilot in Action
From summarizing meetings to drafting proposals and analyzing data, Copilot is already reshaping how we work. This session walks through real examples of how organizations are using Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word, Excel, Teams, Outlook, and PowerPoint. See what works, what to avoid, and how to drive quick wins in your environment.
The Copilot Prompt Coach: Elevating Prompt Literacy for Everyone
Even the best AI falls short with the wrong input. Microsoft’s Prompt Coach helps users refine questions, learn from interactions, and become power users—without training. This session explores what prompt coaching looks like in the M365 ecosystem, and how it can be used to upskill your workforce quickly and intuitively.
Unlocking Business Scenarios with Multi-Agent Copilot Orchestration
The future of work isn’t one AI—it’s many. Microsoft’s multi-agent orchestration lets you combine copilots across departments or roles for a cohesive experience. In this session, learn how to create a “Master Copilot” that delegates tasks to specialized agents—HR, Sales, IT, and more. Perfect for building tailored, scalable solutions.
Copilot for Admins: Secure, Govern, and Manage AI at Scale
IT admins are key to successful Copilot deployments—but with great AI comes great responsibility. This session explores how to use tools like Microsoft Purview, Copilot Search admin controls, and SharePoint content discovery to ensure the right data is powering the right Copilot scenarios. Bonus: tips for rolling out features at your own pace.
Building Your First Agent with Copilot Studio
In this demo packed session, you’ll learn how to use Copilot Studio to build a domain-specific agent in under an hour. Discover how to bring your own data, orchestrate workflows, and integrate external systems using Power Automate and plugins. We’ll explore use cases like HR assistants, travel booking bots, and IT self-service copilots.
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Alan Cox
Microsoft MVP | Microsoft 365 Evangelist
Springfield, Missouri, United States
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