Copilot doesn’t create new risks, it exposes the ones you’ve been ignoring. The moment it starts indexing, every overshared folder, every forgotten SharePoint site, and every unlabeled file becomes a spotlight moment. If your environment is full of sensitive “dark data,” Copilot will surface it faster than any attacker ever could.

This session is your Pre‑Copilot Clean‑up crash kit. We skip the theory and go straight to the work: using Microsoft Purview and Defender for Cloud Apps to pinpoint data hotspots, prioritize what actually matters, and shut down exposure paths before Copilot shines a light on them. Expect fast, surgical tactics you can deploy the second you get back to your tenant.

You’ll leave with a repeatable, high‑impact playbook for identifying, quarantining, and labeling sensitive information, turning your Copilot rollout from a liability into a controlled, predictable win.

Key takeaways:
The Triage List: The data types that will blow up your Copilot rollout if you don’t fix them first.

Search & Destroy: How to use Content Search to uncover and remediate overshared or high‑risk locations at speed.

Automated Guardrails: Auto‑labeling and policy‑based protections that keep cleaning up your environment long after you’ve logged off.