# Syskit > --- ## Pages - [Manage Power Platform and SharePoint Agents with Syskit Point](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/manage-power-platform-sharepoint-agents/): Learn how you can govern your Power Platform with enhanced admin capabilities and control SharePoint Agent Sprawl. - [Compliance and audits](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-compliance-reporting/): Simplify audits and enforce access policies with automated compliance reporting for Microsoft 365. Maintain audit trails, detect violations, & prove compliance. - [Security monitoring](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-security-monitoring/): Monitor sensitive access, detect risky activity, and report on data exposure in Microsoft 365. Give security teams the visibility and control they need. - [Sprawl prevention](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-sprawl-prevention/): Stop workspace sprawl in Microsoft 365. Enforce governance from creation to expiration, clean up inactive sites, and keep Copilot results secure and compliant. - [AI security](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/ai-security/): Prevent data leaks before enabling Microsoft Copilot. Fix oversharing, clean up permissions, and ensure AI tools only access the right data in Microsoft 365. - [External user management](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/external-user-management/): Automatically manage and expire guest access in Microsoft 365. Enforce review cycles, spot risky accounts, and reduce long-term exposure to external users. - [Cost optimization](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-cost-optimization/): Cut Microsoft 365 storage costs by cleaning up inactive workspaces, optimizing licenses, and automating lifecycle policies. Stop sprawl before it drains your budget. - [Control access](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-access-control/): Regain control of Microsoft 365 access. Automate access reviews, detect oversharing, and monitor changes to ensure only the right people can access sensitive data. - [What's new - 2025.2.91](https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2025-2-91/): Find out how you can manage App and Flow ownership with the new Power Platform management actions in Syskit Point - [What's new - 2025.2.86](https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2025-2-86/): The new Workspace Sensitivity tile lets you easily jump to a filtered report and find and explore all unlabeled Sites. - [Aviation](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-compliance-for-aviation/): Stay ahead of FAA, EASA, NIS2, and other aviation services compliances. Syskit Point simplifies M365 data security, user access management, and reporting. - [Implementing Zero Trust and Mitigating Insider Threats](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/implementing-zero-trust-and-mitigating-insider-threats/): Join Michael Noel as he explores how Microsoft cloud services can be used to implement Zero Trust principles across your environment. - [Sensitivity labels governance with Syskit Point](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/sensitivity-labels-syskit-point/): Sensitivity labels governance with Syskit Point Monitoring and label visibility Syskit Point provides a centralized dashboard to track labeled workspaces.... - [Auto-labeling: Can sensitivity labels be applied automatically?](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/sensitivity-labels-auto-labeling/): Auto-labeling: Can sensitivity labels be applied automatically? Yes, Microsoft 365 offers Auto-labeling policies where labels can be automatically applied based on content... - [Real-world sensitivity labels framework](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/sensitivity-labels-framework/): This table presents a real-life example of a sensitivity labels framework, defines the type of label, external sharing options, etc. - [Best practices for implementing sensitivity labels](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/best-practices-sensitivity-labels/): Check out our list of best practices you need to consider when implementing sensitivity labels to avoid the most common pitfalls. - [Licensing in Microsoft 365 for sensitivity labels](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/sensitivity-labels-licensing/): Explore a list that that features which licenses cover sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365, and stay a while and learn more about sensitivity labels. - [How do sensitivity labels work in Microsoft 365?](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/how-sensitivity-labels-work/): Sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 operate on two levels: workspace level and file level. Read on to learn more. - [Why use sensitivity labels?](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/why-use-sensitivity-labels/): Learn what are some of the things sensitivity labels can help you to do and why you need to think about proper labeling. - [Sensitivity labels](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/): Sensitivity labels help you protect and classify your Microsoft 365 groups, SharePoint sites, Teams, and other workspaces in a Microsoft 365 tenant. - [Syskit is at EPPC 2025 in Vienna](https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-eppc-2025-in-vienna/): Syskit is at EPPC 2025 in Vienna! Discover how we can help you with your M365 administration and governance. - [Syskit is at Thrive Conference 2025](https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-thrive-conference-2025/): Syskit is at Thrive Conference 2025! Come meet with us and discover how we help with M365 governance and security. - [Syskit is at InfoSecurity Europe 2025](https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-at-infosecurity-europe-2025/): Syskit is at InfoSecurity Europe 2025! Come meet with us and discover how we can help you with M365 governance and security. - [Syskit is at GISEC Global 2025](https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-gisec-global-2025/): Syskit is at GISEC Global 2025! Come meet with us and discover how we can help you with M365 governance and security. - [Syskit is at the European Collaboration Summit 2025](https://www.syskit.com/company/events/european-collaboration-summit-2025/): Syskit is at CollabSummit 2025! Discover how we can help you with your M365 administration and governance. - [Syskit is at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2025](https://www.syskit.com/company/events/microsoft-365-conference-2025/): Syskit is at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference! Discover how we help you with M365 governance and security. - [Power Platform Governance: Prevent Sprawl and Secure Data](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/power-platform-governance/): Join Microsoft MVP Gokan Ozcifci as he explores the key governance strategies to keep your Power Platform environment under control. - [Oversharing and Microsoft 365 Copilot](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/microsoft-copilot-oversharing/): This section of our Governance Handbook will show you how to prevent Microsoft Copilot oversharing and secure your data. - [Advanced oversharing prevention](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/advanced-oversharing-prevention/): This section of our Governance Handbook will show you advanced oversharing prevention techniques that will help you to stop oversharing in your M365 tenant. - [Secure Sensitive Microsoft 365 Data & Reduce Costs with Syskit Point](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/secure-sensitive-microsoft-365-data/): Discover all the new Syskit Point features to protect sensitive and private data, minimize SharePoint storage costs, and maintain regulatory compliance. - [How to stop oversharing in Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/how-to-stop-oversharing-in-microsoft-365/): This section of our Governance Handbook will help you learn how to stop oversharing from happening in your Microsoft 365 tenant. - [Common oversharing scenarios in Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/common-oversharing-scenarios-in-microsoft-365/): Learn about the most common oversharing scenarios in Microsoft 365. This article will guide you through the examples and also show a trick or two. - [Healthcare services](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-healthcare-compliance/): Protect patient data, avoid regulatory penalties, and close healthcare compliance gaps in your Microsoft 365 environment with Syskit Point. - [Why is oversharing a risk?](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/why-is-oversharing-a-risk/): Find out why oversharing is a risk and go through some concrete examples that happen withing Microsoft 365 environments. - [What's new - 2025.2.](https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2025-2/): Gain full visibility into your Power Apps and Power Automate apps, flows, connections, and usage to help you optimize performance and secure your environment. - [Why oversharing happens?](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/why-oversharing-happens/): The Microsoft 365 architecture makes oversharing very easy. Learn more to find out the finer details on why oversharing happens in Microsoft 365. - [Oversharing](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/): Simply put, oversharing refers to the common practice of sharing files, folders, or other resources with too many people or for longer than necessary. - [Governance handbook](https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/): This Microsoft 365 governance handbook will give you guidance on governance and management strategies and actions you can do to improve your M365 environment. - [Get full visibility and control across​ Power Platform Apps and Flows](https://www.syskit.com/use-cases/power-platform-visibility-and-security/): Syskit Point lets you find all Power Apps and Power Automate Flows across existing environments, along with all the connections from one central platform. - [Labeling in Microsoft 365: Retention & Sensitivity](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/labeling-in-microsoft-365-retention-sensitivity/): Discover the distinct functionalities of sensitivity and retention labels in Microsoft 365 in our webinar with Drew Madelung. - [STADA](https://www.syskit.com/customers/stada/): Syskit Point gave STADA complete visibility into its Microsoft 365, adhering to governance and security policies and controlling lifecycle management. - [Thank you - Dubai Event](https://www.syskit.com/thank-you-dubai-event/): Thank you for your free demo request. We will get back to you with the details as soon as possible. In the meantime, you can use our free resources. - [Financial services](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/financial-services-microsoft-365-compliance/): Stay ahead of SOX, PCI DSS, and other financial services compliances. Syskit Point simplifies M365 data security, user access management, and reporting. - [Support Agreement](https://www.syskit.com/legal/support-agreement/): The Support Agreement details the various terms and conditions of support when using Syskit software. - [Deep Dive into Copilot agents for SharePoint](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/copilot-agents-for-sharepoint/): Discover everything you need to know on how to create Copilot agents in SharePoint and how can you manage and govern them. - [Syskit is at ESPC 2023 in Amsterdam](https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-espc-2023/): Syskit was at ESPC 2023 in Amsterdam! We had a blast showing how we can help you with your M365 administration and governance. - [Syskit is at the European Collaboration Summit 2024](https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-the-european-collaboration-summit-2024-2/): Syskit is at CollabSummit 2024! Discover how we can help you with your M365 administration and governance. - [What's new - 2024.6.](https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2024-6/): Control sprawl and manage inactive workspaces efficiently, regularly review privacy and sensitivity with workspace owners, and more. - [Microsoft 365 Lifecycle Management: From Provisioning to Archiving](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/microsoft-365-lifecycle-management/): Join Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu as he shares how to leverage Microsoft 365’s built-in tools to streamline the entire lifecycle of your sites and groups. - [Effective SharePoint Storage Management: Mastering M365 Archive and Automatic Versioning](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/effective-sharepoint-storage-management/): Explore how Automatic Versioning and M365 Archive can effectively tackle uncontrolled SharePoint storage growth. - [Webinars](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/): Find out useful and actionable information about the world of Microsoft 365 through our live webinars and recordings. - [What's new - 2024.5.](https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2024-5/): Gather information with custom metadata tasks for owners for efficient governance, and gain consistency across workspaces with new provisioning templates. - [Product updates](https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/): Explore the latest updates and what is new with Syskit Point and find information about new features and the improvements of existing ones. - [Features](https://www.syskit.com/features/): Discover Syskit Point's powerful features and learn how you can use them to improve your Microsoft 365 envornment's security, management, and governance. - [Use cases](https://www.syskit.com/use-cases/): Explore multiple Syskit Point use cases and discover how it can help you with different Microsoft 365 challenges. - [Resources](https://www.syskit.com/resources/): Resources Download the Syskit Point brochure and report samples. See it in action in videos or webinars. Read our free... - [Unlocking SharePoint’s Full Potential: Document Management, Security, Compliance, and More](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/unlocking-sharepoints-full-potential/): Join Richard Harbridge as he shows how to manage SharePoint content, improve your implementation of DLP and sensitivity labels, and increase Copilot adoption. - [Syskit is at ESPC 2024 in Stockholm](https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-espc-2024/): Syskit was at ESPC 2024 in Stockholm! We had a blast showing how we can help you with your M365 administration and governance. - [What's new - 2024.4.](https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2024-4/): See what's new in Syskit Point. We've added new policies to our security and governance toolkit to help you prevent oversharing and avoid security risks. - [Information Architecture: Better Practices for 2024](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/information-architecture-better-practices/): Join Microsoft MVP Marc D Anderson as he explores better practices for constructing a powerful information architecture and why it still matters. - [Legal](https://www.syskit.com/legal/): Explore multiple policies and agreements that go into the various details of using Syskit products and the website. - [Streamline your M365 Management with Syskit Point](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/streamline-m365/): Join us as we showcase our newest features, including our Copilot readiness assessment, automated storage versioning, and much more. - [Copilot for Microsoft 365: What We’ve Learned After One Year](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/copilot-for-microsoft-365-one-year-later/): Join Microsoft MVPs Zoe Wilson and Luke Evans as they share what they have learned about Microsoft Copilot over the past year. - [Lessons Learned from Implementing Microsoft Purview DLM/RM](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/lessons-learned-from-implementing-microsoft-purview/): Join Microsoft MVPs Joanne Klein and David Drever as they share lessons learned while implementing Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management. - [What's new - 2024.3.](https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2024-3/): See what's new in Syskit Point. We've added new policies to our security and governance toolkit to help you prevent oversharing and avoid security risks. - [Strategies for Unlocking Knowledge Management in Microsoft 365 in the Copilot World](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/knowledge-management-microsoft-365/): Join Microsoft MVP Drew Madelung as he explores strategic approaches for optimizing knowledge management within Microsoft 365, amidst the landscape of Copilot. - [Making sense of Microsoft 365 Guests & External Users](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/making-sense-of-microsoft-365-guests-and-external-users/): Microsoft MVP Thomas Vochten explores M365 guests and external users and shows you how to comply with security and governance standards. - [Security and compliance](https://www.syskit.com/security/): Find out all about the various security certification Syskit adheres and complies to. Such as ISO/IEC 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2. - [Combat Oversharing in Microsoft 365 with Syskit Point](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/combat-oversharing-in-microsoft-365/): Join the Syskit team as we explore the complexities of oversharing within Microsoft 365, highlighting the risks for security and compliance. - [What's new - 2024.2.](https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2024-2/): See what's new in Syskit Point. This new release helps bring your storage management and governance of Microsoft 365 to an even higher level - [SharePoint Premium Advanced Management Deep Dive](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/sharepoint-premium-advanced-management-deep-dive/): Join Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu as he dives deep into SharePoint Advanced Management and other SharePoint Premium features. - [IATA](https://www.syskit.com/customers/iata/): With Point, IATA can effectively govern content and data in M365 to contribute to the overall security of their M365 with over 17,500 external users. - [SharePoint Premium: All you need to know about Content AI](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/sharepoint-premium-all-you-need-to-know-about-content-ai/): Microsoft MVP Gokan Ozcifci explains SharePoint Premium, AI-powered models, and the advantages of SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM). - [What's new - 2023.5.](https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2023-5/): See what's new in Syskit Point. This new release helps you keep track and manage SharePoint storage consumption. - [Maximizing file storage efficiency in Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/maximizing-file-storage-efficiency-in-microsoft-365/): Microsoft MVP Drew Madelung explains how to manage your SharePoint file storage, covers storage licensing, cleanup, and much more. - [SharePoint Storage Optimization with Syskit Point](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/sharepoint-storage-optimization-with-syskit-point/): Join us as we introduce Syskit Point’s new storage management feature and show you how to navigate the challenges of storage reporting and optimization. - [Visibility](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/visibility/): Centralize your Microsoft 365 inventory for more Microsoft 365 visibility and efficiency with Syskit Point. - [Security](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/security/): Be aware of your M365 health – stay compliant and keep it secured  Discover the most critical vulnerabilities and misalignments... - [Governance](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/governance/): Remove complexity - effortlessly manage the entire workspaces lifecycle Avoid sprawl with provisioning End-users can request access to existing workspaces or create... - [Ovative Group](https://www.syskit.com/customers/ovative-group/): Find out how Ovative Group saved $24K in SharePoint storage costs using Syskit Point in under 60 minutes - [Get ready for Microsoft Copilot with Syskit Point](https://www.syskit.com/use-cases/copilot-readiness/): Prepare for Copilot with Syskit Point and ensure your environment is ready for the operational demands of your Microsoft Copilot implementation. - [Solutions](https://www.syskit.com/solutions/): Explore Syskit solutions and find out how you can easily improve visibility, security, and governance for your Microsoft 365 estate. - [Mitigating Microsoft 365 Oversharing Risks](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/mitigating-microsoft-365-oversharing-risks/): Microsoft MVP and Syskit Technical Evangelist Vlad Catrinescu shows the tools that Microsoft offers to help you identify, fix, and prevent oversharing in M365. - [Customers](https://www.syskit.com/customers/): Discover how Syskit Point has helped organizations worldwide solve their daily Microsoft 365 challenges. - [Syskit is at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2024](https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-the-microsoft-365-community-conference-2024/): Syskit is at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference! Discover how we can help you with your M365 administration and governance. - [Maturing your Microsoft 365 Governance and Compliance](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/maturing-your-microsoft-365-governance-and-compliance/): Join Microsoft MVP Simon Hudson as he uses the Microsoft 365 Maturity Model to explore the state of your organization’s governance and compliance. - [Why admins should use the Microsoft Power Platform CoE Starter Kit](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/why-admins-should-use-the-microsoft-power-platform-coe-starter-kit/): Join Microsoft MVP Rene Modery as he explains how the Center of Excellence Starter Kit can help you get more value out of the Power Platform. - [Securing and governing Microsoft Copilot with Syskit Point](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/securing-and-governing-microsoft-copilot-with-syskit-point/): Discover how Syskit Point can help you assess and prepare your tenant, and meet the operational demands of Copilot. - [Optimize SharePoint storage in Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/use-cases/optimize-sharepoint-storage-in-microsoft-365/): Optimize SharePoint storage costs in Microsoft 365 with better insights via Syskit Point's Storage Management. - [Become a Microsoft Teams Rockstar](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/become-a-microsoft-teams-rockstar-nov2023/): Join Microsoft Regional Director Gokan Ozcifci as he explains how to plan, implement, and master Microsoft Teams from A to Z. - [Lionsgate](https://www.syskit.com/customers/lionsgate/): Lionsgate streamlines M365 management with Syskit Point, benefiting from a 5% license buffer, improved governance and tighter security. - [How to Scale Up your Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/how-to-scale-up-your-microsoft-365/): Microsoft MVP Emily Mancini shares how a biotech used M365 solutions to improve communication, collaboration, and manual business processes. - [What’s new in Syskit Point: Policy Automation, and Compliance Dashboard](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/whats-new-in-syskit-point-policy-automation-and-compliance-dashboard/): Dive in with us to discover how Syskit Point can ensure your tenant is both secure and efficiently governed – from workspace creation till its end of life. - [What's new - 2023.4.](https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2023-4/): See what's new in our web-based Office 365 governance solution. This new release comes with a great new features set and improvements. - [Getting started with Microsoft 365 Copilot](https://www.syskit.com/webinars/getting-started-with-microsoft-365-copilot/): Join Zoe Wilson and Luke Evans to understand the full potential of Microsoft 365 Copilot and how you can utilize these capabilities fully and safely. - [Book a Demo - Point](https://www.syskit.com/company/partner-program/schedule-a-demo/): Interested in seeing Syskit Point in action and exploring its Microsoft 365 governance features? Fill out the form and schedule a demo. - [Partner Program](https://www.syskit.com/company/partner-program/): Unlock opportunity and growth with Syskit Partner Program. Deliver instant value to your customers so they can realize the full potential of their M365. - [Reports and industry research](https://www.syskit.com/resources/reports-and-industry-research/): Syskit offers innovative solutions for governing Microsoft 365 recognized by institutions. Access in-depth reports and research on its unique capabilities. - [What's new - 2023.2.](https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2023-2/): See what's new in our web-based Office 365 governance solution. This new release comes with a great new features set and improvements. - [Thank you - Download - SPDockit](https://www.syskit.com/thank-you-download-spdockit/): Thank you for downloading SPDockit. We hope it will help you improve your Microsoft 365 environment. --- --- ## Posts - [How to build a SharePoint agent for your Intranet](https://www.syskit.com/blog/how-to-build-a-sharepoint-agent-for-your-intranet/): In this blog post, we'll show you how to build a SharePoint agent for your intranet — step by step guide. - [Privilege creep in Microsoft 365: The silent risk you're probably ignoring](https://www.syskit.com/blog/privilege-creep-in-microsoft-365/): Privilege creep is slow. It's silent. But over time, it turns your environment into a mess of over-permissioned users and associated unwanted risks. - [Power Platform ownership best practices: How to avoid orphaned apps and flows](https://www.syskit.com/blog/power-platform-ownership-best-practices/): Syskit Point gives IT full visibility into Power Platform ownership, helping prevent orphaned flows, reclaim control, and reduce licensing waste. - [Rethinking Power Platform governance with Syskit Point](https://www.syskit.com/blog/power-platform-governance-syskit-point/): Lean what are the biggest challenges with Power Platform governance and how Syskit Point can help you address them. - [Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2025: Top highlights for M365 Administrators](https://www.syskit.com/blog/m365-community-conference-2025-top-news/): Read through all the biggest announcements from the Microsoft 365 Community Conference, including news about SAM, Copilot and SharePoint. - [3 use cases for Copilot agents in SharePoint ](https://www.syskit.com/blog/3-use-cases-for-copilot-agents-in-sharepoint/): Curious what Copilot agents can actually do in SharePoint? Here are 3 use cases and how to get started. - [What is Microsoft Dataverse, and how does it compare to SharePoint, Lists, Dataverse for Teams, and SQL](https://www.syskit.com/blog/what-is-microsoft-dataverse-and-how-does-it-compare-to-sharepoint-lists-dataverse-for-teams-and-sql/): You probably have heard or seen Microsoft Dataverse multiple times during your projects or events. But what exactly is Dataverse? - [Humanizing Artificial Intelligence (AI): Better UX in Copilot-generated Power Apps](https://www.syskit.com/blog/improving-ux-in-copilot-generated-power-apps/): Microsoft Copilot is powerful, but it still needs human insight to create truly effective and empathetic UX. Learn what to keep in mind. - [How to set up a Power Platform DLP policy](https://www.syskit.com/blog/power-platform-dlp-policy-setup/): Learn everything you need to know to create and manage Power Platform DLP (data loss prevention) policies. - [From assistant to agent: The evolution of AI in M365](https://www.syskit.com/blog/from-assistant-to-agentic-ai/): Agentic AI in M365 doesn’t wait for instructions. It acts. This blog shows what IT needs to watch for. - [Power Platform environments: Basics for IT admins](https://www.syskit.com/blog/power-platform-environments/): In this blog post, we break down everything IT admins need to know about Power Platform environments - [Implementing advanced data loss prevention (DLP) strategies in Microsoft Purview](https://www.syskit.com/blog/advanced-data-loss-prevention-dlp-purview/): Learn how to protect sensitive data with advanced data loss prevention (DLP) strategies in Microsoft Purview. - [Healthcare’s move to the Cloud: Securing your Microsoft 365 environment](https://www.syskit.com/blog/healthcare-cloud-security-microsoft-365/): The shift to Microsoft 365 demands strong healthcare cloud security. Keep reading to find out how you can secure your M365 environment. - [How to create a scalable Power Platform governance model for growing adoption](https://www.syskit.com/blog/scalable-power-platform-governance-guide/): Discover how to implement a scalable governance model for Microsoft Power Platform for growing adoption. - [No reactivation fee: Microsoft 365 Archive becomes a no brainer for every M365 Admin](https://www.syskit.com/blog/no-reactivation-fee-microsoft-365-archive/): Learn all the details you need to know about the recent elimination of reactivation fee for Microsoft 365 Archive. - [Why and how to use Microsoft 365 sensitivity labels for data protection](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-365-sensitivity-labels-guide/): Discover the benefits of sensitivity labels, how to apply them, how to automate the process, and improve the overall security posture. - [What are the most overlooked aspects of governance in Microsoft 365?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/governance-in-microsoft-365/): We asked the experts about what aspect of governance in Microsoft 365 needed the most attention. Check out their answers! - [Microsoft Graph: The essential API for Microsoft 365 integration](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-graph-api-guide/): Microsoft Graph connects Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint & more via a unified API. Learn its permissions & tools to streamline your workflow. - [What does Microsoft 365 governance mean to you?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/what-is-microsoft-365-governance/): We asked Microsoft MVPs for their definition of Microsoft 365 governance. Check out what they had to say. - [Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform landscape: Why IT Admins should care](https://www.syskit.com/blog/introduction-power-platform-for-it-admins/): Power Platform revolutionizes how people without coding backgrounds build apps, create reports, and automate workflows. What does this mean for IT admins? - [Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - Feature breakdown](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-365-copilot-chat-features/): Which Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat aka Biz Chat features entails? Learn what you get in the free offering and what you get in Microsoft 365 Copilot. - [What is the most underrated feature of Microsoft Copilot?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/underrated-feature-microsoft-copilot/): We asked Microsoft MVPs what is the most underrated feature of Microsoft Copilot. Keep on reading to level up your Copilot skills. - [Will Copilot agents increase the adoption of Microsoft Copilot?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/will-copilot-agents-increase-adoption/): We asked Microsoft MVPs if they thought Copilot agents would increase the adoption of Microsoft Copilot or add to AI overload. - [Case study: STADA takes control of lifecycle management with Syskit Point](https://www.syskit.com/blog/stada-takes-control-of-lifecycle-management/): Syskit Point gave STADA full visibility into Microsoft 365, ensuring governance, security compliance, and control over workspace lifecycle management. - [Copilot Agents in SharePoint deep dive for Administrators](https://www.syskit.com/blog/copilot-agents-in-sharepoint-guide-for-admins/): This guide will run you through the foundations of Copilot agents in SharePoint, discuss the back end and administration of it, and answer FAQ. - [Getting started with Power Platform Administration](https://www.syskit.com/blog/power-platform-administration-getting-started/): Check out our Power Platform Administration guide which will show you everything you need to know, from the basics to the tools you need. - [Microsoft 365 in 2025: What will be the most transformative feature?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-365-in-2025/): We asked Microsoft MVPs what they thought would be the most transformative feature of Microsoft 365 in 2025. - [Year in review 2024: M365 cybersecurity, Copilot and automation in focus](https://www.syskit.com/blog/year-in-review-2024/): In 2024, we focused on solving key challenges IT Teams are facing now - oversharing, workspaces sprawl, and storage optimization. - [Jira Cloud integration with Syskit Point for streamlined provisioning - Part 3](https://www.syskit.com/blog/jira-cloud-integration-with-syskit-point/): Learn how to set up Jira Cloud Integration with Syskit Point, what are the prerequisites and practical steps to solve it right now. - [ServiceNow integration with Syskit Point for seamless provisioning - Part 2](https://www.syskit.com/blog/servicenow-integration-with-syskit-point/): Learn how to prepare and setup ServiceNow integration with Syskit Point to achieve seamless provisioning. Includes the script. - [Top Power Platform news for Administrators at Microsoft Ignite 2024](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-ignite-power-platform-news-for-admins/): Check out the top Power Platform news for administration and governance that were announced at Ignite 2024. - [Microsoft Ignite: 5 top announcements for Microsoft 365 admins](https://www.syskit.com/blog/top-news-from-microsoft-ignite-for-m365-admin/): In this blog we are sharing with you the top announcements from Microsoft Ignite that you need to prepare for as a Microsoft 365 IT Professional. - [3rd party integrations with Syskit Point using Webhooks - Part 1](https://www.syskit.com/blog/3rd-party-integration-syskit-point-webhooks/): This article will prepare teach you what are the prerequisites and benefits of 3rd party integrations, such as Jira and ServiceNow, with Syskit Point. - [Top 5 Microsoft 365 cyber security tips](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-365-cyber-security-tips/): Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu shares his top 5 Microsoft 365 cyber security tips to help you protect your Microsoft 365 environment. - [Microsoft Purview Licensing: E3 vs E5 bundle comparison ](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-purview-licensing-e3-e5-comparison/): Find out which Microsoft Purview features are available with E3 and E5 licenses, so you can plan accordingly. - [Shape the future of M365 with us - Let’s talk! ](https://www.syskit.com/blog/join-research-about-m365-struggles/): Share your M365 insights with Syskit, shape future M365 governance solutions, and earn $100 for your time! - [5 + 1 true hair-raising IT admin horror stories](https://www.syskit.com/blog/6-it-admin-horror-stories/): Remember those scary stories we used to tell as kids? Well, IT admins have their own horror tales now. And... - [Why collaborative governance is important](https://www.syskit.com/blog/why-collaborative-governance-is-important/): In today’s hybrid work environments, cybersecurity isn’t just an IT problem; it’s everyone’s responsibility. Learn how collaborative governance can help. - [How to get ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot](https://www.syskit.com/blog/how-to-get-ready-for-microsoft-365-copilot/): Discover everything you need to know about how to get ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot. We'll guide you through 6 essentials steps you need to do. - [12 easy ways to enhance your Copilot readiness with Syskit Point](https://www.syskit.com/blog/copilot-readiness-with-syskit-point/): We'll show you twelve ways how Syskit Point can help you prepare the Copilot readiness of your Microsoft 365 environment. - [SharePoint Advanced Management limitations](https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-premium-advanced-management-limitations/): We talked about what SharePoint Premium can do, let's dive into what it can't do. Discover the limitations of SharePoint Premium! - [Microsoft Power Platform in Numbers](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-power-platform-in-numbers/): Vlad Catrinescu talks about the growth, trends, and various statistics about Microsoft's Power Platform. - [Microsoft AI comparison: SharePoint Premium vs Teams Premium vs Microsoft 365 Copilot](https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-premium-teams-premium-m365-copilot/): Microsoft AI tools will redefine collaboration. Learn what SharePoint Premium, Teams Premium and Microsoft 365 Copilot can do for you. - [Automatic storage management in Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/blog/automatic-storage-management-in-microsoft-365/): Efficient storage management can rapidly become unmanageable as your organization grows. Check out our detailed guide on how to overcame this challenge. - [Copilot for Microsoft 365: What we’ve learned after one year - Q&A](https://www.syskit.com/blog/copilot-for-microsoft-365-questions/): We answered all your questions from our webinar, Copilot for Microsoft 365: One Year Later, with Microsoft MVPs Zoe Wilson and Luke Evans. - [Why having an AI Policy is important for your organization](https://www.syskit.com/blog/ai-policy-is-important-for-your-organization/): Having an AI policy can prevent sensitive information from misuse and leaks in times when GenAI tools are becoming essential to office workers. - [PowerShell automation guide for M365 admin tasks](https://www.syskit.com/blog/powershell-automation-for-m365-admin-tasks/): PowerShell automation can be a powerful tool in your admin toolbelt. Learn how to automate numerous administration tasks in our blog. - [Knowledge management strategies in Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/blog/knowledge-management-in-microsoft-365/): Explore strategic approaches for optimizing knowledge management within Microsoft 365 that Copilot and your employees can use. - [Sensitivity labels best practices](https://www.syskit.com/blog/sensitivity-labels-best-practices-in-m365/): Sensitivity labels and retention policies are powerful. They allow you to apply rules and actions to your data based on its content, location, and context. - [SharePoint Premium use cases](https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-premium-use-cases/): Explore 6 useful SharePoint Premium use cases and find out how to use them to gain value and drive various strategic goals. - [What are sensitivity labels and retention policies in Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/blog/sensitivity-labels-retention-policies-in-m365/): A guide to help you understand the benefits and limitations of sensitivity labels and retention policies for protecting your data in Microsoft 365. - [Can you save money with Microsoft 365 Archive?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/can-you-save-money-with-microsoft-365-archive/): Microsoft 365 Archive can save organizations up to 75% on their excess storage costs, if not used correctly, it can also double their storage costs. - [Everything you need to know about Intelligent Versioning in Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/blog/intelligent-versioning-in-microsoft-365/): Let's dig into storage management optimization, and reducing costs with Intelligent Versioning. Learn more! - [The pros and cons of SharePoint Premium](https://www.syskit.com/blog/the-pros-and-cons-of-sharepoint-premium/): Explore the pros and cons of SharePoint Premium: powerful content management and automation vs. higher costs and complexity. - [Microsoft Copilot real life scenarios - How to prevent oversharing?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-copilot-real-life-scenarios/): Microsoft Copilot promised a revolution in the workplace productivity. Where are we standing now 6 months after it became generally available? - [What is the quirkiest way you've seen people use Microsoft tools?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/quirkiest-ways-people-use-microsoft-tools/): Microsoft MVPs share their quirky stories of how people use Microsoft tools. From scary to funny, we got you covered. - [Using AI to write PowerShell scripts](https://www.syskit.com/blog/using-ai-to-write-powershell-scripts/): Learn how you can leverage AI tools such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to write PowerShell scripts faster. Article by Microsoft MVP Todd Klindt. - [What have we learned about Microsoft Copilot so far?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/what-we-learned-about-microsoft-copilot/): Multiple experts tell us what they've learned about Microsoft Copilot after one year of using the powerful AI. - [Battling with your IT Team](https://www.syskit.com/blog/governance-conflict-between-it-and-end-users/): Battles between IT teams and end users have become something we came to terms with having a governance conflict. Find out how to resolve it. - [Implementing OWASP Dependency-Track in Azure DevOps](https://www.syskit.com/blog/implementing-owasp-dependency-track/): OWASP Dependency Track: Syskit's choice for tracking and mitigating software vulnerabilities. Learn more about the process. - [What are the biggest security concerns for IT admins?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/biggest-security-concerns-for-it-admins/): Microsoft MVPs tell us what they believe are the biggest security concerns that IT admins should be aware of. - [Microsoft Teams security best practices](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-teams-security-best-practices/): Microsoft Teams Security Guide: Implement key Microsoft Teams best practices to ensure a safe and secure collaboration environment. - [Copilot interview with Tony Redmond: Beautiful results come from curated data](https://www.syskit.com/blog/copilot-interview-with-tony-redmond/): We sat down with Microsoft MVP Tony Redmond to talk about all things Microsoft Copilot. Check out what he had to share. - [SharePoint Premium Advanced Management deep dive - Q&A](https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-premium-advanced-management-qa/): Check out the answers to common SharePoint Premium Advanced Management questions in our deep dive Q&A with Vlad Catrinescu. - [4 steps to minimize oversharing and stay Copilot ready](https://www.syskit.com/blog/4-steps-to-minimize-oversharing-for-copilot/): Are you ready to roll out Copilot for Microsoft 365 but worried about oversharing? You're not alone. - [Automated governance – Key to a secure and compliant Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/blog/automated-governance-compliant-microsoft-365/): This blog will address how automated governance can help you improve your security posture and reduce non-compliance risks. - [Microsoft 365 Community Conference – Top highlights for IT Administrators](https://www.syskit.com/blog/m365-community-conference-top-highlights/): The Microsoft 365 Community Conference is now in the rearview mirror—and what an amazing event it was! - [8 ways Microsoft Teams Copilot increases productivity](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-teams-copilot-deep-dive/): Teams Copilot is split into 8 different Copilots, each one of them with the same goal of making you more productive. Learn all about them! - [Governance and Access Reviews in Microsoft 365 with native tools](https://www.syskit.com/blog/governance-access-reviews-in-m365/): Microsoft governance strategy should include regular access reviews of users' access to Microsoft 365 documents, sites, and teams. - [Syskit mentioned in the 2024 Gartner® research The Top 10 “Gotchas” of Copilot for Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/blog/syskit-top-10-gotchas-copilot-microsoft-365/): Syskit has been mentioned in the Gartner® report, The Top 10 “Gotchas” of Copilot for Microsoft 365. - [Why admins should use the Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit](https://www.syskit.com/blog/center-of-excellence-starter-kit/): Discover why Power Platform administrators should consider leveraging the Center of Excellence Starter Kit. - [3 Copilot productivity hacks for SharePoint admins - at no extra cost](https://www.syskit.com/blog/3-copilot-productivity-hacks-for-sharepoint/): It’s no secret that Generative AI solutions such as Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT are changing how everyone works. - [Securing and governing Microsoft Copilot with Syskit Point](https://www.syskit.com/blog/securing-and-governing-microsoft-copilot/): We discuss the security challenges associated with governing Microsoft Copilot and offer practical strategies for mitigating risks and enhancing governance. - [7 best practices to deal with the SharePoint storage limit](https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-storage-limit-best-practices/): SharePoint storage limit wasn't on anyone's mind a decade ago. Recently, organizations have begun to struggle with storage. You don't have to! - [Syskit receives SOC 2 Type 2 accreditation](https://www.syskit.com/blog/syskit-receives-soc-2-type-2-accreditation/): The SOC 2 Type 2 report assures customers and stakeholders that the service provider's systems are secure and available. - [Data exfiltration: understanding, detecting, and preventing ](https://www.syskit.com/blog/data-exfiltration/): Prevent data exfiltration: Discover actionable steps to fortify your Microsoft 365 environment against data breaches and insider threats effectively. - [Syskit mentioned in the 2024 Gartner® research “Go Beyond Baseline Microsoft 365 GenAI Controls to Secure Copilot”](https://www.syskit.com/blog/syskit-mentioned-in-the-2024-gartner-research-go-beyond-baseline-microsoft-365-genai-controls/): Syskit has been mentioned in the Gartner® report: Go Beyond Baseline Microsoft 365 GenAI Controls to Secure Copilot - [Microsoft Copilot – How to apply best practices with SharePoint](https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-copilot-best-practices/): When it comes to rolling out SharePoint Copilot, there are a couple of best practices you should follow to ensure the safety of your environment. - [3 ways how to use Copilot in Outlook to be more productive](https://www.syskit.com/blog/3-ways-how-to-use-copilot-in-outlook/): Vlad Catrinescu explores the three ways that Copilot in Outlook can help you regain control of your day and spend less time dealing with emails. - [SharePoint storage unleashed: Tenant space strategy](https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-storage-strategy/): Vlad and Drew discuss SharePoint storage management and explore the essential aspects and storage strategies for M365 admins. - [5 useful PowerShell scripts every SharePoint Admin needs](https://www.syskit.com/blog/5-useful-powershell-scripts/): Here are five useful PowerShell scripts every IT admin needs in their toolkit. They will help you with everything from storage to external users. - [Share smarter: Microsoft 365 oversharing solutions](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-365-oversharing-solutions/): Vlad and Drew discuss Microsoft 365 oversharing and how you can effectively manage it within your tenant and get ready for Microsoft Copilot. - [Syskit Point Now Available on Microsoft AppSource  ](https://www.syskit.com/blog/syskit-point-now-available-on-microsoft-appsource/): Syskit Point is now available on Microsoft AppSource, an online cloud marketplace providing tailored line-of-business solutions.  - [Syskit included in Gartner® research How to Prepare for Microsoft 365 Education Storage Changes](https://www.syskit.com/blog/syskit-included-in-gartner-research-how-to-prepare-for-microsoft-365-education-storage-changes/): Syskit, a leading provider of M365 governance solutions, announced today that it has been included a Gartner report about M365 storage changes for education. - [Microsoft 365 for Education storage calculator](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-365-for-education-storage-calculator/): Use our free storage calculator to effectively navigate the Microsoft 365 Education storage changes. Get ready today with Syskit Point. - [Guarding against inactive guests in Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/blog/inactive-guests-in-microsoft-365/): Vlad and Drew take a deep dive into inactive guests in Microsoft 365, the associated risks, and best practices for effective management. - [3 things you can only do with Microsoft Edge Copilot](https://www.syskit.com/blog/3-things-only-microsoft-edge-copilot-can-do/): Edge Copilot in the Microsoft Edge Sidebar gives us a lot of capabilities. Learn more about the things you can do only in Microsoft Edge. - [Microsoft Teams ownership: The key to collaboration](https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-teams-ownership/): Vlad and Drew go into details of Microsoft Teams ownership, key settings, and best practices to empower team owners in maximizing the platform's potential. - [How do you balance Collaboration vs Security in Microsoft 365?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/how-do-you-balance-collaboration-vs-security-in-microsoft-365/): We asked top Microsoft MVPs how they would balance collaboration vs security in Microsoft 365 to get the best of both worlds. - [Reclaiming unused Microsoft 365 licenses](https://www.syskit.com/blog/reclaiming-unused-microsoft-365-licenses/): Microsoft MVPs Vlad Catrinescu and Drew Madelung explore Microsoft 365 licenses and how to reclaim potentially unused licenses. - [Vlad Catrinescu, Microsoft MVP joins Syskit as Technical Evangelist](https://www.syskit.com/blog/vlad-catrinescu-joins-syskit-as-technical-evangelist/): Vlad Catrinescu is a well-known name in the Microsoft community, and we are excited to announce that he is joining Syskit as our Technical Evangelist - [Lost and found: How to discover Microsoft 365 orphaned users](https://www.syskit.com/blog/how-to-discover-microsoft-365-orphaned-users/): Drew Madelung and Vlad Catrinescu share best practices on orphaned users in Microsoft 365 environments, especially in the context of SharePoint. - [Three hours with Microsoft Copilot Studio](https://www.syskit.com/blog/three-hours-with-microsoft-copilot-studio/): First impressions of Microsoft Copilot Studio prove it to be impressive. We even discovered a use case that helps find inconsistencies on your site. - [Taming orphaned workspaces in Microsoft 365](https://www.syskit.com/blog/taming-orphaned-workspaces-in-microsoft-365/): Microsoft MVPs Vlad Catrinescu and Drew Madelung take a deep dive into Taming orphaned workspaces in Microsoft 365. - [What’s benefits will Microsoft 365 Copilot bring?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/whats-benefits-will-microsoft-365-copilot-bring/): We asked top Microsoft MVPs what they thought were the biggest benefits that Microsoft 365 Copilot will bring. - [SharePoint list formatting](https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-list-formatting/): Master SharePoint List formatting with SharePoint list formatting, Power App, and SPFx customization options. - [How to manage SharePoint storage](https://www.syskit.com/blog/how-to-manage-sharepoint-storage/): What if you could avoid having to get additional SharePoint storage or, at the very least, postpone raising your SharePoint storage limit? - [What’s the next big thing in Microsoft for 2024?](https://www.syskit.com/blog/whats-the-next-big-thing-in-microsoft-for-2024/): We asked top Microsoft MVPs what they thought was the next big thing in the Microsoft 365 landscape for 2024. - [A year in review - Evolving Syskit Point with customer feedback](https://www.syskit.com/blog/a-year-in-review-evolving-syskit-point-with-customer-feedback/): In 2023 we focused on what we worked on all the key pillars of our vision: Visibility, Governance, and Security for M365. - [What our customers say about us](https://www.syskit.com/blog/what-our-customers-say-about-us/): Visibility, Governance, and Security aren’t just words for a headline - these are significant problems that customers have to deal with. --- # # Detailed Content ## Pages ### Manage Power Platform and SharePoint Agents with Syskit Point > Learn how you can govern your Power Platform with enhanced admin capabilities and control SharePoint Agent Sprawl. - Published: 2025-06-04 - Modified: 2025-06-11 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/manage-power-platform-sharepoint-agents/ Join the Syskit team as we explore the latest enhancements and upcoming features in Syskit Point, including governing your Power Platform with enhanced admin capabilities and controlling SharePoint Agent Sprawl. Simplify governance from a centralized interface Join us for an exclusive look at the latest enhancements and upcoming features in Syskit Point, built to simplify governance and help you get more value from your Microsoft 365 environment. In this webinar, our product team will showcase recently released capabilities, performance upgrades, and powerful new tools, designed to give IT and governance teams greater control with less effort. What you will learn Smarter Power Platform Governance Take control of your Power Platform with enhanced admin capabilities — including new actions to manage inactive and orphaned apps and flows, all from a centralized interface. Refinements You’ll Appreciate We will highlight smaller enhancements and reporting improvements that make everyday governance easier and more insightful. Control SharePoint Agent Sprawl Custom SharePoint agents can cause serious sprawl — but now, you can stay ahead of it. See how Syskit Point helps you identify, audit, and control unmanaged agents to keep your tenant secure and clutter-free. Speakers --- ### Compliance and audits > Simplify audits and enforce access policies with automated compliance reporting for Microsoft 365. Maintain audit trails, detect violations, & prove compliance. - Published: 2025-05-28 - Modified: 2025-06-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-compliance-reporting/ Show governance and compliance in audits Syskit Point helps organizations automate compliance reporting, enforce access policies, and maintain full audit trails across Microsoft 365 — without relying on manual processes or scripting. It provides clear, real-time visibility into compliance posture so teams can respond to risks, support audits, and keep leadership informed. --- ### Security monitoring > Monitor sensitive access, detect risky activity, and report on data exposure in Microsoft 365. Give security teams the visibility and control they need. - Published: 2025-05-28 - Modified: 2025-06-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-security-monitoring/ Protect sensitive data in Microsoft 365 without overwhelming IT Syskit Point gives security teams visibility into sensitive access across Microsoft 365 — including Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and the Power Platform — helping assign ownership and catch risks early. With dashboards, access reviews, and oversharing alerts, you can monitor data exposure at scale and report clearly to business leaders. --- ### Sprawl prevention > Stop workspace sprawl in Microsoft 365. Enforce governance from creation to expiration, clean up inactive sites, and keep Copilot results secure and compliant. - Published: 2025-05-28 - Modified: 2025-06-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-sprawl-prevention/ Manage at creation, lifetime maintenance, and disposal Manage sprawl, avoid oversharing and data leaks. Additionally, ensure Copilot’s results are appropriate, accurate, and compliant at rollout. --- ### AI security > Prevent data leaks before enabling Microsoft Copilot. Fix oversharing, clean up permissions, and ensure AI tools only access the right data in Microsoft 365. - Published: 2025-05-28 - Modified: 2025-06-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/ai-security/ What data is Copilot sharing with others? Syskit Point ensures only the right data is accessible to Copilot by fixing oversharing and misconfigured permissions. It helps you build a secure, AI-ready Microsoft 365 environment. --- ### External user management > Automatically manage and expire guest access in Microsoft 365. Enforce review cycles, spot risky accounts, and reduce long-term exposure to external users. - Published: 2025-05-28 - Modified: 2025-06-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/external-user-management/ Control and expire external guest access  Automatically track and audit guest access across Microsoft 365. Enforce expiration policies and prompt regular reviews. --- ### Cost optimization > Cut Microsoft 365 storage costs by cleaning up inactive workspaces, optimizing licenses, and automating lifecycle policies. Stop sprawl before it drains your budget. - Published: 2025-05-28 - Modified: 2025-06-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-cost-optimization/ Control the costs of sprawl and rapid data growth Microsoft 365 sprawl grows silently. With no clear oversight, unused Teams, Groups, and SharePoint sites multiply rapidly, driving up storage costs. Proactively manage your storage https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=G3aXNc88ux0 --- ### Control access > Regain control of Microsoft 365 access. Automate access reviews, detect oversharing, and monitor changes to ensure only the right people can access sensitive data. - Published: 2025-05-28 - Modified: 2025-06-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-access-control/ Too many people and AI have access to too much data Syskit Point helps you regain control over Microsoft 365 by ensuring only the right users — internal or external — can access sensitive data. Automate access reviews, detect oversharing before it becomes a risk and track every change. See who has access in a single space https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=bJxhxEp799E --- ### What's new - 2025.2.91 > Find out how you can manage App and Flow ownership with the new Power Platform management actions in Syskit Point - Published: 2025-05-20 - Modified: 2025-06-10 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2025-2-91/ What's new - 2025. 2. 91 Welcome to Syskit Point 2025. 2. 91! Syskit Point now provides full visibility and control over Power Platform assets with new management actions to manage App and Flow ownership or delete unused resources directly from reports. A new policy also detects Microsoft 365 workspaces without sensitivity labels, helping you quickly address security risks and ensure compliance. Not yet a customer? Try Syskit Point for free. Power Platform Management Actions 2025. 2. 91 With the vision of being a centralized platform for governance and security of your entire Microsoft 365, we recently expanded Syskit Point inventory and permissions reports with a comprehensive overview across Power Platform - Apps, Automate, Connections, and Environments. You can now detect all assets, monitor how they are being used, detect orphaned, inactive, or duplicated apps and flows, find premium components, check access, and much more. Managing all these Power Platform components across scattered tools can be complex. And without proper oversight, misconfigured apps or flows can expose sensitive data or even breach compliance regulations. That’s why we’re introducing new management actions directly within Syskit Point—to help you take control with ease and confidence. Change Owners: This action can be completed for flows and apps on the Power Automate/Apps Inventory and Permissions reports. Once you're inside the report, select a single App or Flow and modify the Primary owner and Co-owners from the menu on the right hand-side. Add Co-Owners: Add additional Co-owners to one or multiple apps and flows directly... --- ### What's new - 2025.2.86 > The new Workspace Sensitivity tile lets you easily jump to a filtered report and find and explore all unlabeled Sites. - Published: 2025-04-01 - Modified: 2025-04-01 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2025-2-86/ What's new - 2025. 2. 86 Welcome to Syskit Point 2025. 2. 86! We’re introducing a Workspace Sensitivity tile where you can easily jump to a filtered report and find and explore all unlabeled Sites. Also, you can now create custom views of reports and save the view, making it quick and easy for you to see important data. Not yet a customer? Try Syskit Point for free. New Dashboard Tile: Workspace Sensitivity 2025. 2. 86 Sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 are important for classifying, protecting, and managing sensitive data across an organization. They help prevent data breaches and support regulatory compliance by controlling data flow and restricting unauthorized access, as well as increasing user awareness of data handling best practices. In our last few releases we announced various features to help you with tasks around sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365: The Sensitivity Labels Inventory report offers comprehensive visibility into all labels within your Microsoft 365 environment which is essential for understanding how data is classified across the organization. This report drills down to where a specific sensitivity label has been applied. Maintaining accurate information is critical in order to apply the correct policies. Once you open the Sites, Teams, and Groups overview, you can select workspaces and regularly verify with workspace owners if they applied the correct sensitivity label, metadata, and privacy settings. Select workspaces, use the side menu and choose the information you want to verify or that is missing, and choose Ask Owners to send a task.... --- ### Aviation > Stay ahead of FAA, EASA, NIS2, and other aviation services compliances. Syskit Point simplifies M365 data security, user access management, and reporting. - Published: 2025-03-25 - Modified: 2025-05-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-compliance-for-aviation/ Challenge: Navigating compliance challenges in the aviation industry The aviation industry faces unique compliance requirements for securing operational data and protecting passenger information. Meeting FAA, EASA, and GDPR standards while maintaining efficient data access can be complex but essential to avoid penalties. Solution: Syskit Point: Helping aviation companies stay secure and compliant Syskit Point provides aviation companies with tools to manage access, automate compliance reporting, and enhance data security across Microsoft 365, helping to adhere to industry regulations. Facilitate compliance with: FAA Federal Aviation Administration (US) – Mandates strict data access controls and operational safety standards for aviation-related data. EASA European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EU) – Enforces compliance standards for safety and data protection within aviation companies operating in the EU. GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (EU) – Ensures data privacy and secure handling of passenger and operational data, mandating strict access and breach notification protocols. NIS2 Network and Information Security Directive (EU) – Requires cybersecurity risk management and incident reporting within critical sectors like aviation. ISO 27001 Information Security Management System standard that helps protect and manage sensitive aviation data across digital platforms. TISAX Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange – Used for data protection standards in aviation, ensuring secure information exchange across stakeholders and suppliers. CISA Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (US) – Provides guidelines for securing critical infrastructure, focusing on robust cybersecurity and incident response in aviation. Talk to us Get in touch to discover how Syskit Point helps organizations govern Microsoft 365 and stay compliant. --- ### Implementing Zero Trust and Mitigating Insider Threats > Join Michael Noel as he explores how Microsoft cloud services can be used to implement Zero Trust principles across your environment. - Published: 2025-03-18 - Modified: 2025-04-30 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/implementing-zero-trust-and-mitigating-insider-threats/ Join cybersecurity expert Michael Noel as he explores how Microsoft cloud services such as Azure AD Conditional Access, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud can be used to implement Zero Trust principles across your environment. Mitigate external and insider threats As organizations continue to embrace hybrid and cloud environments, traditional network security approaches are no longer sufficient to protect against the rapidly evolving threat landscape. Enter Zero Trust—a security model that assumes no user, device, or application should be trusted by default. Microsoft’s Zero Trust architecture is designed to protect identities, endpoints, applications, networks, and data by continuously verifying the legitimacy of every access request and enforcing granular least-privilege access, helping to mitigate attacks from external actors as well as potential insider threats. In this webinar, we'll explore how Microsoft cloud services such as Azure AD Conditional Access, Microsoft Endpoint Manager, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud can be used to implement Zero Trust principles across your organization’s IT environment. Learn how to move beyond perimeter-based security and embrace a Zero Trust approach that aligns with today’s sophisticated threats and the needs of a modern enterprise. What you will learn Discover the Zero Trust model Understand the key principles and how Microsoft technologies can help enforce these principles in your cloud and hybrid environments and help to mitigate external and insider threats. Implement Zero Trust for applications and data Explore how to safeguard your applications and data using Microsoft Defender for Cloud, role-based access control (RBAC), and information protection policies.   Secure identities and endpoints Gain insights into best practices for protecting your workforce with Azure AD Conditional Access policies, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and Microsoft Endpoint Manager.   Build continuous monitoring and automated response capabilities Learn... --- ### Sensitivity labels governance with Syskit Point - Published: 2025-03-18 - Modified: 2025-03-18 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/sensitivity-labels-syskit-point/ Sensitivity labels governance with Syskit Point Monitoring and label visibility Syskit Point provides a centralized dashboard to track labeled workspaces. It helps ensure all workspaces have appropriate sensitivity labels and alerts admins to unprotected areas. Syskit Point's dashboard features the Workspace Sensitivity tile. This tile provides you with visibility and enables you to do management actions straight from the dashboard. More specifically, this tile provides you with the ability to track the level of your data classification enforcement within your tenant, and capability to ask owners to mark the unlabeled workspaces appropriately. Find out more about sensitivity label delegation in the next section. To check the state of your sensitivity labels, use the Sensitivity Labels Report and Sensitivity Labels Inventory Report. These reports can help ensure sensitive data is properly labeled and assigned to the correct number of resources, identify gaps in data security, and maintain compliance with company policies. Ask workspace owners to assign the sensitivity label For all workspaces that have not been assigned a sensitivity label, send a task to the workspace owner to add the appropriate label. The same task can be sent to workspace owners to review whether the applied label is still valid or should be changed to reflect the latest workspace requirements. Enforcing sensitivity label governance Syskit Point comes with a powerful rules engine that allows you to automate your governance policies based on sensitivity labels, along with other custom properties.   Using sensitivity label as a condition, you can define which governance... --- ### Auto-labeling: Can sensitivity labels be applied automatically? - Published: 2025-03-18 - Modified: 2025-03-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/sensitivity-labels-auto-labeling/ Auto-labeling: Can sensitivity labels be applied automatically? Yes, Microsoft 365 offers Auto-labeling policies where labels can be automatically applied based on content (keywords, sensitive info types, AI-based classifiers).  With this feature, Microsoft Purview scans documents and emails in SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange for content matches. Let’s say your company processes credit card payments. You can set up an auto-labeling policy that detects when a document contains a credit card number. Once identified, the system applies a "Highly Confidential—Financial" label, encrypting the file and restricting access to only a select group of employees. Additionally, suppose an employee writes an email containing social security numbers. Without any manual action, Outlook detects this pattern and applies a confidential label, preventing external sharing or forwarding. This happens in real-time, reducing the risk of accidental data leaks. This level of automation isn’t something that happens by default, you need the right tools in place. To enable auto-labeling, you’ll need: Microsoft E5 license, Office 365 E5 license, or Enterprise Mobility and Security E5 offering. Access to the Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal, where you’ll configure your policies. Predefined sensitivity labels that categorize your data, such as “Public,” “Internal,” or “Confidential. ” Specific rules that determine when a label should be applied, like recognizing personal information, financial data, or legal terms. Once you have these elements in place, setting up auto-labeling is straightforward. Microsoft guides you through defining the conditions under which labels will be applied. Source: Microsoft Pros and cons of sensitivity auto-labelling At first glance, automatic labeling seems... --- ### Real-world sensitivity labels framework > This table presents a real-life example of a sensitivity labels framework, defines the type of label, external sharing options, etc. - Published: 2025-03-18 - Modified: 2025-03-18 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/sensitivity-labels-framework/ Real-world sensitivity labels framework Below is a sample sensitivity labeling framework: --- ### Best practices for implementing sensitivity labels > Check out our list of best practices you need to consider when implementing sensitivity labels to avoid the most common pitfalls. - Published: 2025-03-18 - Modified: 2025-03-27 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/best-practices-sensitivity-labels/ Best practices for implementing sensitivity labels Before diving deep into the Microsoft Purview admin center and starting to create and publish sensitivity labels, here are the most important best practices to get you started. When you decide to start with sensitivity labels, consider the following aspects of your Microsoft 365 workspace governance: Privacy of the workspace, Sharing outside the group – internal sharing and collaboration, Sharing outside the company – how you work with external collaborators, Potential governance policies you wish to enforce now or in the future based on this classification, for example, Access Reviews. Define a clear classification taxonomy Establish a straightforward classification system that aligns with your organization's data protection policies. Microsoft recommends no more than five top-level parent labels, each with up to five sub-labels, to keep the user interface manageable. Too many options cause confusion and poor adoption. Use a limited number of labels Use 3-5 per scope, so end users don’t get frustrated and confused with too many options. Use clear and concise label names Avoid vague classifications like “Confidential 1. ” Instead, use “Confidential – Internal Employees Only. ” Prioritize labels appropriately Arrange your sensitivity labels in order of priority, with the most restrictive labels (e. g. , "Highly Confidential") at the bottom of the list and the least restrictive (e. g. , "Public") at the top. This hierarchy ensures that more sensitive labels take precedence when multiple labels might apply. Integrate with Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies Combine sensitivity labels with DLP... --- ### Licensing in Microsoft 365 for sensitivity labels > Explore a list that that features which licenses cover sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365, and stay a while and learn more about sensitivity labels. - Published: 2025-03-18 - Modified: 2025-03-27 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/sensitivity-labels-licensing/ Licensing in Microsoft 365 for sensitivity labels Sensitivity labels are part of the Microsoft Purview Information Protection solution.  For manual sensitivity labeling, the following licenses provide user permissions: Microsoft 365 E5/A5/G5/E3/A3/G3/F1/F3/Business Premium/OneDrive for Business (Plan 2), Enterprise Mobility + Security E3/E5, Office 365 E5/A5/E3/A3, AIP Plan 1, AIP Plan 2. --- ### How do sensitivity labels work in Microsoft 365? > Sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 operate on two levels: workspace level and file level. Read on to learn more. - Published: 2025-03-18 - Modified: 2025-03-27 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/how-sensitivity-labels-work/ How do sensitivity labels work in Microsoft 365? When you apply a sensitivity label, you classify data and enable proactive protection settings and actions. Sensitivity labels operate at two levels: Workspace / container level: Controls internal and external access to Teams, SharePoint sites, and M365 Groups. Configures privacy settings and external sharing rules. Applies Conditional Access settings, such as blocking access from unmanaged devices. Defines whether private teams are discoverable in search results. Files / meetings / emails level: Applies encryption and content markings. Restricts access to authorized users. Enables custom headers, footers, and watermarks. Auto-labels files and emails based on specified conditions. Protects meetings and chats by enforcing label-based security. --- ### Why use sensitivity labels? > Learn what are some of the things sensitivity labels can help you to do and why you need to think about proper labeling. - Published: 2025-03-18 - Modified: 2025-03-27 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/why-use-sensitivity-labels/ Why use sensitivity labels? As we mentioned in the previous section of the governance handbook, sensitivity labels are a cornerstone of an organization's digital security system. They ensure that Microsoft 365 workspaces, such as Teams, SharePoint sites, and groups, are classified and protected according to their sensitivity. Here are some of the things sensitivity labels can help you to do: Identify and classify sensitive data across your organization so you can build M365 governance policies on top of it, Protect your data from unauthorized copying, printing, or sharing (both internally and externally), Ensure that your data is handled and stored in compliance with your organization’s policies and regulations, Communicate the level of confidentiality and sensitivity of your data to your users and collaborators so they understand better how to handle it, Reduce the risk of data breaches, leaks, or losses by protecting your workspaces and data, preventing unauthorized access, and ensuring the information remains secure. Think of your Microsoft 365 workspaces as different rooms in a corporate office. Some rooms, like the breakroom, are open to everyone, while others, like HR or Finance, should only be accessible to specific employees. Without proper labeling, you risk accidental data exposure. For example, if a Microsoft Team discussing a confidential acquisition isn’t labeled correctly, an intern or an external guest might gain access unintentionally, leading to potential data leaks. --- ### Sensitivity labels > Sensitivity labels help you protect and classify your Microsoft 365 groups, SharePoint sites, Teams, and other workspaces in a Microsoft 365 tenant. - Published: 2025-03-18 - Modified: 2025-03-18 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/sensitivity-labels/ What are sensitivity labels? Sensitivity labels help you protect and classify your Microsoft 365 groups, SharePoint sites, Teams, and other workspaces in a Microsoft 365 tenant. They play a crucial role in data security by preventing unauthorized access and reducing the risk of data leaks. At the same time, they help organizations stay compliant with legal and regulatory requirements by consistently enforcing protection policies. Think of them as digital security tags you can stick on workspaces and Microsoft 365 assets, such as files and emails. These tags tell the system, “Hey, this is top secret! ” or “This is just internal info. ” Based on the label, Microsoft 365 automatically applies protections, like encryption, restricting who can see the file, or even blocking it from being shared outside your company. Different organizations have unique data classification needs. Factors such as industry regulations, critical business data, and multiple labeling solutions affect your labeling strategy. A phased implementation approach (Crawl-Walk-Run) helps with gradual adoption and avoids common pitfalls. --- ### Syskit is at EPPC 2025 in Vienna > Syskit is at EPPC 2025 in Vienna! Discover how we can help you with your M365 administration and governance. - Published: 2025-03-17 - Modified: 2025-03-17 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-eppc-2025-in-vienna/ We can't wait to see you at the European Power Platform Conference in Vienna! We're there from June 17-19, 2025 to share our expertise and to tell you how Syskit Point can help you manage your complex M365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. Discover how we can help with your M365 governance and security Come meet us in-person and see how Syskit Point helps you manage your complex Microsoft 365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. Our platform is focused on providing the best collaborative governance by including end-users in data ownership, as well as optimizing reporting, security, provisioning, and lifecycle management. Get full Power Platform visibility with Syskit Point See how Syskit Point lets you find all Power Apps and Power Automate flows across existing environments, along with all the connections from one central platform. Explore and demo our M365 platform in-person Discover how you can analyze your entire Microsoft 365 environment, gain complete visibility into your security footprint, and enforce continuous governance throughout the workspace lifecycle. Get real-time industry insight and best practices Make timely and fact-based decisions with the help of Syskit Point and the advice of our expert team: get in touch with all the industry trends to maximize your efficiency. Grab some awesome swag and enter our draw A conference isn't a conference without some cool merch. So, come and say “hi” and win some cool nick-nacks you’ll actually love to use. --- ### Syskit is at Thrive Conference 2025 > Syskit is at Thrive Conference 2025! Come meet with us and discover how we help with M365 governance and security. - Published: 2025-03-17 - Modified: 2025-03-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-thrive-conference-2025/ We're excited to meet you at the Thrive Conference in Slovenia! We will be there from June 3-4, 2025 to share our expertise and tell you how Syskit Point can help you manage your complex M365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. Discover how we can help with your M365 governance and security Come meet us in-person and see how Syskit Point helps you manage your complex Microsoft 365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. Our platform is focused on providing the best collaborative governance by including end-users in data ownership, as well as optimizing reporting, security, provisioning, and lifecycle management. Explore and demo our M365 platform in-person Discover how you can analyze your entire Microsoft 365 environment, gain complete visibility into your security footprint, and enforce continuous governance throughout the workspace lifecycle. Grab some awesome swag A conference isn't a conference without some cool merch. So, come and say “hi” and win some cool nick-nacks you’ll actually love to use. Get real-time industry insight and best practices Make timely and fact-based decisions with the help of Syskit Point and the advice of our expert team: get in touch with all the industry trends to maximize your efficiency. Meet our Microsoft MVPs Talk all things tech at the Syskit booth with Microsoft MVP Frane Borozan and check out his session: Microsoft 365 Copilot what we’ve learned so far? --- ### Syskit is at InfoSecurity Europe 2025 > Syskit is at InfoSecurity Europe 2025! Come meet with us and discover how we can help you with M365 governance and security. - Published: 2025-03-15 - Modified: 2025-03-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-at-infosecurity-europe-2025/ We're excited to meet you at InfoSecurity Europe in London! We will be there from June 3-5, 2025 to share our expertise and tell you how Syskit Point can help you manage your complex M365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. Discover how we can help with your M365 governance and security Come meet us in-person and see how Syskit Point helps you manage your complex Microsoft 365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. Our platform is focused on providing the best collaborative governance by including end-users in data ownership, as well as optimizing reporting, security, provisioning, and lifecycle management. Explore and demo our M365 platform in-person Discover how you can analyze your entire Microsoft 365 environment, gain complete visibility into your security footprint, and enforce continuous governance throughout the workspace lifecycle. Grab some awesome swag A conference isn't a conference without some cool merch. So, come and say “hi” and win some cool nick-nacks you’ll actually love to use. Get real-time industry insight and best practices Make timely and fact-based decisions with the help of Syskit Point and the advice of our expert team: get in touch with all the industry trends to maximize your efficiency. --- ### Syskit is at GISEC Global 2025 > Syskit is at GISEC Global 2025! Come meet with us and discover how we can help you with M365 governance and security. - Published: 2025-03-14 - Modified: 2025-03-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-gisec-global-2025/ We're excited to meet you at GISEC Global in Dubai! We will be there from May 6-8, 2025 to share our expertise and tell you how Syskit Point can help you manage your complex M365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. Discover how we can help with your M365 governance and security Syskit Point helps you manage your complex Microsoft 365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. Our platform is focused on providing the best collaborative governance by including end-users in data ownership, as well as optimizing reporting, security, provisioning, and lifecycle management. Explore and demo our M365 platform in-person Discover how you can analyze your entire Microsoft 365 environment, gain complete visibility into your security footprint, and enforce continuous governance throughout the workspace lifecycle. Grab some awesome swag A conference isn't a conference without some cool merch. So, come and say “hi” and win some cool nick-nacks you’ll actually love to use. Get real-time industry insight and best practices Make timely and fact-based decisions with the help of Syskit Point and the advice of our expert team: get in touch with all the industry trends to maximize your efficiency. Meet our Microsoft MVPs Talk all things tech at the Syskit booth with Microsoft MVP Frane Borozan. --- ### Syskit is at the European Collaboration Summit 2025 > Syskit is at CollabSummit 2025! Discover how we can help you with your M365 administration and governance. - Published: 2025-03-12 - Modified: 2025-03-11 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/company/events/european-collaboration-summit-2025/ We can't wait to see you at the European Collaboration Summit in Dusseldorf! We're there from May 27-28, 2025 to share our expertise and to tell you how Syskit Point can help you manage your complex M365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. Discover how we can help with your M365 governance and security Come meet us in-person and see how Syskit Point helps you manage your complex Microsoft 365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. Our platform is focused on providing the best collaborative governance by including end-users in data ownership, as well as optimizing reporting, security, provisioning, and lifecycle management. Explore and demo our M365 platform in-person Discover how you can analyze your entire Microsoft 365 environment, gain complete visibility into your security footprint, and enforce continuous governance throughout the workspace lifecycle. Grab some awesome swag and enter our draw A conference isn't a conference without some cool merch. So, come and say “hi” and win some cool nick-nacks you’ll actually love to use. Get real-time industry insight and best practices Make timely and fact-based decisions with the help of Syskit Point and the advice of our expert team: get in touch with all the industry trends to maximize your efficiency. Syskit session at CollabSummit Attend our sponsor session by our Syskit team and learn more about Syskit Point, our platform for Microsoft 365 governance and management. See last year's European Collaboration Summit recap https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=FzHskcrfho0 --- ### Syskit is at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2025 > Syskit is at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference! Discover how we help you with M365 governance and security. - Published: 2025-03-12 - Modified: 2025-03-11 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/company/events/microsoft-365-conference-2025/ We're excited to meet you at the M365 Community Conference in Las Vegas! We will be there from May 6-8, 2025 to share our expertise and tell you how Syskit Point can help you manage your complex M365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=aZrCjTTqcZ0 Discover how we can help with your M365 governance and security Syskit Point helps you manage your complex Microsoft 365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. Our platform is focused on providing the best collaborative governance by including end-users in data ownership, as well as optimizing reporting, security, provisioning, and lifecycle management. Explore and demo our M365 platform in-person Discover how you can analyze your entire Microsoft 365 environment, gain complete visibility into your security footprint, and enforce continuous governance throughout the workspace lifecycle. Grab some awesome swag and enter our draw A conference isn't a conference without some cool merch. So, come and say “hi” and win some cool nick-nacks you’ll actually love to use. Get real-time industry insight and best practices Make timely and fact-based decisions with the help of Syskit Point and the advice of our expert team: get in touch with all the industry trends to maximize your efficiency. Meet our Technical Evangelist Talk all things tech at the Syskit booth with Microsoft MVP and Syskit Technical Evangelist, Vlad Catrinescu. --- ### Power Platform Governance: Prevent Sprawl and Secure Data > Join Microsoft MVP Gokan Ozcifci as he explores the key governance strategies to keep your Power Platform environment under control. - Published: 2025-03-07 - Modified: 2025-04-30 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/power-platform-governance/ Join Microsoft MVP Gokan Ozcifci as he explores the key governance strategies to keep your Power Platform environment under control while enabling innovation. Learn how to set up policies, manage permissions, monitor usage, and prevent sprawl without slowing down your users. Manage Power Platform confidently Managing the Power Platform effectively is essential to ensuring security, compliance, and scalability. In this webinar, we’ll explore the key governance strategies you need to keep your environment under control while enabling innovation. Discover how to set up policies, manage permissions, monitor usage, and prevent sprawl without slowing down your users. We’ll also share recommendations for data loss prevention (DLP), environment strategies, and more. Whether you're an admin, IT pro, or business leader, this session will give you practical insights to master your governance. Join us and gain the essential knowledge you need to manage Power Platform confidently! What you will learn Understand key governance artifacts Secure and manage Power Platform effectively. Get practical hands-on insights Manage environment strategies and tenant-wide security settings. Gain strategies for implementing best practices Learn about data loss prevention (DLP) and lifecycle management. Speakers --- ### Oversharing and Microsoft 365 Copilot > This section of our Governance Handbook will show you how to prevent Microsoft Copilot oversharing and secure your data. - Published: 2025-03-04 - Modified: 2025-03-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/microsoft-copilot-oversharing/ Oversharing and Microsoft 365 Copilot While we briefly talked about Copilot earlier, most of this guide is focused on general security and oversharing best practices that you should follow, whether you use Copilot or not. While oversharing was always a problem, most companies only started prioritizing it when they tried to implement Microsoft 365 Copilot and realized that it returns results that it shouldn't for users. Remember that Microsoft 365 Copilot is one of the most secure enterprise AI solutions. It will never show content to users when they don't have access to it, but the big problem companies have is users have access to things they shouldn't. You might ask yourself why it matters more now that we have Copilot, compared to when we just had Search, as technically it's the same problem. It matters more now because AI is the great amplifier. Before, users needed to know what to search for, while with Copilot, users can ask for something ultimately part of their workday, and content from an overshared site can show up, as in the image below. In this section of the handbook, we will discuss some best practices and additional features specific to Microsoft 365 Copilot. Propper security should be your #1 priority Before we go into other features, we would like to emphasize that having proper permissions and users only having access to the content they need is the best and only way to guarantee a secure Copilot deployment. Every other tool and feature we... --- ### Advanced oversharing prevention > This section of our Governance Handbook will show you advanced oversharing prevention techniques that will help you to stop oversharing in your M365 tenant. - Published: 2025-02-28 - Modified: 2025-03-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/advanced-oversharing-prevention/ Advanced oversharing prevention In the previous section, we learned how to prevent new oversharing, but what about existing overshared content? In this section of the oversharing guide, we will show you how to fix existing oversharing problems and ensure you can discover any potential oversharing in the future and fix it as soon as possible. Data access governance reports and access reviews One of the first things we must do is discover how bad our oversharing problem is.  The best way to do this out of the box is by using data access governance reports.  These reports are a feature of SharePoint Premium Advanced Management (commonly abbreviated as SAM), but they are also available if you have a Microsoft 365 E5 license. We can run two types of reports: the snapshot report, which gives you a report of your tenant at a point in time, and the Recent Activity report, which limits us to activity in the last 28 days. The way Microsoft designed those is that initially, you will run the snapshot report, which can take a couple of days to run, and then, every few weeks, you run the recent activity report to make sure there is no recent oversharing that happened. You will find Data Access Governance in the SharePoint Online Admin Center under reports. To run the snapshot report, you need to go to Content Accessible to Permissioned users. From there, you can create a new report and choose your filters.  You can either create a... --- ### Secure Sensitive Microsoft 365 Data & Reduce Costs with Syskit Point > Discover all the new Syskit Point features to protect sensitive and private data, minimize SharePoint storage costs, and maintain regulatory compliance. - Published: 2025-02-24 - Modified: 2025-03-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/secure-sensitive-microsoft-365-data/ Discover all the new Syskit Point features designed to help you focus on what matters most when tackling sprawl and oversharing in your Microsoft 365 environment. Learn how to protect sensitive and private data, minimize SharePoint storage costs, and maintain regulatory compliance. Discover the Latest Enhancements in Syskit Point In this webinar, we will explain all the new Syskit Point features designed to help you focus your efforts on what matters most including tackling sprawl and oversharing. Learn how you can reduce sprawl and optimize your environment by automating the detection and clean-up of inactive workspaces. See how Sensitivity, Privacy, and Metadata reviews can help you gather critical information that helps you protect sensitive and private data. Visibility into sensitivity label adoption across the organization can help provide insights into how labels are applied at both the workspace and file level, making it easier to identify gaps, enforce policies, and maintain regulatory compliance.   This session is ideal for IT admins, security teams, and governance professionals looking to minimize oversharing and sprawl, and also protect sensitive and private data in their Microsoft 365 environment. What you will learn Automating the detection and clean-up of inactive workspaces See how you can reduce sprawl, minimize SharePoint storage costs, and optimize your environment. Gain visibility into sensitivity label adoption Sensitivity Labels Inventory provides insights into how labels are applied at the workspace and file level, helping to identify gaps, enforce policies, and maintain regulatory compliance. Protecting sensitive or private data Learn how Sensitivity, Privacy, and Metadata reviews can help you to gather critical information that helps you focus your efforts on what matters most to your organization. SNEAK PEEK - Power Platform Inventory Get an exclusive first look at Power Platform Inventory, the newest addition... --- ### How to stop oversharing in Microsoft 365 > This section of our Governance Handbook will help you learn how to stop oversharing from happening in your Microsoft 365 tenant. - Published: 2025-02-21 - Modified: 2025-02-21 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/how-to-stop-oversharing-in-microsoft-365/ How to stop oversharing in Microsoft 365 We talked a lot about what oversharing is, why it's a security risk for your organization, and how it happens, but now let's focus on the most important part: how you can fix it.  Since oversharing is a complex problem, fixing it is also complicated. But don't worry; our handbook has two sections focusing solely on helping you stop oversharing in Microsoft 365. Let's start with how to stop new instances of oversharing from happening in your Microsoft 365 tenant. Configuring sharing defaults One of the easiest ways to stop oversharing in your organization is to configure Sharing Defaults.  Sharing defaults basically means: If a user just clicks Copy Link, what type of sharing link will they create? The first location we can configure this at is in the SharePoint Online admin center. Under Policies > Sharing you can Choose the type of link that's selected by default when users share files and folders in SharePoint and OneDrive as well as Choose the permission that's selected by default for sharing links. We recommend setting those to the most restrictive option possible, which in this case would be: Specific People and Groups View Permissions We can also configure this at the Site level by selecting a site, and then going to the sharing options. The default is the same as the organization-level setting, but here we have one new option which is exciting for the default link type: People with existing access This means... --- ### Common oversharing scenarios in Microsoft 365 > Learn about the most common oversharing scenarios in Microsoft 365. This article will guide you through the examples and also show a trick or two. - Published: 2025-02-18 - Modified: 2025-03-05 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/common-oversharing-scenarios-in-microsoft-365/ Common oversharing scenarios in Microsoft 365 As we mentioned in previous sections, oversharing in Microsoft 365 is not usually done on purpose; it's a byproduct of collaboration and a lack of correct settings. In this section of the governance handbook, we will look at specific collaboration tasks that cause oversharing and how users can avoid these common oversharing scenarios. Site privacy set to public A huge cause of oversharing in organizations is simply the wrong site or group-level settings. If the site is set to public, everyone has access to it, and it will show up in their search results. And, of course, Copilot can show that information to everyone.   Your reaction to this first item might be a chuckle because it's so simple, but you would be surprised how many sites and groups are misconfigured inside each tenant. The default sharing option is everyone  A bold but true statement: All users are lazy, including us at Syskit. When you want to share a file, you probably just click the Copy link, and you do not spend the time for each link to choose the right audience and permissions. Users will always take the easiest path to achieve a business need (sharing a file in this case), and if our default links are "Anyone with Edit permissions" or even "People in my organization", you will have a lot of overshared content. Instead, your default permissions should be as restrictive as possible, so either "People which already have access" or... --- ### Healthcare services > Protect patient data, avoid regulatory penalties, and close healthcare compliance gaps in your Microsoft 365 environment with Syskit Point. - Published: 2025-02-13 - Modified: 2025-05-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/microsoft-365-healthcare-compliance/ Challenge: Navigating complex data compliance in healthcare The healthcare industry is bound by stringent regulations, but without strict data controls, compliance failures are inevitable. Managing sensitive patient information, controlling access, and preparing for audits are essential to avoid security risks. Solution: Syskit Point: your compliance solution for avoiding costly healthcare data breaches Syskit Point provides healthcare organizations with full visibility into user access, automated compliance reporting, and secure data management, simplifying the compliance process within Microsoft 365. Facilitate compliance with: HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (US) – Requires strict data security, encryption, and access controls to protect patient health information. HITECH Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (US) – Expands HIPAA protections, focusing on electronic health records and data security. GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (EU) – Enforces strict data protection standards to ensure the privacy and security of patient information in the EU. ISO 27799 International standard for health informatics, specifying requirements for handling patient data and ensuring data privacy and security. ISO 27001 Standard for Information Security Management Systems, ensuring secure handling of sensitive healthcare data and best practices in data protection. CCPA California Consumer Privacy Act (US) – Provides data privacy protections for patients in California, focusing on transparency and control over personal data. PIPEDA Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) – Requires secure handling and privacy of patient data for healthcare organizations in Canada. UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 Regulates AI in public and private sector data... --- ### Why is oversharing a risk? > Find out why oversharing is a risk and go through some concrete examples that happen withing Microsoft 365 environments. - Published: 2025-02-11 - Modified: 2025-03-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/why-is-oversharing-a-risk/ Why is oversharing a risk? We now know what oversharing is, but, in reality, does it really matter?  What is the real impact of Alex having access to a few extra files he shouldn't? In this section of our Oversharing guide, we will talk about why oversharing is a risk and give some concrete examples from the field on why oversharing can be a risk to your organization. Security concerns When talking IT security we often refer to "Zero Trust Architecture", and without going into all the details, one of the three principles of zero trust is use least privilege access, or you might have also heard it called "Just Enough Access" to do your job.  But how does this apply to our oversharing scenario in Microsoft 365? Since you are reading this guide, we assume you are at least interested in security, but we are certain you know a colleague (or even two! ) who would instantly fall for a properly crafted phishing email. You know who that person is. Now imagine that instead of the test phishing email sent by your organization, this time it's real, and a malicious user has taken control of their account. How much data would they have access to? If you implemented the principle of just enough access, they only have access to the 1 or 2 projects they work on: your Intranet, and a few other sites.  However, if you never removed that person from any past projects they worked on in... --- ### What's new - 2025.2. > Gain full visibility into your Power Apps and Power Automate apps, flows, connections, and usage to help you optimize performance and secure your environment. - Published: 2025-02-07 - Modified: 2025-02-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2025-2/ What's new - 2025. 2. Welcome to Syskit Point 2025. 2! We’re introducing Power Apps and Power Automate integration, giving you full visibility into your apps, flows, connections, and usage. These new features will empower you to avoid inefficiencies, optimize performance, and secure your environment. Not yet a customer? Try Syskit Point for free. Microsoft 365 Inventory: Visibility and Security across Power Platform 2025. 2 Microsoft Power Platform empowers organizations to easily build custom web-based applications with Power Apps and improve processes through Power Automate workflows. As it is a low-code platform, it enables both the IT staff and other business members to create needed solutions and solve business challenges. The Challenge: With all these services working in the background, admins need to be able to quickly discover existing apps and flows, and manage key challenges around their setup, usage, and access. Scattered options for managing Power Platform bring complexity, while misconfigured apps and flows can easily expose sensitive information or even violate different regulations if not properly managed. On top of that, if premium components are being used and not easily detected, it can generate additional costs. Managing the lifecycle of apps and flows is important to avoid risks of running outdated solutions. The Solution: To be able to solve these challenges properly, you need to have a centralized overview across apps and flows, their setup, permissions, connections, owners, external sharing, and much more. This way you can understand the entire state and usage of Power Platform services and... --- ### Why oversharing happens? > The Microsoft 365 architecture makes oversharing very easy. Learn more to find out the finer details on why oversharing happens in Microsoft 365. - Published: 2025-02-05 - Modified: 2025-03-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/why-oversharing-happens/ Why oversharing happens? The Microsoft 365 architecture makes oversharing (too) easy Microsoft 365 was designed with IT Professionals in mind, but for users, it can get especially complicated when it comes to permissions.  To help you better understand oversharing, let's take a look at where it can happen. First, there are two types of "containers. " When we talk about Microsoft 365 Collaboration, we have Microsoft 365 Groups, which are the most popular ones. Each time you create a Microsoft Teams team, you create a Microsoft 365 Group that includes a SharePoint site, an Exchange Mailbox, and optionally other things like a plan in Planner. Every time you add someone to the team, you don't only give them access to the chat portion; you give them access to the whole Microsoft 365 Group, including all the files in the SharePoint site associated with that team. We also have standalone SharePoint sites (for example, a communication site) or classic SharePoint sites if you still have any of those around. SharePoint and OneDrive for Business sharing links Now, let's move over to SharePoint and OneDrive, more specifically.  The last time you shared a document in SharePoint, did you just simply click the share button and then Copy link without looking at any of the options? How often do you click the settings gear icon next to "Copy Link" and actually change the type of link? When sharing files in SharePoint, we can create four types of links. 1. Anyone link The first... --- ### Oversharing > Simply put, oversharing refers to the common practice of sharing files, folders, or other resources with too many people or for longer than necessary. - Published: 2025-02-05 - Modified: 2025-03-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/oversharing/ What is oversharing? Every time you read an article about Microsoft 365 Copilot or Microsoft 365 security, you will see the word oversharing.  But what exactly does it mean in the context of Microsoft 365? Simply put, oversharing refers to the common practice of sharing files, folders, or other resources with more people than is needed or for longer than necessary. Now, how does oversharing happen?  Employees don't just wake up one day saying today is the day they will overshare content to cause damage to the company. Ok, it can happen, but that's the exception and not the rule.  Statistically, 99% of the cases of oversharing happen as a byproduct of collaboration and default sharing options that are too permissive. You might have accidentally overshared content yourself without even realizing it. In the following articles, we'll teach you how Microsoft 365 permissions work and some common causes and examples of oversharing. --- ### Governance handbook > This Microsoft 365 governance handbook will give you guidance on governance and management strategies and actions you can do to improve your M365 environment. - Published: 2025-02-03 - Modified: 2025-03-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/governance-handbook/ Microsoft 365 best practices As organizations rely on Microsoft 365 for communication, collaboration, and data storage, IT administrators must implement best practices to ensure seamless operations, safeguard sensitive information, and optimize resources. Whether you're refining existing policies or building a governance framework from the ground up, these best practices will help you establish a structured and well-governed Microsoft 365 ecosystem. The knowledge we will share here is founded on over a decade of experience managing complex Microsoft 365 environments by the Syskit team, including Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu, and others. Stay a while and explore the drop down menus to the left to learn more about Microsoft 365. --- ### Get full visibility and control across​ Power Platform Apps and Flows > Syskit Point lets you find all Power Apps and Power Automate Flows across existing environments, along with all the connections from one central platform. - Published: 2025-01-27 - Modified: 2025-05-09 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/use-cases/power-platform-visibility-and-security/ Find all Power Apps and Power Automate Flows across existing environments, along with all the connections from one central platform. Challenge: Inefficient Power Platform administration Lack of centralized visibility Admins lack a centralized inventory that would allow them to understand the current usage of the Power Platform. To avoid redundant duplicates, inefficient administration, and compliance risks, your organization needs a robust monitoring solution to manage all your apps, flows, and dashboards efficiently. Stay aware of all connections, triggers, user access, and roles at any time. Security risks and rising costs Misconfigured apps and flows can easily expose sensitive information through connections or violate various regulations if improperly managed. Additionally, if premium components are being used and not easily detected, it can generate additional costs. To stay on top of all of that, you need to be able to quickly detect and dig through apps and flow permissions, connections, identify owners, and external sharing. Orphaned and inactive resources Flows keep working in the background, pushing procedures across your tenant, and without a proper governance strategy and tools to manage them, you risk running outdated or unsupported solutions. You run the risk of operation disruptions and an increased possibility of security risks when you have unused apps and flows and are not aware of them or if they don't have active owners. The Syskit Point advantage Security starts with awareness. So, to help you remain safe and compliant, Syskit Point will show you every role and permission for each Power App and Flow in your tenant. Seeing the entire Power Platform inventory in one central place gives you the ability to: Detect... --- ### Labeling in Microsoft 365: Retention & Sensitivity > Discover the distinct functionalities of sensitivity and retention labels in Microsoft 365 in our webinar with Drew Madelung. - Published: 2025-01-27 - Modified: 2025-03-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/labeling-in-microsoft-365-retention-sensitivity/ Join Microsoft MVP Drew Madelung as he shares the distinct functionalities of sensitivity and retention labels. Discover how these labels can be utilized to classify and protect your data, ensuring compliance and security within your organization. Effectively classify your data in Microsoft 365 Join us for an in-depth session where we will explore the distinct functionalities of sensitivity and retention labels. Discover how these labels can be utilized to classify and protect your data, ensuring compliance and security within your organization. In this webinar, we'll break down the different label options, demonstrate their practical applications, and discuss the benefits of deploying them to maintain a robust data governance strategy. What you will learn Understand the differences between sensitivity and retention labels Discover how each can be used to classify, protect, and govern data. Strategies for deploying labeling policies effectively Maintain robust data governance and safeguard sensitive information. Practical techniques for implementing sensitivity and retention labels Ensure compliance and enhance data security within your organization. Speakers --- ### STADA > Syskit Point gave STADA complete visibility into its Microsoft 365, adhering to governance and security policies and controlling lifecycle management. - Published: 2025-01-16 - Modified: 2025-01-08 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/customers/stada/ Syskit Point gave STADA complete visibility into its Microsoft 365 workspaces, enabling it to ensure adherence to governance and security policies and control over lifecycle management. STADA takes control of lifecycle management with Syskit Point and Microsoft 365 --- ### Thank you - Dubai Event > Thank you for your free demo request. We will get back to you with the details as soon as possible. In the meantime, you can use our free resources. - Published: 2025-01-14 - Modified: 2025-01-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/thank-you-dubai-event/ Thanks! You're registered for AI Security & Compliance with Syskit! We've sent a confirmation email with a calendar invitation to your email address. Add the event to your calendar by clicking the button below Event details: When: Wednesday 12 noon – 5 pm (Dubai time), February 12th, 2025 Registration & Networking Lunch: 12:00 noon – 1:45 pm Location: Kempinski The Boulevard Dubai (Meeting Room 1) Address: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd, Downtown Dubai, Dubai, UAE Need help? Contact us In the meantime, feel free to explore our blog or contact us for direct assistance: International: +1 (631) 406-4900 US & Canada: +1 (855) 855-5071 Europe: +44 (0)20 3322-2034 --- ### Financial services > Stay ahead of SOX, PCI DSS, and other financial services compliances. Syskit Point simplifies M365 data security, user access management, and reporting. - Published: 2024-12-19 - Modified: 2025-05-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/financial-services-microsoft-365-compliance/ Challenge: Severe penalties and hefty fines In the financial industry, institutions face a web of regulatory frameworks, including SOX, PCI DSS, GDPR, and many more. Ensuring full compliance while managing access, data security, and regular audits can be overwhelming, and failure to meet these requirements leads to severe penalties. Solution: Syskit Point, your compliance ally Syskit Point simplifies complex compliance processes and helps you take control of your Microsoft 365 environment. It will give you full visibility into user access, help you automate compliance reporting, and ensure secure management of your sensitive financial data.   Facilitate compliance with: SOX Sarbanes-Oxley Act (US) – This framework requires accurate financial reporting, audit trails, and internal controls. GLBA Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (US) – Focused on protecting consumer financial information, this act mandates secure data storage and access restrictions. Dodd-Frank Dodd-Frank Act (US) – Requires financial institutions to manage risk, maintain transparency, and ensure accountability. PCI DSS Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (Global) – This standard mandates protecting cardholder data through encryption and strict access controls. GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (EU) – Requires strict data protection, including breach reporting and respecting data subject rights. NIS2 Network and Information Security Directive (EU) – Focused on cybersecurity, NIS2 requires effective risk management and incident reporting. FCA Financial Conduct Authority (UK) – This regulation emphasizes market integrity, financial disclosures, and consumer protection. AML & KYC Anti-Money Laundering & Know Your Customer (Global) – These regulations focus on verifying customer identities and monitoring transactions. Talk to us... --- ### Support Agreement > The Support Agreement details the various terms and conditions of support when using Syskit software. - Published: 2024-12-18 - Modified: 2025-06-16 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/legal/support-agreement/ Support Agreement Download a PDF version of our Support Agreement: Effective date: January 1, 2025 Please contact us for previous version(s) of this document You can also download the merged EULA, Support Agreement, and SLA in one document. Effective date: January 1, 2025 Please contact us for previous version(s) of this document Support Agreement Effective date: January 1, 2025 Syskit’s Support is included to all customers at the time that your license is purchased. Below are the terms and conditions of the Support agreement, applicable to Syskit customers for the time of the active subscription license. Customers who do not have an active license are not entitled to the support. 1 Support As noted on our website, Syskit offers Support to end-users for the period of the active subscription license. Support includes: (1) any generally released updates, patches, and bug fixes for the Software (“Updates”) when and if released at Syskit’s sole discretion, (2) Standard Support, (3) web-based support, email, live chat and phone support. 2 Renewal Notices Syskit sends out renewal notices to the registered email on file according to the following schedule: (a) 30 days prior to the expiration, (b) on the day of expiration, and (c) final notice occurs 30 days after expiration has occurred. 3 Failure to Renew End-users without the active subscription license are not entitled to technical support and free updates. If the license is not renewed before the expiry of the current active period, renewal won’t be possible on a later note. If you choose to purchase... --- ### Deep Dive into Copilot agents for SharePoint > Discover everything you need to know on how to create Copilot agents in SharePoint and how can you manage and govern them. - Published: 2024-12-17 - Modified: 2025-01-29 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/copilot-agents-for-sharepoint/ Join Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu as he shares everything you need to know on how to create Copilot Agents in SharePoint and how can you manage and govern them as an administrator. Manage and govern Copilot agents in SharePoint AI tools such as Copilot are amazing, but they look at a lot of data and sometimes offer irrelevant results. What if you could create AI agents that only get their knowledge from your highest quality data, stored in specific SharePoint sites and libraries, and all that, with just a few clicks? In this webinar, you will learn everything you need to know on how to create Copilot agents in SharePoint, and very importantly, how can you manage and govern them as an administrator. What you will learn Learn the benefits of creating Copilot agents in SharePoint Understand why Copilot agents can help you enhance the productivity and efficiency of Microsoft 365 Copilot . Discover how you can manage Copilot agents in SharePoint Manage Copilot agents in the Integrated apps section of the Microsoft 365 admin center. See how easy it is to create your own agents Empower users to create their own agents for specific processes. Speakers --- ### Syskit is at ESPC 2023 in Amsterdam > Syskit was at ESPC 2023 in Amsterdam! We had a blast showing how we can help you with your M365 administration and governance. - Published: 2024-12-13 - Modified: 2024-12-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-espc-2023/ We had fun at ESPC 2023 in Amsterdam! We were there from Nov 28-30, 2023 to share our expertise and to tell you all about the ways Syskit Point can help you manage your complex M365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=He2K2tW3aqQ Discover how we can help with your M365 security and governance M365 provides unparalleled flexibility to manage collaboration through content, group membership, sites, tasks, and access to information. However, it also causes sprawl and governance challenges that cause security risks. Explore and demo our M365 platform in-person Discover how you can analyze your entire Microsoft 365 environment, gain complete visibility into your security footprint, and enforce continuous governance throughout the workspace lifecycle. Grab some awesome swag and enter our draw A conference isn't a conference without some cool merch. Say “hi” and get some cool nick-nacks you’ll love to use. Get real-time industry insight and best practices Make timely and fact-based decisions with the help of Syskit Point and the advice of our expert consultants: get in touch with all the industry trends to maximize your efficiency. Syskit team conference session Our Syskit team had an educational session in the conference programme about Navigating the AI Era: Securing and Governing Microsoft Copilot --- ### Syskit is at the European Collaboration Summit 2024 > Syskit is at CollabSummit 2024! Discover how we can help you with your M365 administration and governance. - Published: 2024-12-13 - Modified: 2024-12-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-the-european-collaboration-summit-2024-2/ We had a great time at the European Collaboration Summit in Wiesbaden! We were there from May 15-16, 2024 to share our expertise and to tell you how Syskit Point can help you manage your complex M365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=FzHskcrfho0 Discover how we can help with your M365 governance and security M365 provides unparalleled flexibility to manage collaboration through content, group membership, sites, tasks, and access to information. However, it also causes sprawl and governance challenges that cause security risks. Explore and demo our M365 platform in-person Discover how you can analyze your entire Microsoft 365 environment, gain complete visibility into your security footprint, and enforce continuous governance throughout the workspace lifecycle. Grab some awesome swag and enter our draw A conference isn't a conference without some cool merch. So, come and say “hi” and win some cool nick-nacks you’ll actually love to use. Get real-time industry insight and best practices Make timely and fact-based decisions with the help of Syskit Point and the advice of our expert consultants: get in touch with all the industry trends to maximize your efficiency. Syskit session at CollabSummit Attend our session by our Syskit team and learn more about Syskit Point, our platform for Microsoft 365 governance and management. --- ### What's new - 2024.6. > Control sprawl and manage inactive workspaces efficiently, regularly review privacy and sensitivity with workspace owners, and more. - Published: 2024-11-21 - Modified: 2024-11-21 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2024-6/ What's new - 2024. 6. Welcome to Syskit Point 2024. 6! Control sprawl and manage inactive workspaces efficiently, regularly review privacy and sensitivity with workspace owners, and more. Secure your environment and streamline administration and governance processes. Syskit Point now brings a new set of features to support you! Not yet a customer? Try Syskit Point for free. Microsoft 365 Workspace Lifecycle Management: Inactive Workspaces 2024. 6 Syskit Point provides a complete solution for managing and governing the lifecycle of Microsoft 365 workspaces, from their creation to disposal. You can use Syskit Point for provisioning and as a continuous monitoring and governance solution that uses policies to enforce correct workspace setup and sharing settings, provide real-time alerts, remove obvious oversharing, and identify inactive workspaces. Management of old and redundant workspaces is crucial in order to control sprawl and storage consumption as well as to avoid sharing irrelevant information. If you decide to roll out Copilot and you don't manage inactive workspaces properly, it can have access to old data and can present that information as fact, misleading end users. This is why we decided to upgrade the current Lifecycle Management feature with a new and improved set of functionalities - Inactive Workspaces. With Syskit Point, you can set up a policy to regularly detect and decide what to do with inactive workspaces with ease. Inactive workspaces will work in the context of our existing governance policies and Security & Compliance dashboard and will provide you with a more unified user... --- ### Microsoft 365 Lifecycle Management: From Provisioning to Archiving > Join Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu as he shares how to leverage Microsoft 365’s built-in tools to streamline the entire lifecycle of your sites and groups. - Published: 2024-11-19 - Modified: 2025-01-29 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/microsoft-365-lifecycle-management/ Join Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu as he shares how to leverage Microsoft 365’s built-in tools to streamline the entire lifecycle of your sites and groups—from creation and active use to archiving and deletion. Enhance governance and reduce clutter in your environment Are you confident every site and group in your Microsoft 365 tenant serves a clear purpose? Are you concerned outdated or irrelevant data could impact tools like Copilot? With an effective lifecycle management policy, you can ensure that every site, group, or piece of content in your organization is properly managed, and when its purpose is fulfilled, it’s archived or deleted in compliance with your organization’s policies. In this webinar, you’ll discover how to leverage Microsoft 365’s built-in tools to streamline the entire lifecycle of your sites and groups—from creation and active use, to archiving and deletion—so you can enhance governance and reduce clutter in your environment. What you will learn Understand the benefits of implementing lifecycle management Streamline your Microsoft 365 governance and improve performance. Build a custom provisioning solution Have better control over site and group creation. Learn how to use SharePoint Premium Identify inactive sites and Microsoft 365 Archive for efficient archiving and compliance. Speakers --- ### Effective SharePoint Storage Management: Mastering M365 Archive and Automatic Versioning > Explore how Automatic Versioning and M365 Archive can effectively tackle uncontrolled SharePoint storage growth. - Published: 2024-11-13 - Modified: 2025-01-29 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/effective-sharepoint-storage-management/ Join the Syskit Team as we explore how Automatic Versioning and M365 Archive can effectively tackle uncontrolled SharePoint storage growth. We'll explore how these latest features help optimize SharePoint storage without sacrificing data integrity. We will showcase proven strategies that have been made from small organizations to large corporations.  Proactively manage your SharePoint storage With hundreds of petabytes of new content uploaded every month, uncontrolled SharePoint storage growth severely complicates governance and silently inflates costs. In this webinar, learn how Automatic Versioning and M365 Archive can effectively tackle this challenge. We'll explore how these latest features help optimize SharePoint storage without sacrificing data integrity. We will showcase proven strategies that have been made from small organizations to large corporations.   We’ll also provide practical solutions for proactively managing your SharePoint storage, reducing costs, and minimizing unnecessary content. What you will learn Understand the impact of uncontrolled SharePoint storage growth Learn how excessive versioning and unused content inflate storage costs and complicate governance. Discover streamlined solutions for storage management See how Syskit Point can automate processes, reduce manual effort, and help with storage optimization. Explore Microsoft's tools for storage optimization Gain insights into setting up and utilizing M365 Archive and Automatic Versioning to manage storage effectively. Speakers --- ### Webinars > Find out useful and actionable information about the world of Microsoft 365 through our live webinars and recordings. - Published: 2024-11-12 - Modified: 2024-11-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/ --- ### What's new - 2024.5. > Gather information with custom metadata tasks for owners for efficient governance, and gain consistency across workspaces with new provisioning templates. - Published: 2024-11-12 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2024-5/ What's new - 2024. 5. Welcome to Syskit Point 2024. 5! Gather all necessary information with custom metadata tasks for owners for more efficient governance, and gain consistency across workspaces with a new option for provisioning templates. Secure your environment and streamline administration and governance processes. Syskit Point now brings a new set of features to support you! Not yet a customer? Try Syskit Point for free. Microsoft 365 Workspace Lifecycle Management: Ask Owners for Custom Metadata 2024. 5 Workspace lifecycle management and governance can be very cumbersome for admins if they don't understand their purpose or have limited visibility to the key details about them. To gather information about departments and teams associated with workspaces, whether they are project-based, expected end dates, and much more, they need to get in touch with workspace owners directly. We have created a new feature to enable admins to send a request to team owners and ask them to provide necessary metadata and missing information on demand. Once you collect the metadata you can easily decide if specific workspaces need some governance policies applied and utilize our rules engine to continously enforce them. For example, you can ask for a regular access review for the Marketing department as they often work with external collaborators on short-term projects. How it works: Go to Settings - Governance - Custom metadata and add everything that you need to collect info about (data inputs can be text, people, yes/no, date, etc. ). Open the Sites overview and... --- ### Product updates > Explore the latest updates and what is new with Syskit Point and find information about new features and the improvements of existing ones. - Published: 2024-11-12 - Modified: 2024-11-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/ --- ### Features > Discover Syskit Point's powerful features and learn how you can use them to improve your Microsoft 365 envornment's security, management, and governance. - Published: 2024-11-12 - Modified: 2024-11-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/features/ Features One view for your entire Microsoft 365 ecosystem Centralize your inventory and gain full visibility so you can easily explore users, teams, sites, and sharing in one centralized Microsoft 365 inventory. Save time and support secure collaboration without the manual overhead of needing to switch between Microsoft 365 admin centers. Full control over security and compliance in one place Stay on top of access, prevent data leaks, and meet compliance standards with effortless auditing and oversight across Microsoft 365. End-to-end Microsoft 365 governance and management Keep Microsoft 365 tidy and compliant. Automate workspace governance and empower users without overwhelming IT. --- ### Use cases > Explore multiple Syskit Point use cases and discover how it can help you with different Microsoft 365 challenges. - Published: 2024-11-12 - Modified: 2024-11-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/use-cases/ Use cases --- ### Resources - Published: 2024-11-12 - Modified: 2024-11-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/resources/ Resources Download the Syskit Point brochure and report samples. See it in action in videos or webinars. Read our free eBooks, and guides to broaden your knowledge about SharePoint and learn some best practices. --- ### Unlocking SharePoint’s Full Potential: Document Management, Security, Compliance, and More > Join Richard Harbridge as he shows how to manage SharePoint content, improve your implementation of DLP and sensitivity labels, and increase Copilot adoption. - Published: 2024-10-25 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/unlocking-sharepoints-full-potential/ Join Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares how to effectively manage content in SharePoint, improve your implementation of DLP and sensitivity labels, and accelerate your Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption—all while reinforcing security, compliance, and management across your organization. Maximize the value of your content and SharePoint The landscape of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is changing in the AI era. SharePoint Premium and SharePoint Advanced Management combine the strengths of AI, automation, and advanced security to transform how organizations manage and interact with essential content. As you prepare to leverage Microsoft 365 Copilot, effective content management and the deployment of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Purview Sensitivity Labels become critical to ensuring a secure and compliant environment. But how can your organization maximize the value of your content and SharePoint while bolstering security and compliance? What role do DLP and sensitivity labels play in facilitating a successful Microsoft 365 Copilot rollout and how do SharePoint Premium and SharePoint best practices fit? In our webinar, join industry leader and Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge as he shares invaluable insights and practical guidance drawn from real-world customer experiences. What you will learn Strategize Content Management for Copilot Success Discover how effective content management in SharePoint enhances security and compliance, laying the foundation for a successful Microsoft 365 Copilot rollout. Implement AI On Your Content Learn how to deploy SharePoint Premium, Data Loss Prevention and Purview Sensitivity Labels to maximize SharePoint's value and safeguard critical information. Leverage Real-World Insights Gain actionable strategies from real-world experiences on utilizing SharePoint Premium and Advanced Management capabilities to drive organizational success. --- ### Syskit is at ESPC 2024 in Stockholm > Syskit was at ESPC 2024 in Stockholm! We had a blast showing how we can help you with your M365 administration and governance. - Published: 2024-10-15 - Modified: 2024-12-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-espc-2024/ We had a blast at ESPC 2024 in Stockholm! We were there from Dec 3-5, 2024 to share our expertise and to tell you all about the ways Syskit Point can help you manage your complex M365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=410UGncmGhk Discover how we can help with your M365 security and governance M365 provides unparalleled flexibility to manage collaboration through content, group membership, sites, tasks, and access to information. However, it also causes sprawl and governance challenges that cause security risks. Explore and demo our M365 platform in-person Discover how you can analyze your entire Microsoft 365 environment, gain complete visibility into your security footprint, and enforce continuous governance throughout the workspace lifecycle. Grab some awesome swag and enter our draw A conference isn't a conference without some cool merch. Say “hi” and get some cool nick-nacks you’ll love to use. Get real-time industry insight and best practices Make timely and fact-based decisions with the help of Syskit Point and the advice of our expert consultants: get in touch with all the industry trends to maximize your efficiency. Syskit team conference session Our Syskit team had an educational session in the conference programme about SharePoint Storage on a Diet: M365 Archive and Automatic Versioning. --- ### What's new - 2024.4. > See what's new in Syskit Point. We've added new policies to our security and governance toolkit to help you prevent oversharing and avoid security risks. - Published: 2024-10-14 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2024-4/ What's new - 2024. 4. Welcome to Syskit Point 2024. 4! Whether you are getting ready to roll out Copilot to your organization or want to bring governance, storage, and access management to a higher level, Syskit Point now brings a new set of features to support you! With this latest version you get an option to create custom file versioning limits and automated rules for cleanup, automated resolving of oversharing, a new Copilot readiness tile on your homescreen, and more! Not yet a customer? Try Syskit Point for free. SharePoint Storage Governance: Automated Versioning Limits and Cleanup 2024. 4 Syskit Point brings a powerful set of storage insights and optimization tools, so far we have launched: detailed reporting to help you gain complete visibility over storage growth trends, policies and notifications to help you gain awareness to make timely decisions, and cleanup of old and redundant file versions to free up storage with just a few clicks. Now, with our latest addition you can enforce automated versioning limits and make the cleanup process even more efficient, avoiding PowerShell scripts, import-export actions and doing it site by site. You can still use manual options for cleaning up and saving space in Point, but keep in mind that the data easily starts piling up again! With versioning limits and governance rules in place you can optimize storage consumption automatically and continuously! When enforcing versioning limits across workspaces you can choose to apply Tenant wide limits (then Sites inherit it) or to... --- ### Information Architecture: Better Practices for 2024 > Join Microsoft MVP Marc D Anderson as he explores better practices for constructing a powerful information architecture and why it still matters. - Published: 2024-10-11 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/information-architecture-better-practices/ Join Microsoft MVP Marc D Anderson as he explores better practices for constructing a powerful information architecture and why it still matters. He'll cover real-world examples and talk about what automation can and can’t do for you. Why information architecture will always matter With all the machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) available in Microsoft 365 these days, do we still need to think about information architecture? Can automation fulfill the promise of reducing the load on information architects and developers? While it seems like Copilot will answer all your questions, solid information architecture is still critical for success. We’ll review some of the better practices for constructing a powerful information architecture and why it still matters. We’ll look at real-world examples and talk about what automation can and can’t do for you. What you will learn Why information architecture will always matter There is no AI without IA! Where information architecture is more effective Understand how to prioritize where IA will help most. What you can do NOW Build a strong information architecture to prepare yourself for Copilot. Real-world IA examples Hear what other organizations have learned when applying IA. --- ### Legal > Explore multiple policies and agreements that go into the various details of using Syskit products and the website. - Published: 2024-10-08 - Modified: 2025-06-16 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/legal/ --- ### Streamline your M365 Management with Syskit Point > Join us as we showcase our newest features, including our Copilot readiness assessment, automated storage versioning, and much more. - Published: 2024-09-27 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/streamline-m365/ Join us as we showcase our newest features, which include our Copilot readiness assessment, automated versioning for SharePoint storage, automated cleanup of oversharing, maintaining clean workspace metadata, and much more. Save money and keep your data secure Whether you’re preparing to deploy Copilot across your organization or looking to enhance governance, optimize storage, and strengthen data security, this session is the perfect opportunity to harness the full power of Syskit Point for effective and secure Microsoft 365 management. In this webinar, discover our new Microsoft 365 Copilot Readiness Tile to assess and enhance your organization’s preparedness for Copilot, while also eliminating unnecessary oversharing with automated cleanup tools. Enforce and deploy versioning rules across your entire tenant, ensuring efficient and ongoing SharePoint storage cost optimization. We’ll also show you how to collaborate effectively with workspace owners to gather essential metadata, keeping your data organized and secure. What you will learn Rollout Copilot Confidently: Copilot Readiness Assessment Get a snapshot of your organization’s readiness for Microsoft Copilot. SharePoint Storage Under Control: Automated Versioning Optimize storage consumption automatically without manual interventions. Eliminate Oversharing with Automated Cleanup Ensure that data is shared only with the right people. Information Architecture Matters – Gather Workspace Metadata Maintain clean and up to date workspace metadata. --- ### Copilot for Microsoft 365: What We’ve Learned After One Year > Join Microsoft MVPs Zoe Wilson and Luke Evans as they share what they have learned about Microsoft Copilot over the past year. - Published: 2024-09-06 - Modified: 2024-11-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/copilot-for-microsoft-365-one-year-later/ Join Microsoft MVPs Zoe Wilson and Luke Evans as they share what they have learned about Microsoft Copilot over the past year. They will discuss security and compliance, personal productivity, unlocking business value, and what organizations need to do to ensure success. Extend Copilot to drive broader business transformation The last 18 months have been full of Copilot hype as people and organizations focused on learning about this new technology. A year ago, Luke and Zoe spoke to you about the potential of Copilot for Microsoft 365, as well as what organisations needed to do to get ready and start to test these capabilities fully and safely. In this webinar, they will share their learnings over the last year, across security and compliance, personal productivity, unlocking business value, and what organizations need to do to ensure success with Copilot for Microsoft 365. What you will learn Understand the value of Copilot for M365 Explore the full business potential of Copilot. The importance of change enablement strategies Realize the personal productivity benefits. Security considerations for at-scale deployment of Copilot Find out the necessary steps to roll-out Copilot securely. Extend Copilot to drive broader business transformation Discover new ways of productivity to drive your business. --- ### Lessons Learned from Implementing Microsoft Purview DLM/RM > Join Microsoft MVPs Joanne Klein and David Drever as they share lessons learned while implementing Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management. - Published: 2024-08-09 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/lessons-learned-from-implementing-microsoft-purview/ Join Microsoft MVPs Joanne Klein and David Drever as they share lessons learned while implementing Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management within organizations. Support data governance initiatives across your organization As more and more organizations migrate to the Microsoft 365 cloud and their digital footprint grows, governing that vast amount of data can be a daunting task.  Administrators and record managers alike are being called upon to support data governance initiatives across their organization. David and Joanne have assisted organizations for many years helping them design and build record management solutions within Microsoft 365. In this webinar, they will share lessons learned while implementing Purview Data Lifecycle and Records Management within organizations. What you will learn What are some key areas to focus on Explore the critical topics organizations need to consider for effective records management. What are the most challenging areas Discover common pitfalls when implementing information governance. Who should be involved Find out the key roles in your organization who you need to engage with. --- ### What's new - 2024.3. > See what's new in Syskit Point. We've added new policies to our security and governance toolkit to help you prevent oversharing and avoid security risks. - Published: 2024-07-11 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2024-3/ What's new - 2024. 3. Welcome to Syskit Point 2024. 3! Thinking about rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot to your organization? It is important to remember that it operates on the principle of retrieving all the information that a user explicitly has access to. That's why we've added new policies to our security and governance toolkit to help you prevent oversharing and avoid security risks. Not yet a customer? Try Syskit Point for free. New oversharing policies - Get ready for Microsoft Copilot 2024. 3 Have you started thinking about rolling out Microsoft 365 Copilot to your organization? It improves productivity and helps unleash creativity, yet it is important to remember that it operates on the principle of retrieving all the information that a user explicitly has access to. This is why we've created a new set of policies which expands our security and governance toolkit to help you prevent oversharing and protect your digital environment. We are presenting 3 new policies that once set up, can be used in our governance automation rules. Also you will see them as regular checks in the Security and Compliance Dashboard to stay aware of potential issues at any moment! Workspaces with Too Many Members policy - detects workspaces that have a number of members that are over a defined threshold. Too many members in a workspace may lead to more difficult access control and unsafe data access, which can result in a security risk. The default Maximum Number of Members policy sets... --- ### Strategies for Unlocking Knowledge Management in Microsoft 365 in the Copilot World > Join Microsoft MVP Drew Madelung as he explores strategic approaches for optimizing knowledge management within Microsoft 365, amidst the landscape of Copilot. - Published: 2024-07-11 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/knowledge-management-microsoft-365/ Join Microsoft MVP Drew Madelung as he explores strategic approaches for optimizing knowledge management within Microsoft 365, amidst the evolving landscape of Copilot. Prepare the knowledge that Copilot and your employees can use From leveraging automatic metadata classification and permission governance with SharePoint Premium, to unlocking Viva Engage for the cultivation of knowledge and communities, you will gain actionable insights to bolster your organization’s knowledge-sharing initiatives. In this webinar, we will also explore how to facilitate solutions to enable your employees to find answers and expertise within Microsoft 365. You will leave equipped with practical techniques and a deeper understanding of how there is more to effective knowledge management than just enabling Copilot, but building actual solutions to prepare the knowledge that Copilot and your employees can use. What you will learn Leverage SharePoint Premium Create automatic metadata classification and permissions governance. Leave with practical techniques Build actual solutions to prepare the knowledge that Copilot can use. Enable your employees Give your employees the tools to find answers and expertise within Microsoft 365. Gain insights with Viva Engage Bolster your organization’s knowledge-sharing initiatives. --- ### Making sense of Microsoft 365 Guests & External Users > Microsoft MVP Thomas Vochten explores M365 guests and external users and shows you how to comply with security and governance standards. - Published: 2024-06-20 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/making-sense-of-microsoft-365-guests-and-external-users/ Join Microsoft MVP Thomas Vochten as he explores Microsoft 365 guests and external users and shows you how to comply with security and governance standards. Learn how to manage these accounts, the different configuration options available, how to apply security policies, and more! Secure access for guests and external users Microsoft 365 lets you work with external users in different apps and services. But managing these users can be hard, especially if you want to comply with your security and governance standards. In this webinar, you will learn about the core concepts and supported scenarios, how to manage these accounts, the different configuration options, and how to apply security policies such as enforcing multi-factor authentication. What you will learn Supported scenarios for external users Explore all the supported scenarios for external users in Microsoft 365. How to manage external users Learn the steps to manage external users throughout their entire lifecycle. Secure access for guests and external users Discover how to secure access for guests and external users and the different configuration options available. --- ### Security and compliance > Find out all about the various security certification Syskit adheres and complies to. Such as ISO/IEC 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2. - Published: 2024-06-03 - Modified: 2024-08-20 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/security/ --- ### Combat Oversharing in Microsoft 365 with Syskit Point > Join the Syskit team as we explore the complexities of oversharing within Microsoft 365, highlighting the risks for security and compliance. - Published: 2024-05-29 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/combat-oversharing-in-microsoft-365/ Join the Syskit team as we explore the complexities of oversharing within Microsoft 365, highlighting the risks and implications it bears on organizational security and compliance. Eliminate sensitive content exposure Over the years, we’ve embraced Microsoft 365’s convenience for sharing information. But we’ve also encountered the escalating issue of oversharing, posing risks to data security and compliance. As emphasized recently by the rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot, tackling oversharing has never been more critical. This session will go through the complexities of oversharing within Microsoft 365, highlighting the risks and implications it bears on organizational security and compliance. Demonstrating Syskit Point’s capabilities, Aleksandra and Danijel will outline strategies for how to mitigate oversharing successfully and most importantly, quickly. What you will learn The complexities of Microsoft 365 oversharing Explore the risks and implications it bears on organizational security and compliance. How to mitigate oversharing successfully Discover best practices and hear real-world examples of how to eradicate sensitive content exposure. How Syskit Point can help See Syskit Point in action and how its features help stop M365 oversharing in its tracks. --- ### What's new - 2024.2. > See what's new in Syskit Point. This new release helps bring your storage management and governance of Microsoft 365 to an even higher level - Published: 2024-05-21 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2024-2/ What's new - 2024. 2. Welcome to Syskit Point 2024. 2! We've been working hard to bring your storage management and governance of Microsoft 365 to an even higher level. Here's a summary of what we've launched during the last couple of weeks: revamped storage reporting and cleanup, more powerful automated rules, and more. Not yet a customer? Try Syskit Point for free. Microsoft 365 Storage Management vol. 2 2024. 2 With rapid workspaces (Microsoft Teams, Groups, SharePoint sites) and data growth, admins struggle to manage sprawl across various departments which leads to continuously purchasing extra storage due to storage shortages. This is why a few months ago we launched a new set of storage insights and optimization tools which brought you: powerful reporting to help you gain complete visibility over trends, policies and notifications to help you gain awareness to make timely decisions, and optimization tools to clean up and free up storage with just a few clicks. We've continously been working on additional capabilities for SharePoint storage management in Microsoft 365, and below is an overview of what's new. Storage Metrics Report Uplift 2024. 2 The Tenant-wide Storage Metrics report shows a visualization of storage usage over time to help you identify potentially unusual spikes and understand what is taking up the most space to determine whether you need additional storage or if something needs additional optimization and cleanup. As the Storage Metrics report is your central place from where you can dig deeper into more insights and... --- ### SharePoint Premium Advanced Management Deep Dive > Join Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu as he dives deep into SharePoint Advanced Management and other SharePoint Premium features. - Published: 2024-05-09 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/sharepoint-premium-advanced-management-deep-dive/ Join Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu as he dives deep into SharePoint Advanced Management and other SharePoint Premium features such as Restricted Access Control, Data Access Governance, Site lifecycle policies, and more! Understand the features in SharePoint Premium In the past year, Microsoft has released a ton of new features for SharePoint administrators, and most of them are in the SharePoint Advanced Management license, an evolution of SharePoint Syntex. In this webinar, you will learn about all the features included in SharePoint Premium for admins, features such as Restricted Access Control, Data Access Governance, Site lifecycles policies and more! We will also recap the key SharePoint announcements for SharePoint administrators from the Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2024. What you will learn Understand SharePoint Advanced Management Learn about the licensing model and deep dive into SharePoint Advanced Management. Hear the latest SharePoint announcements Catch up on the latest SharePoint Premium news from the Microsoft 365 Conference 2024. Explore SharePoint Premium features Discover all the SharePoint Premium features and see them in action. --- ### IATA > With Point, IATA can effectively govern content and data in M365 to contribute to the overall security of their M365 with over 17,500 external users. - Published: 2024-04-15 - Modified: 2024-11-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/customers/iata/ With Point, IATA can effectively govern content and data in M365 to contribute to the overall security of their M365 with over 17,500 external users. Making the M365 environment better protected, governed, and controlled Customer IATA stands for the International Air Transport Association. It is a trade association of the world's airlines, representing 320+ airlines or 83% of global air traffic. IATA was established in 1945 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The association plays a crucial role in the aviation industry by setting safety, security, and efficiency standards while assisting airlines by simplifying processes and reducing costs. In addition to establishing industry standards, IATA provides services such as training and consulting and offers various products to support the aviation industry; it also advocates for the interests of airlines worldwide. Daniil Stoliarov, Specialist O365 Governance Challenge Lack of visibility on users and content in the M365 tenant Given the sensitivity of the data stored in Microsoft 365, IATA needed comprehensive insights into user activity, content sharing, and security. This was accentuated by the large number of external users, currently exceeding 17,500, having access to IATA’s M365 environment. While the IATA team is continuously looking for ways to improve the governance efficiency of their platforms, they were looking for something more than just a tool that could automate repetitive manual tasks; rather, they had a reliable partner in mind who would be able to address their requirement to improve M365 management in the long run. Solution Visibility, security, and automation through Syskit Point IATA selected Syskit Point for its ability to provide various insights on user access and their activity as well as automation of governance... --- ### SharePoint Premium: All you need to know about Content AI > Microsoft MVP Gokan Ozcifci explains SharePoint Premium, AI-powered models, and the advantages of SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM). - Published: 2024-04-12 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/sharepoint-premium-all-you-need-to-know-about-content-ai/ Join Microsoft MVP Gokan Ozcifci as he explains the fundamentals of SharePoint Premium, how to build your own AI-powered models, and use the advantages offered by SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM). Automate your content-related processes SharePoint Premium offers a robust solution to automate your content-related processes, including extracting vital information from your business documents and transforming it into actionable knowledge for your organization. It provides world-class management capabilities through SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) and its recent SharePoint Premium innovations, including OCR, backup, archive, and plugins for Copilot, which help enhance the value of your content and enable better management at scale. In this webinar, discover how SharePoint Premium leverages advanced AI and machine learning to provide a comprehensive solution for intelligent document processing. We’ll deep-dive into model creation, gain insights into the advantages offered by SAM, and conclude the session by exploring what Microsoft has in development behind the scenes, such as RaaS, eSignature, and Project Archimedes. This fully demonstration-driven session allows you to grasp the fundamentals and build your AI-powered models, secure your tenant, and understand the whole story. It’s a must-attend opportunity if you’re new to the Premium ecosystem! What you will learn Discover Content AI Learn how AI and machine learning can provide a solution for intelligent document processing. What Microsoft has in development Explore what Microsoft has behind the scenes such as RaaS, eSignature, and Project Archimedes. Fundamentals of intelligent collaboration Make collaboration smarter and more effective by using the power of SharePoint Premium. SAM, backup, archive, and different artefacts Gain insights into the advantages offered by SAM and other SharePoint Premium innovations. --- ### What's new - 2023.5. > See what's new in Syskit Point. This new release helps you keep track and manage SharePoint storage consumption. - Published: 2024-04-10 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2023-5/ What's new - 2023. 5. Welcome to Syskit Point 2023. 5! This new version adds features to help you get complete visibility over trends, unusual spikes, and resources that take up storage. Gain the tools you need to optimize your SharePoint storage, identify cost-saving opportunities, and make timely informed decisions. Not yet a customer? Try Syskit Point for free. Storage Management - Insights + Optimizations 2023. 5 We've created a new set of features to provide you a focused approach for keeping track and managing SharePoint storage consumption. Gain the tools you need to optimize your SharePoint storage, identify cost-saving opportunities, and make timely informed decisions. Let's start with a few challenges that we learned about and wanted to help you with. First is rapid workspaces (Teams, Groups, sites) and data growth - organizations are constantly producing and storing vast amounts of data. Monitoring storage consumption and trends is cumbersome due to the lack of centralized visibility and control. Second is struggling to manage data sprawl across various departments, which leads to continuously purchasing extra storage due to storage shortages. The new Storage insights and optimization tools in Syskit Point bring powerful reporting to help you gain complete visibility over trends and resources that can be cleaned up to free up storage, while policies and notifications help you gain complete control and awareness to make timely decisions. Storage Insights 2023. 5 The tenant-wide Storage Metrics report shows a graphical visualization of usage over time to help you identify potentially unusual... --- ### Maximizing file storage efficiency in Microsoft 365 > Microsoft MVP Drew Madelung explains how to manage your SharePoint file storage, covers storage licensing, cleanup, and much more. - Published: 2024-03-22 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/maximizing-file-storage-efficiency-in-microsoft-365/ Join Microsoft MVP Drew Madelung as he explains how to understand and manage your SharePoint file storage. Drew will cover storage licensing, as well as report, cleanup, and archiving options available in Microsoft 365. Optimize your file storage in Microsoft 365 Are you wondering what is going on behind the scenes in SharePoint Online for the storage that you have? Do you know if you are filling it up? In this webinar, we’ll help you understand and manage your file storage in Microsoft 365. We’ll cover an overview of storage licensing, including how Microsoft charges for file storage in SharePoint Online and OneDrive. You will learn how to report on your current storage situation for sites and teams. Finally, you will learn about cleanup and archive options available to us in Microsoft 365 to support strong storage governance moving forward. What you will learn Understand storage licensing Learn the basics of Microsoft 365 storage licensing, including how Microsoft charges for storage and how to buy additional storage. Techniques for reporting Discover how to report on your current storage situation, including total available and used storage, storage per site, and alerting quotas. Optimize storage usage Explore strategies for optimizing storage usage, including identifying stale content, and if Microsoft 365 Archive would be beneficial. --- ### SharePoint Storage Optimization with Syskit Point > Join us as we introduce Syskit Point’s new storage management feature and show you how to navigate the challenges of storage reporting and optimization. - Published: 2024-02-28 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/sharepoint-storage-optimization-with-syskit-point/ Join us as we introduce Syskit Point’s new storage management feature and show you how to navigate the challenges of storage reporting and optimization. Take back control of your SharePoint storage In this product session, the Syskit team will guide you through the benefits of Syskit Point’s storage management feature, showing you how to gain centralized visibility of storage consumption across your tenant, identify what is taking up most of your space, anticipate storage issues, and proactively make informed decisions to prevent interruptions. You will also hear firsthand from our customer Scott Dyer from Ovative and how they saved $24k in under 60 minutes with Syskit Point. What you will learn Understanding Storage Management Explore Syskit Point’s new storage management feature and its benefits. Cost-saving opportunities Discover cost-saving and cleanup opportunities that won’t affect business continuity. Optimize SharePoint storage Learn how to use this new functionality to seamlessly optimize SharePoint storage. Real-world use cases Hear how we’ve already saved our customers up to 40% of their storage space with real-world use cases. --- ### Visibility > Centralize your Microsoft 365 inventory for more Microsoft 365 visibility and efficiency with Syskit Point. - Published: 2024-02-28 - Modified: 2024-11-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/visibility/ Be aware of your M365 health – stay compliant and keep it secured  Discover the most critical vulnerabilities and misalignments with Microsoft 365 best practices.   Get actionable insights and actions you need to keep your environment secure and inventory under control in real time. Enable workspaces center for end users with simple Point Teams app Empower end users with the ability to see and search existing workspaces to request accessorbefore requesting new ones. Increase visibility to eradicate sprawl and lower the number of support tickets. Contact us Get in touch to find out how Syskit can help you govern your Microsoft 365 estate --- ### Security - Published: 2024-02-28 - Modified: 2024-11-20 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/security/ Be aware of your M365 health – stay compliant and keep it secured  Discover the most critical vulnerabilities and misalignments with Microsoft 365 best practices.  Set up automated actions to keep your environment secure and under control in real time. Proactively detect suspiciousactions with alerts Receive proactive notifications directly to your email – for example, when a suspicious user action or sharing is detected. Customize alerts, react promptly, and keep your environment secure. Control access with policies and regular reviews Access only for the right people is crucial - by enforcing automated access review requests you can be sure that this is checked regularly!  Delegate responsibility from IT team to owners, who have operational knowledge of who should have access to their resources. Contact us Get in touch to find out how Syskit can help you govern your Microsoft 365 estate --- ### Governance - Published: 2024-02-28 - Modified: 2024-11-20 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/governance/ Remove complexity - effortlessly manage the entire workspaces lifecycle Avoid sprawl with provisioning End-users can request access to existing workspaces or create new ones from a menu of templated options created by admins in Syskit Point from a simple Point Teams app. Gain control over maintenance Automated policies support workspace owners to stay compliant with company policies and governance best practices. Regular access reviews help you make sure the data is safe! Declutter with timely cleanup Syskit Point automatically detects inactive workspaces and lets owners decide if they wish to keep, archive, or delete the data. Contact us Get in touch to find out how Syskit can help you govern your Microsoft 365 estate --- ### Ovative Group > Find out how Ovative Group saved $24K in SharePoint storage costs using Syskit Point in under 60 minutes - Published: 2024-02-27 - Modified: 2024-11-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/customers/ovative-group/ Find out how Ovative Group saved $24K in storage costs using Syskit Point in under 60 minutes. Ovative Group saves $24K in storage costs using Syskit Point in under 60 minutes Customer Ovative Group is an independent media and measurement firm that helps clients drive and deliver measurable marketing performance. Founded in 2009 by Dale Nitschke, Ovative brings media, measurement, and consulting together under one roof to measure the holistic impact of marketing on clients’ total business using its proprietary metric, Enterprise Marketing Return (EMR). Ovative’s team of marketing experts serves as a trusted partner for its national world-class client base of marketing leaders across many industries. Ovative is recognized as an industry leader and has received awards, including Digiday Technology’s Best Marketing Analytics Platform, Adweek Fastest Growing Agencies, Star Tribune’s Top Workplaces, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Fast 50, and Inc. 5000. For more information about Ovative, visit ovative. com or follow Ovative on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Challenge Handling external collaboration and rising costs of storage As a client service business, Ovative depends heavily on external sharing and collaboration with its vast network of stakeholders. External sharing poses various security risks, including an increased chance of oversharing and compliance breaches. Since reporting, alerting, and management actions with out-of-the-box Microsoft tools are scattered across multiple admin centers, Ovative didn’t have a centralized and efficient way of controlling access management. Their IT team, led by Scott Dyer, Senior Director of Information Technology, identified the blind spots. They aimed to strike a balance between allowing their coworkers to collaborate flexibly and implement appropriate control measures. To do that, they had to ensure workspace visibility. On... --- ### Get ready for Microsoft Copilot with Syskit Point > Prepare for Copilot with Syskit Point and ensure your environment is ready for the operational demands of your Microsoft Copilot implementation. - Published: 2024-02-21 - Modified: 2024-11-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/use-cases/copilot-readiness/ Prepare your tenant to meet the security and operational demands of Microsoft Copilot. https://www. youtube. com/shorts/YbFK6YYsp-g --- ### Solutions > Explore Syskit solutions and find out how you can easily improve visibility, security, and governance for your Microsoft 365 estate. - Published: 2024-02-16 - Modified: 2024-11-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/solutions/ Visibility, governance, and security. Without complexity. Visibility Visibility of who has access to what in Microsoft 365 Security Overview of permissions, sharing and user actions Governance Automated governance of environments Contact us Get in touch to find out how Syskit can help you govern your Microsoft 365 estate --- ### Mitigating Microsoft 365 Oversharing Risks > Microsoft MVP and Syskit Technical Evangelist Vlad Catrinescu shows the tools that Microsoft offers to help you identify, fix, and prevent oversharing in M365. - Published: 2024-02-09 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/mitigating-microsoft-365-oversharing-risks/ Join Microsoft MVP and Syskit Technical Evangelist Vlad Catrinescu as he explores the tools that Microsoft offers to help you identify, fix, and prevent oversharing in Microsoft 365. Discover and secure your exposed data Many organizations are facing the problem of oversharing in SharePoint Online, which exposes them to both external and internal threats when employees can access information that they shouldn’t. With the introduction of Microsoft 365 Copilot to organizations of all sizes, AI makes that information even more accessible and increases the risk. In this webinar, Vlad will explore the tools that Microsoft offers to help prevent oversharing in Microsoft 365. He will explain what oversharing means, go over basic sharing settings in SharePoint, and then proceed to more advanced settings such as Restricted Access Control, Access Reviews, Data Access Governance Policies, and more. What you will learn Understanding oversharing Find out what oversharing is and the risks it brings to your organization. Find overshared data Discover how SharePoint Premium features can help you discover overshared sites. Advanced settings and tools Explore Access Reviews, Microsoft Graph Data Connect, and more. Skills to get started Learn the skills to identify and fix oversharing in your Microsoft 365 tenant. --- ### Customers > Discover how Syskit Point has helped organizations worldwide solve their daily Microsoft 365 challenges. - Published: 2024-01-25 - Modified: 2024-08-20 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/customers/ --- ### Syskit is at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2024 > Syskit is at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference! Discover how we can help you with your M365 administration and governance. - Published: 2024-01-24 - Modified: 2024-12-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/company/events/syskit-is-at-the-microsoft-365-community-conference-2024/ We had an awesome time at the M365 Community Conference in Orlando! We were there from April 30 - May 2, 2024 to share our expertise and to tell you how Syskit Point can help you manage your complex M365 environment with better visibility, governance, and security. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=RtOJGYrvFYI Discover how we can help with your M365 governance and security M365 provides unparalleled flexibility to manage collaboration through content, group membership, sites, tasks, and access to information. However, it also causes sprawl and governance challenges that cause security risks. Explore and demo our M365 platform in-person Discover how you can analyze your entire Microsoft 365 environment, gain complete visibility into your security footprint, and enforce continuous governance throughout the workspace lifecycle. Grab some awesome swag and enter our draw A conference isn't a conference without some cool merch. So, come and say “hi” and win some cool nick-nacks you’ll actually love to use. Get real-time industry insight and best practices Make timely and fact-based decisions with the help of Syskit Point and the advice of our expert consultants: get in touch with all the industry trends to maximize your efficiency. Meet our Microsoft MVPs Talk all things tech with our on-staff Microsoft MVPs Vlad Catrinescu and Frane Borozan at the booth. --- ### Maturing your Microsoft 365 Governance and Compliance > Join Microsoft MVP Simon Hudson as he uses the Microsoft 365 Maturity Model to explore the state of your organization’s governance and compliance. - Published: 2024-01-18 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/maturing-your-microsoft-365-governance-and-compliance/ Join Microsoft MVP Simon Hudson as he uses the Microsoft 365 Maturity Model to explore the state of your organization’s governance and compliance, whether that’s good enough, and how you can lay out a path for improvement. Improve and optimize your governance practices Governance and compliance is the responsibility of every person in every organization. But how do you know whether you are doing it well enough? In this webinar, learn how to use the Microsoft 365 Maturity Model to create a structured approach in your organization for managing governance and compliance. What you will learn Pillars of governance and compliance Understand the foundations of governance and compliance and where your organization stands. Helpful tips and next steps Discover which actions you can immediately implement in your organization. Include multiple roles in the process Lay out a path for improvement that involves everyone. Allow for continuous improvement Explore which technologies and tools will help you create a process to improve in the long-run. --- ### Why admins should use the Microsoft Power Platform CoE Starter Kit > Join Microsoft MVP Rene Modery as he explains how the Center of Excellence Starter Kit can help you get more value out of the Power Platform. - Published: 2023-12-14 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/why-admins-should-use-the-microsoft-power-platform-coe-starter-kit/ Join Microsoft MVP Rene Modery as he explains how the Center of Excellence Starter Kit can be leveraged within your organization to get more value out of the Power Platform. Manage Power Platform effectively The Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit is a collection of tools that allows Power Platform administrators to get more insights into how Power Apps, Power Automate, and other Power Platform components are used in their company. In this live webinar, you will learn some practical guidance showing how the CoE Starter Kit can be leveraged within your organisation to get more value out of the Power Platform, manage it effectively, and simplify your life as a Power Platform administrator. What you will learn Why you should use the CoE Starter Kit Understand the value the Microsoft Power Platform CoE Starter Kit brings to your organization. Simplify your admin process Discover how to simplify your daily processes as a Power Platform administrator. Accelerate Power Platform adoption Find out how you can accelerate Power Platform adoption with the CoE. Incorporate governance and lifecycle management See how the governance and lifecycle management processes can help support you. --- ### Securing and governing Microsoft Copilot with Syskit Point > Discover how Syskit Point can help you assess and prepare your tenant, and meet the operational demands of Copilot. - Published: 2023-12-08 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/securing-and-governing-microsoft-copilot-with-syskit-point/ Discover a detailed step-by-step approach of how Syskit Point can help you assess and prepare your tenant, manage user access and permissions, and ensure your environment aligns with the operational demands of Copilot. Prepare your environment and manage Copilot at scale. With Microsoft Copilot, end-users can create new content quickly and freely. It is sure to drive adoption of the M365 platform, but IT admins are already thinking about governance and security implications. Join us and learn battle proven strategies on how to keep your governance and security policies intact, without sacrificing your end-users’ freedoms. What you will learn How Microsoft Copilot works Discover Copilot’s inner workings and its significance in the GenAI landscape. Practical steps and tools Effectively prepare your environment and manage Microsoft Copilot at scale. Strategies for IT teams Learn how to mitigate challenges that come with Microsoft Copilot. How Syskit Point can help Find out how Syskit Point can help keep your governance and security policies in check. --- ### Optimize SharePoint storage in Microsoft 365 > Optimize SharePoint storage costs in Microsoft 365 with better insights via Syskit Point's Storage Management. - Published: 2023-12-04 - Modified: 2024-11-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/use-cases/optimize-sharepoint-storage-in-microsoft-365/ Optimize your SharePoint storage in Microsoft 365 and cut costs. --- ### Become a Microsoft Teams Rockstar > Join Microsoft Regional Director Gokan Ozcifci as he explains how to plan, implement, and master Microsoft Teams from A to Z. - Published: 2023-11-10 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/become-a-microsoft-teams-rockstar-nov2023/ Join Microsoft Regional Director Gokan Ozcifci as he explains how to plan, implement, and master Microsoft Teams from A to Z. Boost Teams Integration In this webinar, we’ll dive into an overview of Microsoft Teams, how to get started, the best practices for managing different scenarios, and how Viva, Loop, Power Platform, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Dataverse interact with Microsoft Teams. If your organization is considering deploying or starting your journey to Microsoft Teams, this session is for you as we’ll assess everything from A to Z. What you will learn Best Practices for Teams Discover Teams best practices, how to manage different scenarios, and recommendations for end-users. Microsoft Teams Integration Learn how Teams integrates M365 and Power Platform services for collaboration. Teams + Power Platform Find out about powerful links between Teams and Power Platform. Overview of Teams Get an overview of Microsoft Teams and examples of how to get started. --- ### Lionsgate > Lionsgate streamlines M365 management with Syskit Point, benefiting from a 5% license buffer, improved governance and tighter security. - Published: 2023-10-30 - Modified: 2024-11-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/customers/lionsgate/ Syskit Point aids Lionsgate in M365 optimization: 5% license buffer, tighter security, and effective governance. Optimized budget with a 5% license buffer and effective M365 governance Customer Lionsgate Entertainment Corporation is a Canadian-American global mass media and entertainment company headquartered in Santa Monica, California, United States. Founded in 1997, it has grown to 3,500 employees and has become a household name. The company has over 18,000 titles in its film and television library, making it one of the largest and most valuable in the world. Challenge Subscription optimization and complicated governance  The industry giant faced the challenges of efficiently managing its Microsoft 365 environment. The 15-member strong team, led by Eddie Sotto, required a solution that could streamline governance, security, and license management within their Microsoft 365 environment. The need for effective governance, security, and license management led them to explore solutions beyond Microsoft's toolbox. The native tools were functional but lacked the simplicity and comprehensiveness the team sought. Solution Simplified governance and effective reporting with Syskit Point Recognizing the limitations of the built-in Microsoft tools, Eddie Soto and his team decided to explore external solutions. After thorough research, they identified Syskit Point as the ideal fit. The simplicity, robust reporting capabilities, and dedicated support from Syskit made the decision easy. By deploying Syskit Point, Lionsgate could address its immediate challenges efficiently. With Point on their side, the team was now able to manage external sharing, team ownership, and licensing effortlessly. Optimizing the licensing budget for Microsoft 365 Syskit Point’s reporting enabled the team at Lionsgate to optimize and control costs by monitoring license consumption... --- ### How to Scale Up your Microsoft 365 > Microsoft MVP Emily Mancini shares how a biotech used M365 solutions to improve communication, collaboration, and manual business processes. - Published: 2023-10-19 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/how-to-scale-up-your-microsoft-365/ Join Microsoft MVP Emily Mancini as she shares how one biotech utilized Microsoft 365 solutions to improve communication, collaboration, and manual business processes that led to a 96% adoption rate. Foster trusted relationships across your organization Rapidly growing companies must balance multiple strategic objectives with a seemingly endless list of action items while maintaining a focus on creating scalable solutions. In this live webinar, we will share how one biotech experiencing 900% growth in 2 years utilized Microsoft 365 solutions to improve communication, collaboration, and manual business processes. Learn about the CX (customer experience) focused approach that led to a 96% adoption rate and fostered trusted relationships across the organization. What you will learn Evaluate the current needs across your organization Discover where Microsoft 365 can make an impact and the tools to help develop your governance plan. Empower your end users Learn about proper training, Team site self-service, site templating options, and example roles & responsibilities for self-service. Establishing a global steering committee Drive right-sized solutions across the organization and explore options for long-term support. Celebrate site owners’ efforts Make sure to acknowledge champion users and ensure you receive feedback from end users. --- ### What’s new in Syskit Point: Policy Automation, and Compliance Dashboard > Dive in with us to discover how Syskit Point can ensure your tenant is both secure and efficiently governed – from workspace creation till its end of life. - Published: 2023-09-28 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/whats-new-in-syskit-point-policy-automation-and-compliance-dashboard/ Dive in and discover how Syskit Point can ensure your tenant is both secure and efficiently governed - from workspace creation till its end of life. Microsoft 365 governance, revamped Ever feel like you’re constantly on the back foot, tackling one challenge after another? We totally understand. Ensuring that security and compliance risks are mitigated while making sure that all workspaces have the appropriate policies applied, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. But here’s the good news: Syskit Point’s September Update is here to change the narrative. What you will learn New Policy Automation Effortlessly maintain control over your environment through automated governance policies tailored to your unique criteria. Ensure policies are continuously applied regardless of how and when the workspace has been created. Security and Compliance Dashboard Proactively assess security threats and take immediate action or automate resolving of these vulnerabilities by including owners in the continuous cleanup process. Behind the scenes of the new Syskit Point home screen Take a sneak peek at the revamped home screen and discover the enhanced transformation that has taken place. --- ### What's new - 2023.4. > See what's new in our web-based Office 365 governance solution. This new release comes with a great new features set and improvements. - Published: 2023-09-25 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2023-4/ What's new - 2023. 4. Welcome to Point 2023. 4! The new Syskit Point comes with an entirely new look and feel, following our new company visual identity, and with a new highly-demanded homepage dashboard to give you a centralized tenant overview. It also brings a new feature, a Security and Compliance Dashboard that will take your inventory overview and governance to a completely new level - keep your environment secure and be efficient in your daily admin operations. Not yet a customer? Try Syskit Point for free. Redesigned and revamped homepage experience - a glance over the state of your tenant 2023. 4 We're excited to introduce the new look and feel of Syskit Point, following our big company rebranding. Syskit Point has evolved over the years, from powerful reporting and permissions management to a complete all-in-one platform for management and governance of Microsoft 365. Our platform is scalable to support small and mid-size companies as well as meet the unique requirements of large enterprises. We want to provide you with a central place to gain a complete overview of your M365 inventory, perform powerful management actions, stay aware of all the important events and build collaborative governance processes. By providing solutions not just for IT, but also for business users and workspace owners, we also want to support you to enhance your digital employee experience and boost M365 adoption. With the growth of platform capabilities, and evolving vision of the product to become your central point for administration,... --- ### Getting started with Microsoft 365 Copilot > Join Zoe Wilson and Luke Evans to understand the full potential of Microsoft 365 Copilot and how you can utilize these capabilities fully and safely. - Published: 2023-09-08 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/webinars/getting-started-with-microsoft-365-copilot/ Join Zoe Wilson and Luke Evans to understand the full potential of Microsoft 365 Copilot and how you can utilize these capabilities fully and safely. Drive productivity securely Generative AI in Microsoft workplace technology will make it easier for us to up-skill, to be productive, and to create better content – faster! – This will significantly impact how work gets done. In this live webinar, we will focus specifically on the Microsoft 365 capabilities that promise to augment our skills, allowing us to create more quickly, more accurately, and to a higher quality. What you will learn The promise of Human + AI Copilot will change how people work with AI and how AI works with people. An overview of Microsoft 365 Copilot Understand the full range of capabilities and the potential this offers. Preparing your organization for Microsoft 365 Copilot Explore the steps you need to take to make sure your organization is ready. Productivity for the end user Find out what this means to your productivity as an end-user. --- ### Book a Demo - Point > Interested in seeing Syskit Point in action and exploring its Microsoft 365 governance features? Fill out the form and schedule a demo. - Published: 2023-08-17 - Modified: 2024-12-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/company/partner-program/schedule-a-demo/ Interested in seeing Syskit Point in action and exploring its Microsoft 365 governance features? Fill out the form and schedule a demo. Almost there, partner 30 min Schedule a call with our experts and get:   A review of all Syskit Point’s features. A discussion of partnership value and what it means for you. Answers to any of your questions or use cases.   If the available times do not fit your schedule, email us, and we'll find a time slot that suits you. --- ### Partner Program > Unlock opportunity and growth with Syskit Partner Program. Deliver instant value to your customers so they can realize the full potential of their M365. - Published: 2023-08-09 - Modified: 2024-10-23 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/company/partner-program/ See your entire M365 environment from a single centralized platform. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=2zhh9HTmnMc --- ### Reports and industry research > Syskit offers innovative solutions for governing Microsoft 365 recognized by institutions. Access in-depth reports and research on its unique capabilities. - Published: 2023-08-08 - Modified: 2024-12-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/resources/reports-and-industry-research/ Reports and industry research Over the years, Syskit has gained recognition from multiple institutions for its innovative technology solutions. These various research and analyst reports provide in-depth insights into how Syskit’s offerings can help organizations optimize their Microsoft 365. These valuable resources cater to investors, partners, customers, and analysts who want a comprehensive understanding of Syskit's impact. You can access these reports as a subscriber, or purchase them individually. --- ### What's new - 2023.2. > See what's new in our web-based Office 365 governance solution. This new release comes with a great new features set and improvements. - Published: 2023-07-26 - Modified: 2024-11-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/product-updates/whats-new-2023-2/ What's new - 2023. 2. Welcome to Point 2023. 2! With this new version, we’ve improved governance features to help admins get even more control over workspace management and simplify collaboration with end users. The platform now supports GCC High tenants and more. Not yet a customer? Try for free. Centralized Tasks for Collaborators - Connected Experience Across the Point Teams and Web App 2023. 2 Without a collaborative governance solution in place, your end users will face significant challenges and complexity every day when performing actions such as creating workspaces or sending access requests. On the flip side, your IT team will spend most of their time solving support tickets for each and every one of them. Syskit Point empowers admins to set up various policies and workflows and enable non-IT business users to check their workspaces or request new ones at any time and verify or manage internal and external user permissions, memberships, and sharing. As Syskit Point can send various tasks to end users - governance collaborators, we wanted to centralize all these tasks in the Point web app. So now all the access and workspace requests they receive such as access reviews, lifecycle management, and other tasks will all be in one place; the Point web app, so they can be faster and more efficient. They can still do small tasks such as access request approvals in the Point Teams app. Provisioning - Choose a Custom Site URL 2023. 2 When end users want to create... --- ### Thank you - Download - SPDockit > Thank you for downloading SPDockit. We hope it will help you improve your Microsoft 365 environment. - Published: 2023-06-23 - Modified: 2025-05-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/thank-you-download-spdockit/ Thank you! window. dataLayer = window. dataLayer || ; window. dataLayer. push({ event: 'gtmt. formsubmit', gtmtcategory: "Download", gtmtlabel: "SPDocKit", gtmtaction: "Submit", gtmtvalue: "85" }); Get more tips from our resources Thank you for your download. We hope it will help you improve your SharePoint administration. You will receive the download link on Email address you've provided. Feel free to explore our other content or follow us on social media to stay up-to-date with everything Microsoft 365. Need help? Contact us --- --- --- ## Posts ### How to build a SharePoint agent for your Intranet > In this blog post, we'll show you how to build a SharePoint agent for your intranet — step by step guide. - Published: 2025-06-16 - Modified: 2025-06-16 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/how-to-build-a-sharepoint-agent-for-your-intranet/ - Categories: Microsoft Copilot - Tags: m365, sharepoint agent In this blog post, we'll show you how to build a SharePoint agent for your intranet. Copilot Agents for SharePoint are an amazing way to quickly build AI Agents for your productivity scenario. In this blog post, we'll walk through how to build one for your intranet. As we build it, remember that SharePoint agents are designed for makers and, at their core, function as retrieval agents, so our agent will not have any actions right away, but we will cover how you can add them towards the end of the blog post. If you want to build a quick agent for your intranet, you're at the right place, so let's get to the point. Building on a solid foundation As we start building our agent, we need to remember that our agent will only be as good as the quality of the information that we provide to it. Before you build your agent, make sure that your intranet is solid, the permissions are correct, and your content is up to date. A platform such as Syskit Point can help you gain visibility into your SharePoint structure, permissions, and content freshness before building your agent. This ensures your sources are secure, well-organized, and optimized for accurate AI responses. No matter how good our agent instructions are, if our content is bad, the results will be bad! With that out of the way, let us focus on what we need to prepare before we get into agent building. The first thing you will need are your sources, and remember, you are limited to 20 sources, which can... --- ### Privilege creep in Microsoft 365: The silent risk you're probably ignoring > Privilege creep is slow. It's silent. But over time, it turns your environment into a mess of over-permissioned users and associated unwanted risks. - Published: 2025-06-04 - Modified: 2025-06-05 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/privilege-creep-in-microsoft-365/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 security Learn more about privilege creep, a slow and silent threat to your Microsoft 365 environment. You don't need a breach to have a security problem. Sometimes, it's not an outside master hacker or a similar movie-like event. More often than not, it's the slow buildup of access permissions granted in good faith, forgotten over time, and never reviewed. That's privilege creep, and if you're managing a Microsoft 365 (M365) environment, it's probably happening right under your nose. And it's a problem. You can think of it like mold. For various reasons, it will slowly but surely accumulate, and if you don’t take care of it, water (in our case, data) will seep through the cracks. What is privilege creep? Privilege creep, also called access creep, permissions creep, or privilege sprawl, quietly expands your organization's attack surface by granting users more access than they need.   Privilege creep happens when users accumulate more access rights than they need to do their jobs. It's not always the result of bad practices, just normal day-to-day operations and the passing of time. Someone changes roles, but their old access never gets revoked. A user is granted temporary access "just for a project" and the owner simply forgets to circle back later to remove the access. Teams get added to SharePoint sites, and suddenly, dozens of people have access they shouldn't. It's slow. It's silent. But over time, it turns your environment into a mess of over-permissioned users and associated unwanted risks. Why is privilege creep is a big problem in Microsoft 365? Privilege creep is a problem in Microsoft... --- ### Power Platform ownership best practices: How to avoid orphaned apps and flows > Syskit Point gives IT full visibility into Power Platform ownership, helping prevent orphaned flows, reclaim control, and reduce licensing waste. - Published: 2025-05-27 - Modified: 2025-05-27 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/power-platform-ownership-best-practices/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance This practical guide helps Power Platform admins prevent orphaned resources and regain visibility with the right policies and tools. Microsoft's Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Pages Copilot Studio) has revolutionized how organizations approach business process automation and application development. It empowers citizen and professional developers to build and deploy solutions rapidly, accelerating digital transformation and driving efficiency. Development democratization promotes innovation by allowing business units to create solutions directly. However, the rapid proliferation of apps and automated workflows introduces significant governance challenges if not managed proactively. One critical yet often overlooked aspect is ownership. When an application or flow is created, it is tied to a specific user account – the owner. This owner holds the keys: the ability to modify, share, manage connections, and ultimately delete the resource. What happens when an app or flow is orphaned? What happens when that same owner leaves the organization, changes roles, or deactivates their account? Without proper planning and alternative ownership structures, these vital digital assets can become orphaned. An orphaned app or flow might continue to run for a time. Still, it exists in a management void – uneditable, unshareable by standard means, and often invisible to IT until it fails, causing potentially significant business disruption. This article provides a comprehensive guide to understanding the critical importance of Power Platform ownership, the risks associated with orphaned resources, and most importantly, the best practices and tools organizations can implement to ensure continuity, visibility, and robust governance over their low-code solutions. If this article cannot help you, Syskit Point could be the solution you need for some of... --- ### Rethinking Power Platform governance with Syskit Point > Lean what are the biggest challenges with Power Platform governance and how Syskit Point can help you address them. - Published: 2025-05-20 - Modified: 2025-05-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/power-platform-governance-syskit-point/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management, Microsoft 365 security - Tags: CoE, m365, power platform Leverage Power Platform's capabilities without stifling innovation. Low-code platforms like Microsoft Power Platform promise agility. As of April 2024, Microsoft Power Platform boasts over 33 million monthly active users, highlighting its extensive reach across various industries. By leveraging Power Platform and generative AI, Cineplex automated key processes across departments and saved over 30,000 hours annually. The US utility company Evergy saves over 120,000 hours per year. The results are impressive, to say the least. But without a strategic overview, that promise quickly turns into complexity, sprawl, and risk. In this blog, we'll give you an overview of the Center of Excellence and how Syskit Point steps in to help enterprises regain control and enforce governance without stifling creativity. The Power Platform challenge beneath the surface Microsoft Power Platform is transformative, no question. But transformation without visibility creates risk. As organizations embrace Power Platform, IT leaders face a pressing dilemma: how do we enable innovation without losing control? Let’s break down the top challenges organizations face: 1. Lack of visibility into what exists in your Power Platform The Power Platform ecosystem grows quickly. Apps, flows, connectors, and environments, without a centralized inventory, IT teams struggle to answer basic questions: What apps and flows are live? Who owns them? What data do they touch? Are premium resources used and bleeding resources? What Power BI reports and dashboards exist, and who can access them? This opacity makes Power Platform management reactive at best, and dangerously blind at worst. 2. Security and compliance risks Business users aren’t trained in governance, which... --- ### Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2025: Top highlights for M365 Administrators > Read through all the biggest announcements from the Microsoft 365 Community Conference, including news about SAM, Copilot and SharePoint. - Published: 2025-05-12 - Modified: 2025-05-12 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/m365-community-conference-2025-top-news/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: m365, microsoft 365, microsoft copilot, sam Read through all the biggest announcements from Microsoft, including news about SAM, Copilot and SharePoint. The Microsoft 365 Community Conference has just finished. As always, it was THE place to be for the latest Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, and, of course, Security and Governance news in the Microsoft 365 Ecosystem. In this blog post, we will cover the top news from the conference that impacts Microsoft 365 Administrators. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=_lx90cLT0hU This year, the keynote included an entire section on Microsoft 365 Governance, so there was lots of love for Microsoft 365 admins. And of course, how can we not talk about the remarkable fact that SharePoint now has over 1 billion users? SharePoint Advanced Management is growing  Let me start with one of my favorite admin tools: SharePoint Advanced Management, or SAM. Last year at Ignite, Microsoft announced it would be included in Copilot and reconfirmed this during the conference. While I was afraid that might slow their ability to ship new features, we got so many incredible things announced during the conference.  We had over 10 new SAM features announced (highlighted in red below), so let’s dive in. All screenshots below are from the fantastic Microsoft Principal Product Manager, Dave Minasyan, in a session he did with me on YouTube. Content Management Assessment Let’s start with one of my favorites (it’s tough to pick, honestly). Most organizations do not know they have an oversharing or content sprawl problem. This is where the Content Management Assessment comes in. This new feature allows you to run all SAM reports with one single click and find out which sites need attention. Hopefully, your... --- ### 3 use cases for Copilot agents in SharePoint  > Curious what Copilot agents can actually do in SharePoint? Here are 3 use cases and how to get started. - Published: 2025-05-08 - Modified: 2025-05-07 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/3-use-cases-for-copilot-agents-in-sharepoint/ - Categories: Microsoft Copilot, Modern work - Tags: copilot agents, m365, sharepoint Discover three practical ways to use Copilot agents in SharePoint—and how to set them up. In the past, we have covered SharePoint agents in detail on the Syskit blog, but most of the content was aimed at IT Professionals and governance.  In the past few weeks, a lot of people have been asking me, "Cool, Vlad, I know what agents are, but what are some use cases for it? How are people actually using them? " In this blog post, we’ll explore three practical use cases for Copilot Agents in SharePoint that are easy to build, highly relevant across industries, and perfect for internal business scenarios. Whether you’re in IT, HR, sales, or operations, these examples will help you get started with real, working solutions, and don’t worry, you won't need to do any coding. Turn HR Policies into smart answers with an Employee Handbook & Policy Assistant agent Every organization has HR and compliance policies, yet employees often struggle to find or interpret them. This agent turns your policy documents into an interactive assistant that provides clear, consistent answers. This is one of those Copilot agents that is ideal for all organizations that have onboarding, benefits, or remote work policies (so, hopefully, everyone). Let’s create this first one step by step together. For the next ones, we will focus on the business case and give you the agent instructions I used. From the home page, under New, select Agent: Add the Name, icon, and description for your agent, and remember, those are just for the user experience, but they do not change the functionality.... --- ### What is Microsoft Dataverse, and how does it compare to SharePoint, Lists, Dataverse for Teams, and SQL - Published: 2025-04-29 - Modified: 2025-04-29 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/what-is-microsoft-dataverse-and-how-does-it-compare-to-sharepoint-lists-dataverse-for-teams-and-sql/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management - Tags: m365, power platform You probably have heard or seen Microsoft Dataverse multiple times during your projects or events. But what exactly is Dataverse? Let’s define this into a couple of sentences: Microsoft Dataverse is a cloud-based, low-code data service and platform that allows organizations to store and manage data used by business applications securely. It's a fundamental component of the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Power Pages) and the foundation for Dynamics 365 applications (like Sales, Customer Service, and Field Service). Microsoft Dataverse architecture I always refer to my customers to think that Dataverse is a Table as a Service, but the reality is that this is more than just a database in the cloud. It's an abstraction layer built on top of various Azure storage services (including Azure SQL Database, Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, Search) that provides: 1. Data storage It offers structured data storage through Tables (formerly known as Entities). These tables contain Columns (formerly Fields or Attributes) that define the data types (text, number, date, choice, lookup, etc. ) and Rows (Records) that hold the actual data. 2. Rich metadata Dataverse stores metadata alongside the data. This means data about the data itself—like data types, relationships, formatting rules, and validation rules—is stored within the platform, making it easier to build applications that understand and interact with the data structure. 3. Data modeling It provides powerful tools for defining relationships between tables (one-to-many, many-to-one, many-to-many), enabling the creation of complex, relational data models crucial for business applications. 4. Logic and validation You can implement server-side logic directly within Dataverse using: Business Rules: Configure rules that apply logic... --- ### Humanizing Artificial Intelligence (AI): Better UX in Copilot-generated Power Apps > Microsoft Copilot is powerful, but it still needs human insight to create truly effective and empathetic UX. Learn what to keep in mind. - Published: 2025-04-22 - Modified: 2025-04-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/improving-ux-in-copilot-generated-power-apps/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: m365, microsoft copilot, power apps, ux in copilot In a world where artificial intelligence is often seen as the solution to everything, it's easy to assume that every AI-generated outcome will be flawless and adhere to best practices. However, as we've delved deeper into the realm of AI, we've discovered that this is not always the case. Microsoft's choice to name their virtual assistant "Copilot" underscores the importance of working alongside this technology to achieve the best results. While Copilot is an invaluable tool for speeding up the solution design process, its auto-generated designs still benefit greatly from a nuanced human touch to apply the empathy and intuition that great user experience (UX) design demands. Until AI can fully consider and implement this perspective, there are key UX opportunities where your strategic intervention adds significant value. Solving the right problems Nielsen Norman Group, the world leaders in user research, are famous for their quote “You are not the user. ” Far too often, organizations assume they understand user needs without fully grasping the business processes or constraints, skipping critical discussions before jumping into solution design. As Jakob Nielsen aptly states, "Even the best designers produce successful products only if their designs solve the right problems. A wonderful interface to the wrong features will fail. " Copilot cannot tell us what our colleagues need to solve or why, so it is critical we begin each project with some user research. Beginning any app design with user research will not only ensure you are focused on solving the right problems, but it will also help identify 85% of usability problems early in your development process, improve user satisfaction and adoption rates, and reduce the risk of solution failure. Simplifying navigation... --- ### How to set up a Power Platform DLP policy > Learn everything you need to know to create and manage Power Platform DLP (data loss prevention) policies. - Published: 2025-04-15 - Modified: 2025-04-09 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/power-platform-dlp-policy-setup/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 security - Tags: dlp policy, m365 dlp, microsoft 365 As an IT professional, one of your most important tasks is to ensure data security and ensure that users do not leak data in locations other than those controlled by your company. We often tell users not to use any tool that is not sanctioned by IT, and for good reason. But then we have the Power Platform, this easy-to-use tool with over 1,000 connectors that makes it easy for any user, without any IT knowledge, to create a flow that copies data from SharePoint to Dropbox or from their company OneDrive for Business to a personal OneDrive. In this post, we’ll learn how you can create and manage your data loss prevention (DLP) policies. What are data loss prevention policies? Data loss prevention policies function as guardrails, helping you enforce rules on which connectors can be used together in the same app or flow.   For example, you might allow users to work with SharePoint or OneDrive but prevent them from combining those with third-party services like Dropbox. You can even go further by blocking connectors completely or restricting specific connector actions.   Good to know: DLP policies apply to both Power Apps and Power Automate, not just flows. Creating a DLP policy - step by step You can create and manage DLP policies using either the Power Platform admin center or PowerShell. But it’s honestly easier via the Admin Center, so let’s create one together. First, navigate to the Power Platform Admin Center at https://admin. powerplatform. microsoft. com/home, and under the Security category, go to Data and Privacy, and finally, select Data Policy. From here, click on the New Policy button at the top. The first thing you will do is give your policy a meaningful name, such as the HR Data Policy. When creating a DLP policy, connectors must be grouped into two categories:  Business... --- ### From assistant to agent: The evolution of AI in M365 > Agentic AI in M365 doesn’t wait for instructions. It acts. This blog shows what IT needs to watch for. - Published: 2025-04-08 - Modified: 2025-04-08 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/from-assistant-to-agentic-ai/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: AI, m365 governance, microsoft 365, microsoft copilot, syskit point AI in Microsoft 365 doesn’t wait for instructions. It acts. Here’s what that means for your data, security, and control. Back in 2005, your mobile phone suddenly started predicting the word before you finished it. At first, it was strange, but soon, you were flying through messages. Your Word doc began correcting the typos you made; the calculator would suggest functions, and slowly, quiet intelligence started making life easier. Fast-forward to today, that same quiet intelligence has evolved into something way bigger: An agentic AI that doesn't just assist but acts, thinks, and even predicts what you'll need next. The emergence of autonomous agents Microsoft's invention and integration of artificial intelligence (AI) started years ago, transitioning from simple assistance features to advanced agentic AI. Milestones in Microsoft AI Development SOURCES: Microsoft 2016, Microsoft 2018, Microsoft March 2023, Microsoft September 2023, Microsoft January 2025 It started with predictive models that analyzed data using machine learning and anticipated final results. This was followed by generative AI, which introduced the ability to create text, images, and even music. Now, we're entering the era of agentic AI. What is agentic AI? Agentic AI is an advanced form of AI that doesn’t just respond to commands. It operates autonomously, completing tasks that were once only possible as the result of human effort. Those agents observe their environment, understand goals, and take actions with limited or no human supervision whatsoever. AI agents aren’t just tools anymore. They represent a leap from simple assistance to independent decision-making. How does agentic AI differ from traditional AI? Understanding Agentic AI: What Sets It Apart Unlike AI assistants that rely... --- ### Power Platform environments: Basics for IT admins > In this blog post, we break down everything IT admins need to know about Power Platform environments - Published: 2025-04-01 - Modified: 2025-04-01 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/power-platform-environments/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management Essentials for IT admins about Power Platform Environments. As a Power Platform administrator, one of the first things you will have to manage in the admin center are Power Platform environments.  The way you design your environment strategy, permissions, and data loss prevention policies will dictate how Power Platform is used in your organization.  But for now, let’s focus on the basics! In this blog post, we will break down everything IT admins need to know about Power Platform environments. We will define what environments are, the different types available, and how to manage them effectively. We will also explore ways to track existing apps and flows, identify ownership, and monitor usage.   What are Power Platform environments?   A Power Platform environment is a space to store, manage, and share your organization’s business data, apps, and flows. These environments help IT admins separate workloads, enforce security policies, and control access based on roles and requirements. Each environment has its own permissions, connections, and data policies, making them a vital tool for governance. Why are Power Platform environments important for IT Admins?   Data separation: Different environments can be used for different departments, regions, or business functions. Security and compliance: IT admins can set up governance policies and restrict access to sensitive data. You can also host environments in different geographies around the globe to fulfill your data residency requirements. Lifecycle management: Separate environments for development, testing, and production ensure controlled deployments. Visibility and control: Understanding what exists in each environment helps IT admins manage risk and optimize... --- ### Implementing advanced data loss prevention (DLP) strategies in Microsoft Purview > Learn how to protect sensitive data with advanced data loss prevention (DLP) strategies in Microsoft Purview. - Published: 2025-03-25 - Modified: 2025-03-27 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/advanced-data-loss-prevention-dlp-purview/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 security Every year, the number of reported data breaches increases, and 2024 was no different. Organizations worldwide reported an increase in data breaches, and in many cases, these were caused by internal data exfiltration by employees. Often, the exfiltration is not malicious but accidental, as users may not be aware of the sensitive information they are sharing.   Consider a 50-page document that contains information an employee needs to share with an external partner.  If they are not intimately familiar with the document, they may not know about the government identification numbers on page 34 or the two bank account numbers on page 22.  Or perhaps they are very much aware of this information, and their goal is to provide it to others. This is where Data Loss Prevention (DLP) becomes an important component of your data protection infrastructure. Whether the intent is accidental or malicious, Purview’s DLP features can detect, notify, and, if necessary, block the exfiltration of that data. Consider the basics of DLP Before jumping into some of the more robust and versatile options available with DLP, consider the out-of-the-box (OOTB) options that Purview provides.  Microsoft has configured a very large number of templates that you can use. As you will see in the following illustration, there are several categories and many templates to choose from: Administrators can even determine OOTB templates for their company’s geolocation. This is especially helpful if you only focus on sensitive information for your geolocation. Starting with these OOTB templates will allow you to better understand some of the sensitive information contained within your workloads (SharePoint, OneDrive,... --- ### Healthcare’s move to the Cloud: Securing your Microsoft 365 environment > The shift to Microsoft 365 demands strong healthcare cloud security. Keep reading to find out how you can secure your M365 environment. - Published: 2025-03-18 - Modified: 2025-03-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/healthcare-cloud-security-microsoft-365/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 compliance, Microsoft 365 Healthcare, Microsoft 365 security - Tags: m365, m365 governance, microsoft 365 "Moving healthcare to the cloud without a governance plan is like handing over patient charts to Dr. Whoever-Walks-In-First—risky at best, a lawsuit waiting to happen at worst." It’s no news that many healthcare organizations have migrated to the Cloud. We can all agree that it makes sense: it’s much more scalable, cost-efficient, allows modern automations, and is significantly easier to manage in large-scale organizations. However, as cloud adoption accelerates, healthcare cloud security becomes a growing concern. What may come as a surprise is how incredibly fast the numbers are increasing. Approximately 81% of healthcare leaders have already adopted cloud solutions in most or all parts of their business, according to a 2023 PwC report (PwC, 2023). Furthermore, the global healthcare cloud computing market is set to jump from $43. 84 billion in 2023 to $115. 95 billion by 2029. That’s a staggering 17. 6% compound annual growth rate (Healthcare cloud computing market and competition insights to 2029, 2024). In tech, those adoption numbers are massive! What does that mean for you? Cloud adoption in healthcare is no longer a "maybe"—it's inevitable. If your organization isn’t already leveraging cloud solutions like Microsoft 365, you’re not just behind the curve, you’re falling off the map. The remaining 19% of organizations not yet on the Cloud will be by 2029. Those in hybrid solutions are quickly shifting gears to move more or all of their operations to the Cloud. And those innovators that have been 100% cloud-based for a while are expanding their footprint by adopting AI/ML-powered diagnostics, building telehealth expansions, and more advanced cloud compliance tools. Why Healthcare providers choose Microsoft 365: Compliance, security, scalability What makes Microsoft 365... --- ### How to create a scalable Power Platform governance model for growing adoption > Discover how to implement a scalable governance model for Microsoft Power Platform for growing adoption. - Published: 2025-03-12 - Modified: 2025-05-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/scalable-power-platform-governance-guide/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance - Tags: power platform governance, power platform scaling This guide outlines Power Platform governance strategies to balance innovation with security, compliance, and efficiency. It covers essential Power Platform tools, data loss prevention policies, environment management, tenant isolation, and Dataverse monitoring. Learn how to optimize your governance framework for secure and effective Power Platform usage. As companies embrace AI and speed up their digital transformation, they need to keep up with the changing needs of modern workplaces. Many businesses want their IT teams to automate business processes more efficiently but without adding extra costs or hiring more people. Power Platform offers a seamless, almost no-code design principled, well-integrated automation solution within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem for Microsoft users. Enabling citizen development empowers business users to create impactful digital solutions without relying on additional resources. However, with great power comes inherent risks, but with the proper governance, organizations can harness the full potential of the Power Platform securely and effectively. Two words are bumping out: Citizen Development and Governance. Let’s discuss those a bit as part of the introduction. Citizen development and Power Platform governance Citizen development is key to enhancing organizational agility by enabling the rapid creation of solutions and optimizing business processes without the fundamental input of IT or other teams. The Power Platform empowers citizen developers by providing a flexible environment where they can innovate their way of working using intuitive tools. With its tools, business users can address challenges, build tailored solutions, and streamline digital experiences without the complexities of traditional development. Governance, within or without the Power Platform, always refers to the policies, processes, and tools used to manage, secure, and oversee the usage of Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Copilot Studio (Former PVA) within an organization. Your governance ensures compliance, security, and efficient usage while enabling users to... --- ### No reactivation fee: Microsoft 365 Archive becomes a no brainer for every M365 Admin > Learn all the details you need to know about the recent elimination of reactivation fee for Microsoft 365 Archive. - Published: 2025-03-05 - Modified: 2025-03-18 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/no-reactivation-fee-microsoft-365-archive/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management Details of the recent elimination of reactivation fee for Microsoft 365 Archive. Last year, when Microsoft 365 Archive was launched, everyone asked me, "Can you save money with Microsoft 365 Archive? " So, to answer, I wrote the linked blog post, in which we talked about not only the amazing features of Microsoft 365 Archive but, most importantly, can you save money?   P. S. Make sure you still read that blog post. It covers everything about the feature and how to use it. The conclusion of that blog post was you should definitely create a process around it and do your calculations because Microsoft 365 Archive could either save you 75% off your costs or cost you 225% extra. I will be honest: most clients I talked to were hesitant to use Microsoft 365 Archive because of the potential for additional costs, and most enterprises prefer a “known” cost to a potential saving that could create unbudgeted costs down the road. Microsoft 365 Archive reactivation fee All changes start on March 31st, 2025. In a recent Blog post titled "Microsoft 365 Archive Eliminates Reactivation Fees by March 31, 2025," Microsoft announced that they will no longer charge a reactivation fee for SharePoint sites or content stored in the Microsoft 365 Archive. This means that for any inactive site, I can move it to Microsoft 365 Archive and keep it in cold storage at 0. 05$/GB/month instead of keeping it as an active site at 0. 20$/GB/Month. If I ever need to restore it in the future, I can bring it back for free. The... --- ### Why and how to use Microsoft 365 sensitivity labels for data protection > Discover the benefits of sensitivity labels, how to apply them, how to automate the process, and improve the overall security posture. - Published: 2025-03-03 - Modified: 2025-03-03 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-365-sensitivity-labels-guide/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 security, Microsoft 365 compliance Discover the benefits of sensitivity labels, how to apply them, how to automate the process, and improve the overall security posture. Sensitivity labels help you protect and classify your Microsoft 365 groups, SharePoint sites, Teams, and other workspaces in your Microsoft 365 tenant. They play a very important role in data security by preventing unauthorized access and reducing the risk of data leaks. At the same time, they help organizations stay compliant with legal and regulatory requirements by consistently enforcing protection policies. Think of them as digital security tags you can stick on workspaces and M365 assets, such as files and emails. These tags tell the system, “Hey, this is top secret! ” or “This is just internal info. ” Based on the label, Microsoft 365 automatically applies protections, like encryption, restricting who can see the file, or even blocking it from being shared outside your company. They can also go deeper and help you protect data and information not only in the mentioned containers but also in other assets in M365, Microsoft Fabric, and Microsoft Azure, such as meetings, Power BI reports, Loop, and more. In this blog, we will cover the basics of sensitivity labels, how to apply them, which Microsoft license you need, and how to automate the policies. How sensitivity labels protect sensitive data in M365 When you apply a sensitivity label, you classify data and enable proactive protection settings and actions. There are multiple levels of protection available when we apply sensitivity labels, but today, we'll discuss two basic levels: workspace (container) level and files level. The workspace/container level provides you with: Ability to control the... --- ### What are the most overlooked aspects of governance in Microsoft 365? > We asked the experts about what aspect of governance in Microsoft 365 needed the most attention. Check out their answers! - Published: 2025-02-25 - Modified: 2025-01-29 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/governance-in-microsoft-365/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance - Tags: m365, m365 governance, microsoft 365 We asked the experts about what aspect of governance in Microsoft 365 needed the most attention. There's a lot of talk about governance in Microsoft 365, but what can we improve on? At ESPC 2024 in Stockholm, we asked Microsoft MVPs "What are the most overlooked aspects of governance in Microsoft 365? " Watch their answers in the compilation video below and their extended answers in this blog post. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=1JJ0JOyTZZo Making sure that we've got secure tenants - Tony Redmond The big issue of governance in Microsoft 365 is making sure that we've got secure tenants. The fact that we've still got nearly 50% of Microsoft 365 accounts logging on without multi-factor authentication is just a disgrace. So that's the number one thing. After that, it's just a matter of people getting to know what's actually running in their tenant. I don't think people really realize it. Microsoft 365 is such a connected space. You've got SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Exchange, Planner, everything working together in a very tightly connected way. People just don't realize that. So if they just go and focus on something like SharePoint and don't take care of Exchange or Teams, they're likely to overlook something. Getting hold of the overall picture is really important, and that will lead to better governance in Microsoft 365. Having data and being able to action it - Richard Harbridge I think one of the things with governance is we all talk about security, but we don't talk about insecurity enough. How do we handle not just adoption like a service, but how do... --- ### Microsoft Graph: The essential API for Microsoft 365 integration > Microsoft Graph connects Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint & more via a unified API. Learn its permissions & tools to streamline your workflow. - Published: 2025-02-19 - Modified: 2025-05-06 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-graph-api-guide/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management - Tags: microsoft graph Microsoft Graph is the key to seamless integration with Microsoft 365, connecting services like Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive through a unified API. No more juggling separate APIs—Graph simplifies access, automation, and insights. In this guide, Microsoft MVP, Todd Klindt breaks down its evolution, permissions, and essential tools to help you get started. Today, we are going to dive into a topic that's shaking up how we interact with Microsoft 365—Microsoft Graph. Now, I know what you're thinking: "Another way? Do I really need to learn this? " The short answer is “yes,” and the long answer is “heck yes! ” You see, Microsoft Graph isn’t just another API that Microsoft is throwing at us. It’s the API. It’s like that cool kid in high school that everyone wants to be around because of its connections to all the good stuff. We’re talking Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, Entra ID, and OneDrive. Basically, if it lives in Microsoft’s ecosystem, Graph’s got its fingers in it. Think of it as the master key to unlocking your tenant. The Graph can be a bit intimidating, but we’ve got your back. We’ll break down the confusing permissions model and we’ll give you some tools that’ll make your life a lot easier; Graph Explorer, the Graph SDKs, and PnP. PowerShell. By the time we’re done, you’ll not only understand what Graph is, but you’ll also know how to harness its power to impress your boss or automate the boring stuff you do every day. Either way, it’s a win! The history of the Microsoft Graph Something as vast and powerful as the Microsoft Graph usually doesn’t just happen. It’s the product of years of refinement and improvement. The first glimmer of the Graph came in 2008 when Microsoft acquired the Norwegian search company FAST. SharePoint search was already... --- ### What does Microsoft 365 governance mean to you? > We asked Microsoft MVPs for their definition of Microsoft 365 governance. Check out what they had to say. - Published: 2025-02-11 - Modified: 2025-01-28 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/what-is-microsoft-365-governance/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance - Tags: m365, m365 governance, microsoft 365 We asked the experts about their definition of the word "governance". When thinking about Microsoft 365 governance, we sometimes use the word "governance" very loosely. What is it exactly? At ESPC 2024 in Stockholm, we asked Microsoft MVPs "What does Microsoft 365 governance mean to you? " Check out their answers in the compilation video below and their extended answers in this blog post. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=7t95meQdzAo Microsoft 365 governance is more about efficiency and effectiveness - Richard Harbridge I think Microsoft 365 governance is a means to drive efficiency and effective outcomes. So too often we use governance as a term like it's risk mitigation and we're using it to mitigate risks. And it's true the output of good governance is policies and things that help us with reallocation of risk. But the real reason you do it, the reason you get a bunch of people to talk about Microsoft 365 operational patterns in a room is because they're going to come up with ideas to improve it. And I think when you look at it from that perspective, it's more about efficiency and effectiveness. If you look at governance that way, you start to think about adoption and how that's part of governance. You start to think about extensions and how we build on top of these platforms as part of governance, not just more traditional things like data storage and security and things like that. I think we need to broaden the perspective of Microsoft 365 governance, about how do we work as a team? How do... --- ### Introduction to Microsoft Power Platform landscape: Why IT Admins should care > Power Platform revolutionizes how people without coding backgrounds build apps, create reports, and automate workflows. What does this mean for IT admins? - Published: 2025-02-11 - Modified: 2025-02-18 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/introduction-power-platform-for-it-admins/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management - Tags: m365, microsoft 365, power platform Power Platform revolutionizes how people without coding backgrounds build apps, create reports, and automate workflows. What does this democratization mean for IT admins? Imagine a world where your IT team isn't bogged down by endless service requests, but instead, they're driving strategic initiatives that propel your organization forward. This isn't a distant dream—it's the reality that the Microsoft Power Platform can create. With over 48 million monthly active users, the Power Platform is revolutionizing how businesses solve problems by empowering "makers"; those without a traditional IT or coding background—to build apps, automate workflows, create reports, and even design websites. PS: You can check out other numbers and Power Platform statistics at Microsoft Power Platform in Numbers  For IT professionals, this isn’t just a nice-to-have; it’s a productivity booster. The Power Platform frees IT teams to focus on what truly matters by enabling users to handle many of their needs. But why should IT admins care? Let's explore the products that make up the Power Platform and how they can transform your IT operations. Power Platform products The Microsoft Power Platform includes five main products that achieve different objectives. Some are for websites, some for reports, and some allow us to create AI Agents, which we’ll need to use for customizing Microsoft 365 Copilot. The best part? They all work together to create an end-to-end business solution and integrate with other Microsoft suites, such as Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft Azure. Power Apps Power Apps is the go-to tool for building custom applications without writing code. Whether it’s a simple app for tracking inventory or a more complex solution for managing approvals, Power... --- ### Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat - Feature breakdown > Which Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat aka Biz Chat features entails? Learn what you get in the free offering and what you get in Microsoft 365 Copilot. - Published: 2025-01-29 - Modified: 2025-01-29 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-365-copilot-chat-features/ - Categories: Microsoft Copilot - Tags: copilot agents, microsoft 365 copilot chat, personal assistant Learn the key differences between Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat and the Microsoft 365 Copilot offering. Just because they sound the same, doesn't mean they are. On January 15th, Microsoft made a big announcement about Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, which was introduced as Copilot for all. Microsoft revamped everything from the product name to the URL and licensing (but not the logo this time 😊). As with every Microsoft announcement, it can be hard to separate marketing from actual product changes. In this blog post, we will clarify the announcement so admins like yourself can better understand what it is and what features (and maybe extra costs) it could bring to your organization. Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat name change  If you look at the screenshots of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, your first impression might be that this has been there for a while, and you are right. Here is a bit of the history of the names over the past 24 months: Business Chat (Original name when Microsoft announced Copilot) Microsoft 365 Chat Microsoft Copilot with Graph-Grounded Chat Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (Today! ) However, do not be surprised if many administrators, developers, or even internal FTEs at Microsoft call it “BizChat,” as this has been the internal name used. If you look at the network calls / page source on Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, you will still find BizChat-related calls. Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat new features As soon as users log in, they will now see Copilot in the Microsoft 365 User Portal, whether they have a Copilot license or not. If they have a Copilot license, they will see both a Work and a... --- ### What is the most underrated feature of Microsoft Copilot? > We asked Microsoft MVPs what is the most underrated feature of Microsoft Copilot. Keep on reading to level up your Copilot skills. - Published: 2025-01-28 - Modified: 2025-01-23 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/underrated-feature-microsoft-copilot/ - Categories: Microsoft Copilot - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 We asked the experts what Microsoft Copilot feature they think is the most underrated. We asked Microsoft MVPs at ESPC 2024 in Stockholm what they thought was the most underrated feature of Microsoft Copilot. We assembled their answers into a short video, but you can also read their extended answers below. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=Y7aUxXrzkMM You don't have to start with the master prompt - Emily Mancini I think one of the most underrated features of Microsoft Copilot is that you really don't have to start with the master prompt. You can have a really long conversation to refine and get to what you actually need, and then when you're done, and you get that result, you can actually ask Copilot, "Write that as a prompt so I can do this again next time" and you can shorten your steps. Copilot can actually help you get to your end goals after having those conversations in the future too. Everybody is talking about is meeting recaps – Marc D Anderson You know, it's interesting, the thing that I hear almost everybody talking about is meeting recaps. It seems like such a sort of mundane and pedestrian thing, but it's incredibly valuable. And I know we've started recording a lot more meetings just so we get that transcript and get the meeting recap out of it. The other thing that I hear a lot of people talking about is, and I got this phrase from Todd Klindt, I'm not sure if he invented it, but "The tyranny of the blank page. " If you need to... --- ### Will Copilot agents increase the adoption of Microsoft Copilot? > We asked Microsoft MVPs if they thought Copilot agents would increase the adoption of Microsoft Copilot or add to AI overload. - Published: 2025-01-21 - Modified: 2025-01-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/will-copilot-agents-increase-adoption/ - Categories: Microsoft Copilot - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 Will Copilot agents help increase the adoption of Microsoft Copilot, or add to AI overload? Let's ask the experts! At ESPC 2024 in Stockholm, we asked Microsoft MVPs if they thought Copilot agents would help increase the adoption of Microsoft Copilot. We put their answers together into a short video, but they had more to say so we decided to combine all their answers together in this blog post to share their amazing insights. Also, check out our Copilot agents webinar: Deep Dive into Copilot agents for SharePoint. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=GEny-7QOdLE We've seen Copilot agents increase adoption - Richard Harbridge So Copilot agents don't just increase adoption, but we've seen it increase adoption. So in preview, we've seen it's very accessible. Business users can create them, it makes sense. It adds a way to extract more value from the content you've already created. So it's very natural to understand how you would use it, at least the getting started ones. And then because it acts as a way to start actioning other things from there. I think we're only at the beginning of how it's going to affect adoption right now. You'll see sprawl of these as it drives value, but you also see really clever ways in which people say, "I want it to also do this, not just answer these questions, but take this action. " And then that's going to be a really nice collaboration between IT and business users as we hopefully build an entirely new agent system and experience within the organization. So it has huge impacts on improving security, because now we... --- ### Case study: STADA takes control of lifecycle management with Syskit Point > Syskit Point gave STADA full visibility into Microsoft 365, ensuring governance, security compliance, and control over workspace lifecycle management. - Published: 2025-01-16 - Modified: 2025-01-08 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/stada-takes-control-of-lifecycle-management/ - Categories: Company news - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 Syskit Point gave STADA complete visibility into its Microsoft 365 workspaces, ensuring adherence to governance and security policies and control over lifecycle management. Our collaboration with STADA Arzneimittel AG has been highlighted as a case study on Microsoft's Customer Stories platform. STADA, a global pharmaceutical company, resolved challenges in managing its complex IT systems and ensuring data protection by adopting Syskit Point through Azure Marketplace. Syskit Point provided full visibility and control over their Microsoft 365 environment, automating governance, reducing IT workload by over 30%, minimizing data risks by 70%, and enhancing collaboration across affiliates. Streamlined IT and gained complete visibility STADA faced challenges managing its complex IT systems while protecting data and ensuring governance across multiple affiliates. Using Microsoft 365 and SharePoint for collaboration, the company faced obstacles such as limited visibility, manual processes, and inefficient management of permissions and security policies. The full details of the project and its outcomes are now available on Microsoft's website:STADA takes control of lifecycle management with Syskit Point and Microsoft 365 This case study reflects our commitment to delivering simple solutions that address complex IT challenges. We continue to work with partners to achieve efficient and secure IT environments. For more updates, follow our blog for the latest news and projects. --- ### Copilot Agents in SharePoint deep dive for Administrators > This guide will run you through the foundations of Copilot agents in SharePoint, discuss the back end and administration of it, and answer FAQ. - Published: 2025-01-08 - Modified: 2025-01-08 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/copilot-agents-in-sharepoint-guide-for-admins/ - Categories: Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 management - Tags: copilot agents, m365, microsoft 365 copilot, microsoft copilot Copilot Agents foundations and backend. One of the biggest announcements during Microsoft Ignite 2024 in Chicago was the General Availability of Copilot Agents for SharePoint. If you have a Copilot license (maybe even if you don’t, more on that in a minute), you have a built-in agent that is only trained on your specific SharePoint site.  Given AI is only as good as the content you train it on – this should give you the best answers possible, what is there not to like? Now let me put my admin hat on for a minute, and I think it’s safe to say that most admins were more scared than excited when Microsoft said on stage that: Everyone with edit permission on a site can create SharePoint agents and deploy them to Teams.   Each site will already have a pre-built agent available.   Users without Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses can use those agents - but in a Pay-as-you-go capacity. In this blog post, we will first introduce the foundations of Copilot agents in SharePoint and then discuss the back end and administration of it. We will also answer popular questions, such as the one you might have right now: How do you turn it off if needed? Copilot Agents in SharePoint – Default Agent with every site Let’s start with making sure we are all on the same page and understand the maker experience – who can do what, and where is it stored? When you have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, you can go to any... --- ### Getting started with Power Platform Administration > Check out our Power Platform Administration guide which will show you everything you need to know, from the basics to the tools you need. - Published: 2024-12-30 - Modified: 2025-01-08 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/power-platform-administration-getting-started/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management - Tags: m365, powerplatform, vlad catrinescu Welcome to your Power Platform Administration 101 guide The Microsoft Power Platform is one of the fastest-growing suites of products, and as with every enterprise tool that becomes business critical, we will need administrators to make sure everything is running smoothly. Whether you’re just starting your role as a dedicated Power Platform admin, or your boss just told you that in addition to your SharePoint, Teams, or Exchange admin roles, you now also have to manage the Power Platform, this blog post will help guide you on where to get started as a Power Platform admin. What does a Power Platform Admin do? Your first question might be, what do I even do as a Power Platform Administrator? What is my role? Your two main responsibilities as a Power Platform administrator are to make sure that your business-critical apps, workflows, and agents are running as expected for your business users. The second responsibility is, of course, security. The Power Platform is amazing, but by default, what stops a user from using Power Automate to automatically copy files from the enterprise SharePoint to a personal Dropbox? Or to automatically post all the latest intranet news on a Facebook Group?   As a Power Platform admin, you need to configure data loss prevention policies and proper security on all your flows, apps, agents, and pages to ensure that only the right people have access to and use the tools properly. Other administrator responsibilities include managing licenses, change management, and, of course, governance of the Power Platform environment. Tools for Power... --- ### Microsoft 365 in 2025: What will be the most transformative feature? > We asked Microsoft MVPs what they thought would be the most transformative feature of Microsoft 365 in 2025. - Published: 2024-12-23 - Modified: 2024-12-18 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-365-in-2025/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 We asked Microsoft MVPs what they thought would be the most transformative feature of Microsoft 365 in 2025. At ESPC 2024 in Stockholm, we asked Microsoft MVPs what features they thought would make the biggest impact in Microsoft 365 in 2025. We compiled their answers into a short video, but they had so much to say that we decided to put all their answers together in this blog post to share their amazing insights. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=s1r3GO5EjIM Getting your digital estate in better shape with governance and information architecture – Marc D Anderson To me, it's really not about the technology so much for this coming year. In my mind, it's about getting that digital estate in better shape for the technologies that are getting everyone excited. Copilot is not going to be successful in your organization if you have a bad information architecture, if your governance is not solid, or if you don't have people who understand what changes in their work style or workflow will be supported well by these new technologies. I'm always more interested in how do we make this work well, as opposed to how do we turn it on? Copilot right now doesn't pay much attention to metadata, but it will and it probably won't be that far off. So we need to make sure that we have good metadata and that we have content classified well. I think a big part of all of this will be the security and content lifecycle. Copilot is also effectively looking underneath the rug and every old site that we've got lying around and... --- ### Year in review 2024: M365 cybersecurity, Copilot and automation in focus > In 2024, we focused on solving key challenges IT Teams are facing now - oversharing, workspaces sprawl, and storage optimization. - Published: 2024-12-17 - Modified: 2024-12-17 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/year-in-review-2024/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance, Company news - Tags: m365, m365 governance, microsoft governance, storage management, syskit point Looking back on the biggest updates from 2024 At Syskit, our vision is clear: to empower IT teams, workspace owners, and end users with a scalable and easy-to-use SaaS platform for reporting, management, and governance of Microsoft 365, from workspace creation to its end of life. We see a world where IT teams act as governance enablers within their organizations, delegating management and governance tasks to workspace owners, ensuring easier compliance and faster identification of potential security concerns. In 2024, we took significant steps to bring this vision to reality, focusing on solving key challenges IT Teams are facing now - oversharing, workspaces sprawl, and storage optimization, all while enhancing the overall user experience for IT admins and end users with custom branding, dark mode, and custom report views. Check out our Syskit Point 2024 year-in-review video below to see some of our highlights. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=Rj2XKneIykE Let’s explore how we addressed these challenges across the end-to-end lifecycle management of workspaces, which we define in three phases: Creation, Maintenance, and Disposal. Workspace creation phase Preventing sprawl and establishing foundations to mitigate oversharing The creation phase is critical for preventing sprawl and setting the stage for mitigating oversharing down the line. Embedding best practices from the start, such as enforcing privacy settings and governance policies, helps organizations establish a strong foundation for compliance and security. This year, we've improved our Provisioning by introducing: Integrations (API and Webhooks): Connecting Syskit Point to your existing provisioning processes ensures IT teams can ensure that the right governance policies and best practices... --- ### Jira Cloud integration with Syskit Point for streamlined provisioning - Part 3 > Learn how to set up Jira Cloud Integration with Syskit Point, what are the prerequisites and practical steps to solve it right now. - Published: 2024-12-03 - Modified: 2024-12-03 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/jira-cloud-integration-with-syskit-point/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: 3rd party integrations, jira cloud, m365 Learn how to integrate Jira Cloud with Syskit Point. In this post, we’ll show you how to set up Jira Cloud integration with Syskit Point. This integration will allow you to automate Microsoft 365 workspace provisioning directly from Jira using Syskit Point’s provisioning API. Be sure to take a look at the previous posts from this series:  3rd party integrations with Syskit Point using Webhooks – Part 1 ServiceNow integration with Syskit Point for seamless provisioning – Part 2 In the first article, we explained all the prerequisites you need for this to work, so check it out before diving into this blog. Prerequisites for Jira Cloud integration Before you begin, make sure you have:  Syskit Point Provisioning Template: Configured with automated approvals in Syskit Point.   Entra ID App for API Authentication: This will be used to retrieve an OAuth token for Syskit Point API authentication.   Syskit Point API Credentials:  Syskit Point URL Directory (Tenant) ID Syskit Point API Application (Client) ID Client ID Client Secret Template ID Step 1: Configuring Jira: Fields and Request Type Jira is very flexible when adding custom fields, forms, and request types. There are many different ways you can achieve the required customization, and the approach will depend on how your Jira is set up.   In essence, you will need the following custom fields  Site Name / Team Name (Text, Mandatory)  Description (Text, Mandatory)  Owners (User Picker (multiple users), Mandatory)  Members (User Picker (multiple users), Mandatory)  Then, create a custom request type and use the fields you created. Figure 1.... --- ### ServiceNow integration with Syskit Point for seamless provisioning - Part 2 > Learn how to prepare and setup ServiceNow integration with Syskit Point to achieve seamless provisioning. Includes the script. - Published: 2024-11-26 - Modified: 2024-12-03 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/servicenow-integration-with-syskit-point/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: 3rd party integration, m365, servicenow, servicenow integration Learn how to set up the ServiceNow integration in 4 easy steps. In this part of our series, we’ll guide you through the steps to set up ServiceNow integration with Syskit Point. This setup will allow you to automate the provisioning of Microsoft 365 workspaces directly from ServiceNow by making use of Syskit Point’s API.   In the previous article, we documented all the prerequisites you need for this to work. Make sure you have completed all those steps before proceeding.   Setting up ServiceNow integration Step 1: Configure OAuth credentials in ServiceNow In this step, you’ll add the OAuth credentials in ServiceNow to allow ServiceNow to authenticate against Syskit Point’s API securely. Store OAuth credentials as System Properties: In ServiceNow, navigate to System Properties and add the following custom properties for secure access: provisioning. client_id: Set this property to your Syskit Point Client ID.   provisioning. client_secret: Set this property to your Syskit Point Client Secret.   provisioning. tenant_id: Set this property to your Directory (Tenant) ID.   provisioning. application_id: Set this property to your Syskit Point API Application (Client) ID. Step 2: Create the ServiceNow request form Now, create a custom request form in ServiceNow to capture the required details for provisioning Microsoft 365 workspaces. This form will gather the information that Syskit Point needs to complete the provisioning process.   Define the Form Fields: Go to Service Catalog > Maintain Items and create a new catalog item for “Workspace Provisioning. ” Add the following fields:  Site/Team Name (text): The name of the workspace to be provisioned. (Type: Single Line... --- ### Top Power Platform news for Administrators at Microsoft Ignite 2024 > Check out the top Power Platform news for administration and governance that were announced at Ignite 2024. - Published: 2024-11-25 - Modified: 2024-11-25 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-ignite-power-platform-news-for-admins/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: m365, Microsoft ignite, power platform Top news from Ignite for Power Platform admins. If you work with Microsoft technologies, you know that Microsoft Ignite is the conference where Microsoft makes hundreds of announcements, most of them aimed at end users and IT Professionals. At Syskit, we love administrators. Last week, we did a blog post on the top five announcements for Microsoft 365 admins.  In this blog post, we will cover the top Power Platform news for Administration and Governance at Ignite 2024. New Power Platform Admin Center There is nothing more fun than shiny new tools, and Microsoft released a brand new Power Platform admin center.  This new admin center reimagines our tools and group settings in an easier-to-use UI.  Even better news, you can start using it today, go to https://admin. powerplatform. microsoft. com/ and make sure you have “New Admin Center” turned on at the top right. Power Platform Maker inventory One of the cool upcoming new features in the new admin center is a full maker inventory. I love that the Power Platform enables everyone to create apps, flows, and websites, but I also want to keep an eye on it. The new Maker Inventory page allows us to do that and I cannot wait to get my hands on it. Managed Environments licensing If you got scared while reading a licensing title, you can relax because we have good licensing news! Microsoft has updated guidance to clarify that as long as a user is appropriately licensed with at least one premium license, a Power Apps Premium OR a Power... --- ### Microsoft Ignite: 5 top announcements for Microsoft 365 admins > In this blog we are sharing with you the top announcements from Microsoft Ignite that you need to prepare for as a Microsoft 365 IT Professional. - Published: 2024-11-21 - Modified: 2024-11-21 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/top-news-from-microsoft-ignite-for-m365-admin/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: microsoft 365, microsoft copilot, Microsoft ignite Find out top news from Microsoft Ignite. Microsoft Ignite is underway in Chicago, and I am excited to be one of the two Microsoft MVPs attending from Syskit! Now, I don’t know about you, but with the number of sessions, announcements, and blog posts going on, it can be very difficult to keep up with everything important for us Microsoft 365 Administrators. In this blog, I will try to share with you the top announcements that you need to prepare for as a Microsoft 365 IT Professional. SharePoint Premium Advanced Management & Viva Insights included in your Microsoft 365 Copilot license I had to start with this one because, let’s be honest, when was the last time we had good news about licensing at a Microsoft Conference? At Ignite, Microsoft announced that both Viva Insights (usually $4/user/month) and SharePoint Advanced Management (usually $3/user/month) will now be included when you purchase Microsoft 365 Copilot. This allows organizations to buy Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses and also get the tools needed to prepare their environment for Copilot and measure adoption.   You can learn more about the SharePoint Advanced Management announcement here and the Viva Insights one (and more on Copilot Analytics) over here. P. S. While this was announced at Ignite, it will be implemented in early 2025. New admin role for Copilot and AI administrators As administrators, we know that we must always assign the least privilege possible to an admin for the job they need to do, and nothing more! However, this was not possible with Copilot... --- ### 3rd party integrations with Syskit Point using Webhooks - Part 1 > This article will prepare teach you what are the prerequisites and benefits of 3rd party integrations, such as Jira and ServiceNow, with Syskit Point. - Published: 2024-11-19 - Modified: 2024-11-26 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/3rd-party-integration-syskit-point-webhooks/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: 3rd party integrations, atlassian jira, m365, servicenow Learn how to do 3rd party integration with Syskit Point. Many of our customers rely on ServiceNow and Atlassian Jira as their central IT service desk solutions. While Syskit Point helps streamline the provisioning of Microsoft 365 workspaces, we understand that provisioning workflows often involve tasks beyond Microsoft 365, which we do not directly manage within our tool. When an existing service desk is in place, customers often opt to build the approval and provisioning process in the tool their end users are already familiar with. They then rely on Syskit Point to provision the needed workspace. I'll cover this topic in a three-part blog series: ServiceNow integration with Syskit Point for seamless provisioning – Part 2 Jira Cloud integration with Syskit Point for streamlined provisioning – Part 3 The first one will discuss the preparation steps you need to take before the integration. Let's dive in. Benefits of integrating with Service Desk Solutions Leverage familiar tools for end-users. Design robust, customizable approval workflows that align with business processes. Centralize resource requests, enabling easier integration with internal systems like billing. General process flow for 3rd party integration User Requests: The user requests a Microsoft 365 workspace via the service desk solution. Approval: Approval occurs entirely within the service desk solution.   Provisioning: Upon approval, Syskit Point is notified via an API call, which triggers the provisioning of the workspace.   Here is a diagram of that process: Figure A - Shows a provisioning process. End user and Reviewer perform their part of the process in a third-party tool. Upon approval,... --- ### Top 5 Microsoft 365 cyber security tips > Microsoft MVP Vlad Catrinescu shares his top 5 Microsoft 365 cyber security tips to help you protect your Microsoft 365 environment. - Published: 2024-11-12 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-365-cyber-security-tips/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 security We asked Microsoft MVP, Vlad Catrinescu, to give us his top 5 Microsoft 365 Cyber Security tips. To celebrate Cyber Security Awareness Month, we compiled Vlad's tips into the blog post below for you to enjoy. Let's dive in! Tip #1: Automate external guest expiration Sometimes we need external guests inside our SharePoint environment to help us on various projects. But when the project is over, we want them to leave. In SharePoint Online, you can Automate guest expiration so after a certain period of time they will be removed from the site unless a site owner decides to renew them on the project. By automating guest expiration you can make sure external users do not keep access to your sensitive information that they don't need for their job and you will also make progress towards your zero trust deployment. https://youtube. com/shorts/yFDajzrlLvA Tip #1: Automate external guest expiration Tip#2: Configure the default sharing link Users often take the shortest path possible towards achieving a goal, even though the path they take may not be the best for Microsoft 365 cyber security. It's important to configure the default sharing link experience inside your tenant to be the most strict possible. This way, if a user just clicks and copies the link, they will not automatically create an anonymous edit link. While you can still allow your users to create anonymous edit links, they will need to make the decision and take extra clicks to create that type of link, it wont be permissive by default. By restricting the default link type, you will reduce the amount of oversharing... --- ### Microsoft Purview Licensing: E3 vs E5 bundle comparison  > Find out which Microsoft Purview features are available with E3 and E5 licenses, so you can plan accordingly. - Published: 2024-11-06 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-purview-licensing-e3-e5-comparison/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance, Microsoft 365 management - Tags: e3, e5, m365, microsoft governance, purview, purview licensing Find out which Microsoft Purview features are available with E3 and E5 licenses Figuring out Microsoft licensing has always been a challenge, but it’s one I actually enjoy working on. When I work with clients, the question is often the same: "Which Microsoft package is best for the project we have at hand? " This has been applied to products like SharePoint and Dynamics in the past, and now, it is used with Microsoft 365 service. With so many options available, it’s easy to get confused about what’s included and which features are essential for your business.   In recent years, many customers have been exploring Microsoft Purview, the central tool for governance within Microsoft 365. Purview plays a crucial role in managing compliance, security, and data protection. It’s available through two major Microsoft 365 plans: E3 and E5. Since Purview is part of a bundle with many other tools, it can sometimes be hard to understand the key differences between these two packages. In this blog post, we'll break down the features of each Purview package and analyze the benefits of choosing either the E3 or E5 bundle. The key Purview features are listed in the table below. Microsoft Purview: E3 vs E5 license comparison *Please note that there is a difference between an Office 365 E license and a Microsoft 365 E license, as the latter includes more features. Choosing the right Purview package depends on your organization's specific governance, security, and compliance needs.   --- ### Shape the future of M365 with us - Let’s talk!  > Share your M365 insights with Syskit, shape future M365 governance solutions, and earn $100 for your time! - Published: 2024-10-29 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/join-research-about-m365-struggles/ - Categories: Company news - Tags: automation, m365, m365 governance, microsoft 365, microsoft governance, powershell script, storage management, syskit point Share your M365 insights with Syskit and earn $100 for your time! Managing Microsoft 365 isn’t the easiest thing in the world. Here at Syskit, we know the struggle is real. We also know there are many challenges IT leaders like you have mastered. And we want to hear about those challenges. Syskit’s Principal Product Manager, Danijel Čižek, is on the hunt for your unique M365 challenges. In return for 30–45 minutes of your time, we’re offering a $100 Amazon voucher as a thank-you. But beyond that, this is your chance to influence real-world solutions that could make managing M365 a walk in the park. Talk to us The “Why” behind the research Why should you participate? Good question! First of all, and we can’t emphasize this enough: this isn’t an undercover sales pitch. Our goal is not to sell, but to hear everything about your day-to-day M365 experience. What unique challenges have you stumbled upon, which solutions have you tried, and what’s a daily pain point? Why your voice matters CISOs, IT Managers, and business decision-makers bring priceless hands-on insight to the table. Your experiences provide a crucial view for anticipating industry-wide issues before they even escalate. By contributing, you’ll help create a solution that will define how Microsoft 365 environments will be managed in the future.   What’s in it for you? In addition to the $100 Amazon voucher mentioned above, participating in this research is a chance to voice your thoughts on the industry’s pain points. Plus, you’ll have a legitimate chance to brag to your colleagues that their... --- ### 5 + 1 true hair-raising IT admin horror stories - Published: 2024-10-29 - Modified: 2024-10-29 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/6-it-admin-horror-stories/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: automation, governance, it admins, powershell script Remember those scary stories we used to tell as kids? Well, IT admins have their own horror tales now. And these ones are all too real. When we were kids, we used to make up scary stories and scare our friends. The one with the most horrifying story would be the coolest. To (re)claim the coolest status, we would exaggerate. A lot. But, now as grownups, we still have some scary stories to tell. Only now they come from the place of working as an IT Admin. And they are 100% real. We asked our team of IT admins to share their most terrifying work situations. Their answers gave us giggles, wide-eyed disbelief, and snorts of amusement. So, without further ado, here are the scariest stories we've heard. 1. When your workplace becomes the Survivor It's midnight. I worked for a giant gas station chain with stations across the state. We did our regular server updates after the cash register reconciliation, after midnight, when there were generally no customers. I made a cup of tea and clicked the "update" button. Suddenly, my phone explodes... with text after text after text. The update process lasted longer than usual. And there were customers in front of the gas station this time. Did I mention it was Christmas Eve? Yes, it was Christmas Eve. Suddenly, the crowd lost its patience, threw the plastic barricades aside, and banged on the gas station window. Gas station sellers started texting me, asking me to end the server update. Just as I was beginning to think I was going to become a victim of a siege, the server worked, and no one was... --- ### Why collaborative governance is important > In today’s hybrid work environments, cybersecurity isn’t just an IT problem; it’s everyone’s responsibility. Learn how collaborative governance can help. - Published: 2024-10-28 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/why-collaborative-governance-is-important/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance - Tags: m365, microsoft 365, microsoft governance In today’s hybrid work environments, cybersecurity isn’t just an IT problem; it’s everyone’s responsibility. This makes Cybersecurity Awareness Month the perfect time to reflect on how we, as both IT admins and end users, can work together to build safer, more secure systems. At the heart of this approach is collaborative governance, particularly in tools like Microsoft 365, where usability and security must go hand in hand. In my career as an IT admin, I have seen a plethora of scenarios that have proved to me that governance is a strategy and process in which every employee needs to be included. Let's find out why. The role of collaborative governance in Microsoft 365 Collaborative governance is all about creating a balance between security and usability in a shared environment. For platforms like M365, where collaboration thrives, this means IT admins set up the guardrails, but users also need to follow best practices. This two-way street is essential for maintaining security without hindering productivity. But what does this look like in action? Here’s where things get interesting. Real-life story: The phishing campaign that took down an entire tenant Some years ago, I worked at a company that was doing IT maintenance for a large polyclinic. Around that time, phishing campaigns were becoming increasingly sophisticated. One day, a user from the polyclinic fell for a phishing email disguised as an ad for a popular tech store offering huge discounts. All they had to do was sign in with their Microsoft account. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, it was. After entering their credentials, the... --- ### How to get ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot > Discover everything you need to know about how to get ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot. We'll guide you through 6 essentials steps you need to do. - Published: 2024-10-22 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/how-to-get-ready-for-microsoft-365-copilot/ - Categories: Microsoft Copilot Discover everything you need to know about how to get ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot. We'll guide you through 6 useful steps you need to do. If you're part of an organization that has a lot of content and a messy M365 environment, this blog is for you. When looking into how to get ready for Microsoft 365 Copilot, you have to keep in mind that Copilot isn't one of those tools you have to just integrate and turn on, and instantly everything is sunshine and rainbows. Copilot integration  To conduct a successful Copilot integration, you must first consider all of your content and prepare it for Microsoft 365 Copilot. Because, even at the end of a perfect prompt, the quality and usefulness of Copilot's output depend on the content it can access. An old adage from the inception days of computer technology is a useful guiding star for you to keep in mind when integrating Copilot - Garbage in, garbage out. We will show you a couple of key steps to help you ensure your content is Copilot-ready, but let's first take a quick look at the Microsoft Copilot requirements. Copilot is available as an add-on plan that requires the user to have a specific base license assigned to them. You can use Microsoft 365 Copilot with the following licenses: Source: Microsoft Microsoft Copilot requirements checklist Now that we have the licenses out of the way lets quickly go over some other prerequisites and requirements for Microsoft Copilot: Microsoft 365 Apps deployment - mandatory. Microsoft Entra ID - mandatory. Microsoft OneDrive account - required for some features. Office Feature Updates - required for apps such... --- ### 12 easy ways to enhance your Copilot readiness with Syskit Point > We'll show you twelve ways how Syskit Point can help you prepare the Copilot readiness of your Microsoft 365 environment. - Published: 2024-10-15 - Modified: 2024-11-21 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/copilot-readiness-with-syskit-point/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft Copilot Before organizations turn Copilot on, they need to understand where they are in their Copilot readiness journey. Copilot readiness is critical as there are many security and privacy implications you need to be aware of with Copilot. Microsoft Copilot can use all the information a user has access to, even if the user doesn't realize they have access. This problem of oversharing can cause all sorts of issues and expose data easily. This is where Syskit Point can help assess the Copilot readiness of your Microsoft environment and also maintain the security and management of your tenant moving forward. Discover twelve ways how Syskit Point can help you with Copilot readiness in our series of YouTube shorts. Check them all out in our blog post below. Copilot readiness dashboard tile The Syskit Point Copilot readiness dashboard tile helps you gain deep visibility into oversharing in your Microsoft 365 environment. As you prepare to integrate Copilot into your day-to-day business, you can easily detect areas for improvement or potential security concerns. The Copilot readiness tile shows: The number of private workspaces that have been shared with large groups, in this case, Everyone Except External Users. How many workspaces potentially have too many members and require a review. The number of workspaces that have been shared with shadow users that are outside the group/team membership. How many company-wide links and shared with anyone links have been detected on private teams, groups, and Sharepoint sites. And the number of public Microsoft teams and groups which should be reviewed to confirm that privacy settings have been set up properly. https://www. youtube.... --- ### SharePoint Advanced Management limitations > We talked about what SharePoint Premium can do, let's dive into what it can't do. Discover the limitations of SharePoint Premium! - Published: 2024-10-08 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-premium-advanced-management-limitations/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance, Microsoft 365 management, Microsoft 365 reporting - Tags: datagovernance, m365, sam, sharepointpremium, syskitpoint We talked about what SharePoint Premium can do, let's dive into what it can't do. During one of our recent webinars, in which we deep-dived into SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM), one question that often came up was, what are the SharePoint Advanced Management limitations?  In this blog, I will try to answer that question and compare SharePoint Premium with Syskit Point so you can get a clearer picture of what each platform does. By the way, if you haven’t watched the webinar, make sure you watch the recording below. We truly cover all the features before we dive deep into the limitations. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=mnCaZjkqKkk When considering the management of Microsoft 365 workspaces, both Syskit Point and SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) offer solutions, yet they differ significantly in their scope and depth of functionality. A note on SharePoint Advanced Management SharePoint Premium Advanced Management is a feature set that has been around for over one year now, which might seem like a lot, but in Microsoft Cloud offering times, one year is still very new.  The limitations in this blog will change over time, and while we will, of course, make every effort possible to always keep this blog post up to date, make sure to check out some of the links to get the latest information when you read this blog. Who can access SharePoint Premium vs Syskit Point SharePoint Advanced Management is a tool made primarily for admins.  While I usually have many questions about enabling workspace owners to access their own Data Access Governance Reports or doing a site review, this remains an... --- ### Microsoft Power Platform in Numbers > Vlad Catrinescu talks about the growth, trends, and various statistics about Microsoft's Power Platform. - Published: 2024-10-07 - Modified: 2024-10-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-power-platform-in-numbers/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: m365, power bi, power platform Check out the growth, trends, and statistics about Power Platform. The 2024 Power Platform Community Conference in Las Vegas was the largest gathering of Power Platform professionals in the world, with over 6,000 attendees! While the keynote made many announcements about new and upcoming features, Microsoft also shared the latest Power Platform usage numbers from across the globe. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=lDtMJp4EfzQ I know that as an MVP, I often include numbers when I present at a conference or to a client. Since I didn’t see those numbers posted elsewhere, I decided to create a beautiful infographic to share all the latest numbers with you. Hopefully, it helps. Of course, do not hesitate to share it on social media and with your colleagues! PS: If you want my take on those numbers, scroll below. Power Platform in numbers Interesting notes While the numbers are, of course, fun to look at, it’s also important to look at how those numbers change over time.  Compared with the Power Platform Conference 2023, we can see that in one year, the Power Platform grew from 33 million monthly active users to now over 48 million, so quite the growth. The Power Platform Community also grew to 5. 8 million monthly active users in 2024, up from 5. 2 million in 2023. On the Power BI side, we know that in 2021, it had 250,000 organizations, while in 2024, it now has 375,000, so quite the growth as well. As an interesting fact, in both 2021 and 2024, the same number of Fortune 500 companies (97%) were using... --- ### Microsoft AI comparison: SharePoint Premium vs Teams Premium vs Microsoft 365 Copilot > Microsoft AI tools will redefine collaboration. Learn what SharePoint Premium, Teams Premium and Microsoft 365 Copilot can do for you. - Published: 2024-10-02 - Modified: 2024-11-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-premium-teams-premium-m365-copilot/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: m365, microsoft 365, microsoft copilot Organizations constantly seek advanced tools and technologies to elevate their operations, boost productivity, and foster collaboration in the rapidly changing digital transformation landscape. In this vast array of options, Artificial Intelligence (AI), SharePoint Premium, Teams Premium, and Copilot for Microsoft 365 (M365) emerge as standout solutions. Each offers unique features and capabilities that cater to the specific needs of modern businesses. The potential benefits of these solutions are vast, promising to revolutionize how your organization operates and thrives in the digital age. Microsoft Artificial Intelligence tools Now, let’s examine AI.  With its natural language processing, machine learning, predictive analytics, and automation prowess, this transformative technology plays a pivotal role in the M365 ecosystem. It fuels personalized experiences (think M365), intelligent insights (think Copilot), and automated workflows (think Power Platform), making it an indispensable tool for modern businesses. Understanding and implementing AI is not just a choice but a necessity in the rapidly evolving digital transformation landscape. Next, we have SharePoint Premium, a robust enterprise content management system that excels in facilitating seamless collaboration (think AI Models), secure information sharing (think SharePoint Advanced Management), and efficient document management (think Document HUB). Its advanced features, including enhanced security, compliance tools, and improved user experience, make it a top choice for organizations seeking effective digital content management solutions. On the other hand, Teams Premium enhances the already powerful Microsoft Teams platform with advanced meeting capabilities, next-gen collaboration tools, and enhanced security features. It is tailored to respond to the needs of enterprises that require more than the standard functionalities of Teams, providing a platform where virtual communication and teamwork can thrive, regardless of geographical boundaries. This... --- ### Automatic storage management in Microsoft 365 > Efficient storage management can rapidly become unmanageable as your organization grows. Check out our detailed guide on how to overcame this challenge. - Published: 2024-09-24 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/automatic-storage-management-in-microsoft-365/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance Efficient storage management can rapidly become unmanageable as your organization grows. Check out our detailed guide on how to overcame this challenge. Growing pains – you've undoubtedly heard of those, but have you experienced them happening to your business? A company's growing pains are the other side of the success coin many expanding companies might encounter. As you grow your business, hire more people, expand your products, and hire team members from different locations... you're actively scaling your digital infrastructure. When the data you collect grows, so does the need to ensure your data's security. Not to mention that, without an active approach, managing and keeping track of your document versions and storage, in general, can become a complex task. It will take up time you could spend focusing on the other, debatably more fun, aspects of your company's steady growth. So, what can you do about it? Enhanced Version Control in M365 Archive For starters, Microsoft 365 Archive offers automation tools for storage management with a feature called Enhanced Version Control, previously called Intelligent Versioning. If you wish to learn more, here's everything you need to know about intelligent versioning with Microsoft 365. In this article you can expect to learn some potential pain points with this exceptional feature and how you can streamline your document management, cut costs, and boost productivity by incorporating Syskit Point as your go-to for storage automation. How to streamline your data growth The auto-save feature was a blessing in disguise for many, allowing users to restore a previous file version in case of a mistake and providing an effective safeguard against any accidental deletions or... --- ### Copilot for Microsoft 365: What we’ve learned after one year - Q&A > We answered all your questions from our webinar, Copilot for Microsoft 365: One Year Later, with Microsoft MVPs Zoe Wilson and Luke Evans. - Published: 2024-09-19 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/copilot-for-microsoft-365-questions/ - Categories: Microsoft Copilot We answered all your questions from our webinar, Copilot for Microsoft 365: One Year Later, with Microsoft MVPs Zoe Wilson and Luke Evans. Recently, we hosted a webinar with two amazing Microsoft MVPs, Zoe Wilson, and Luke Evans, who presented Copilot for Microsoft 365: What We’ve Learned After One Year. I highly encourage you to watch the recording below. We had many interesting questions, and we didn’t get to all of them during the webinar, so I wanted to create a blog post in which we answered all of them. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=cmRjvaUOWZY To make it easier for everyone to follow, we have combined certain questions together as they covered a very similar topic, as well as split this blog down in multiple sections based on interests. Let’s get started! Copilot for Microsoft 365: Adoption & ROI Questions With Copilot for Microsoft 365 being a significant investment (30$ USD / user / month), of course many attendees had questions about measuring the return on investment on their Copilot licenses. Let’s cover some of them! Q: How can we identify the users that use (or do not use) their Copilot for Microsoft 365 license, and figure out time saved with Copilot? Microsoft offers multiple reports to help organizations figure out if Copilot is paying off. First of all, Microsoft offers a Copilot for Microsoft 365 Usage report in the admin center, but you do need to have the right role to access it. If you don’t have access to it, here are some screenshots from my demo tenant where I only have one user licensed. You can see from this screenshot that while... --- ### Why having an AI Policy is important for your organization > Having an AI policy can prevent sensitive information from misuse and leaks in times when GenAI tools are becoming essential to office workers. - Published: 2024-09-17 - Modified: 2024-11-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/ai-policy-is-important-for-your-organization/ - Categories: Microsoft Copilot, Modern work - Tags: AI, GenAI Learn why it's important to have an AI policy in your company and learn a few tips to keep in mind before diving into the project. By now, everyone has heard about Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as the popular ChatGPT or Microsoft’s own Copilot. While we all heard stories about students using them a bit too much during their final exams, not enough information workers are aware of the potential dangers of using them with corporate data. While creating an AI Policy template in a blog post that works for every organization is almost impossible, in this blog post, I will attempt to share with you some of the most important parts to include and, most importantly, the potential dangers if you do not govern the use of AI inside your organization. Let’s get started! Why do you need an AI policy? Your first question might be, why do we even need to bother with an AI policy? I mean, don’t we have enough policies that our users need to follow? Why do you want to add another one? Following the popularity of AI tools in the consumer space, most information workers now want to use GenAI tools for work. I mean, who can blame them? But did you know that using the free service can share your data with the Generative AI Service? Take a look at ChatGPT's terms below. The privacy terms clearly state that in services for individuals (such as the free version or plus subscriptions), the content provided to ChatGPT can be used to train the model. We can find a similar clause in the Copilot for consumers' terms and conditions.... --- ### PowerShell automation guide for M365 admin tasks > PowerShell automation can be a powerful tool in your admin toolbelt. Learn how to automate numerous administration tasks in our blog. - Published: 2024-09-11 - Modified: 2024-12-03 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/powershell-automation-for-m365-admin-tasks/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance, PowerShell scripts - Tags: automation, m365, powershell script Industry and PowerShell expert Todd Klindt will guide you through all the different ways to use PowerShell with M365. PowerShell automation can be a really powerfull tool in admin's work. If you read my last article, Using AI to write PowerShell scripts, you’re probably very eager about the idea of using AI to show off your PowerShell skills. But where should you point all that excited energy? Allow me to suggest Microsoft 365. It’s a huge platform with thousands of repeatable tasks that are just begging to be automated. And if you’re an M365 admin, you probably have some tasks that would benefit from automation. While there are other ways to automate M365, let’s stick with PowerShell for now. In this paper I’ll talk about all the different ways to use PowerShell automation with M365 and show you some examples of my favorites. PowerShell for automating admin tasks I mentioned there are many ways to automate Microsoft 365. Automation, by whatever means, in general, is great for repetitive tasks. It gives you consistency and easy repeatability. It also frees you up to do more exciting tasks. PowerShell takes that even further. Since it’s a scripting language it provides free documentation for the task you’re automating. Of course you should properly document it, and your PowerShell code is a great starting place. It’s even better if you’ve commented it well. PowerShell gives you the opportunity to be the toolmaker, not just the tool user. Properly written PowerShell can be run by other people, giving you even more time to hone your skills in other areas. You can spend your day... --- ### Knowledge management strategies in Microsoft 365 > Explore strategic approaches for optimizing knowledge management within Microsoft 365 that Copilot and your employees can use. - Published: 2024-09-03 - Modified: 2024-10-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/knowledge-management-in-microsoft-365/ - Categories: Modern work Knowledge Management (KM) is a critical part of an organization’s success and with AI-powered tools such as Copilot, effectively managing and leveraging knowledge has never been more important. Recently, Microsoft MVP Drew Madelung presented a webinar titled Strategies for Unlocking Knowledge Management in Microsoft 365 in the Copilot World. Watch the entire webinar or read our highlights summary in the blog post below. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=DlVEdN2NVjI Understanding knowledge in Microsoft 365 Knowledge in an organization is multifaceted. It includes everything from explicit knowledge, such as documented procedures and how-to guides, to more abstract forms like implicit and tacit knowledge, which are gained through experience and social interactions. Successful knowledge management requires recognizing and managing all these forms of knowledge. Explicit Knowledge: This is the most straightforward form of knowledge—documented and easily shared. Examples include manuals, process documentation, and training videos. In Microsoft 365, explicit knowledge is often stored in SharePoint libraries, OneDrive folders, or other structured data repositories. Implicit Knowledge: This type of knowledge is derived from explicit knowledge but involves a deeper understanding gained through practice. For instance, an employee might read a guide on using a new software tool (explicit knowledge) and then learn through experience the best ways to apply that tool in different scenarios (implicit knowledge). Tacit Knowledge: The most personal form of knowledge, tacit knowledge includes the skills, ideas, and experiences that are often hard to document. This type of knowledge is typically shared through mentoring, collaboration, and social interactions within the organization. The role of Microsoft 365 in knowledge management Microsoft 365 offers a powerful suite of tools that can help organizations capture, store, and share knowledge effectively. SharePoint and OneDrive:... --- ### Sensitivity labels best practices > Sensitivity labels and retention policies are powerful. They allow you to apply rules and actions to your data based on its content, location, and context. - Published: 2024-08-27 - Modified: 2024-10-31 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/sensitivity-labels-best-practices-in-m365/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 compliance, Microsoft 365 security A guide to help you understand the benefits and limitations of each option for protecting your data. Microsoft 365 offers a robust suite of tools and features for data management and security. Before exploring the Microsoft sensitivity labels best practices and recommendations, it is very important to explain what they are. Sensitivity labels are like unique tags for your important documents and emails. They help you protect your information by telling people how sensitive it is.   For example, you could have a label for "Top Secret" information or "Internal Use Only" that helps you identify and classify your enterprise data. When you put a label on your data, it can do different things to keep it safe, such as: Hiding sensitive information: It might blur out parts of the document.   Locking it up: Only people with the correct key can open it.   Adding a warning: It might put a big sign on the document saying it's confidential. Think of sensitivity labels as a special lock on a treasure chest. You're the one who decides who gets the key! In a complex organization, it's surprisingly easy to accidentally grant staff members access to confidential information, such as SharePoint documents. This can put both the document's creator and its contents at risk. When dealing with sensitive or protected information, applying the appropriate sensitivity label is like putting a protective shield around the file, ensuring it's encrypted and allowing the owner to manage access for individuals or groups. How to set up Sensitivity labels with Syskit Point These labels act as gatekeepers, preventing unauthorized access and ensuring the information remains secure. For instance, if you need to share a document containing personal... --- ### SharePoint Premium use cases > Explore 6 useful SharePoint Premium use cases and find out how to use them to gain value and drive various strategic goals. - Published: 2024-08-20 - Modified: 2024-09-10 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-premium-use-cases/ - Categories: Modern work Explore 6 useful SharePoint Premium use cases and find out how to use them. SharePoint Premium offers various advanced features and capabilities designed to enhance collaboration, productivity, and security in enterprise environments. This sounds great, but people often wonder what those buzzwords mean. This blog post will review the most common SharePoint Premium use cases and explore how to use them to gain value and drive various strategic goals. What is SharePoint Premium? SharePoint Premium is often called the higher-tier version of SharePoint offered within Microsoft's subscription plans, mainly through Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365). These premium features are available in SharePoint Online Plans 2 and the enterprise-level subscriptions (E3, E5, and similar). SharePoint Premium incorporates the trusted Syntex services, including SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM), into the familiar SharePoint environment. This update aims to introduce game-changing features that elevate your content experience, making it more streamlined and user-friendly than ever before. It offers a comprehensive suite of features designed to manage and protect your critical information throughout its entire lifecycle and prepare it for Copilot for Microsoft 365, the next-generation AI assistant transforming productivity. SharePoint Premium use cases Here is a quick overview of SharePoint Premium use cases and their business impact: 1. Streamlining contract management Inefficient manual processes for contract approvals, revisions, and tracking lead to delays and potential errors and ultimately cause your business to lose its most valuable resource: time. SharePoint's AI can automatically classify and extract key data points from contracts, such as dates, parties, and values. You can set up workflows that can be triggered for approvals and reminders,... --- ### What are sensitivity labels and retention policies in Microsoft 365 > A guide to help you understand the benefits and limitations of sensitivity labels and retention policies for protecting your data in Microsoft 365. - Published: 2024-08-13 - Modified: 2024-10-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/sensitivity-labels-retention-policies-in-m365/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 compliance, Microsoft 365 security A guide to help you understand the benefits and limitations of each option for protecting your data. Microsoft 365 offers a robust suite of tools and features for data management and security. Sensitivity labels and retention policies stand out as powerful tools. They allow you to apply rules and actions to your data based on its content, location, and context. Understanding these tools empowers you to make informed decisions that best suit your specific needs, putting you in control of your data management and security. In this blog post, I will unpack the flexibility of sensitivity labels and retention policies, how they adapt to your organization's needs, and their advantages and disadvantages. I will also provide some tips and best practices for using them effectively in your organization, helping you stay ahead of the curve in data protection. What are sensitivity labels? Sensitivity labels are a way of classifying your data according to its level of confidentiality and sensitivity. You can create and apply sensitivity labels to your documents, emails, and files to indicate how they should be handled and protected. For example, you can label a document as "Highly Confidential" or "Restricted," depending on who can access it and what actions are allowed. When you apply a sensitivity label to your data, you're not just classifying it but also proactively enforcing specific protection settings and actions. For example, you can encrypt your data, restrict access to authorized users, prevent copying or printing, add watermarks, or track and revoke access. You can also apply sensitivity labels automatically based on the content or metadata of your data or let users choose the appropriate label manually, giving you a proactive approach to data security.... --- ### Can you save money with Microsoft 365 Archive? > Microsoft 365 Archive can save organizations up to 75% on their excess storage costs, if not used correctly, it can also double their storage costs. - Published: 2024-08-06 - Modified: 2024-11-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/can-you-save-money-with-microsoft-365-archive/ - Categories: Other, Modern work - Tags: m365, microsoft 365, microsoft archive, microsoft storage, storage pricing, vlad catrinescu Microsoft 365 Archive is the newest Microsoft tool to help organizations spend less on storage and keep only active and necessary content as part of their SharePoint storage. While Microsoft 365 Archive can save organizations up to 75% on their excess storage costs, if not used correctly, it can also double their storage costs. Microsoft 365 Archive was announced a year ago, but it finally became generally available at the end of May 2024, which means enterprises can start using it in a supported way. In this blog post we will learn how Microsoft 365 Archive works – and see if we can actually save money using it. What is Microsoft 365 Archive? As organizations store more data in Microsoft 365, many are starting to reach their pooled storage limit. This means that they have to pay Microsoft additional costs to keep adding data to their SharePoint Online sites. The price is not necessarily cheap, either. Microsoft charges $0. 20/GB/month, so an extra 1TB of storage your company needs adds around $205 to your monthly Microsoft 365 bill. It would probably be a no-brainer if all this storage was needed for active and relevant content. Still, most of the time, most of the content in our tenant is old and not accessed and utilized anymore. And while it's easy to say let's remove old data, we all know how IT Professionals all have a spare box of VGA cables in their office, just in case! All jokes aside, data is an organization's most valuable asset. Therefore, it's difficult for organizations to remove data about old projects or clients, as they never know if they'll need something for future projects. But how can we balance keeping old data and not paying a fortune in storage costs? Microsoft 365 Archive is here to help. It allows you... --- ### Everything you need to know about Intelligent Versioning in Microsoft 365 > Let's dig into storage management optimization, and reducing costs with Intelligent Versioning. Learn more! - Published: 2024-07-30 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/intelligent-versioning-in-microsoft-365/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management, Modern work - Tags: enhanced version controls, intelligent versioning, m365, sharepoint storage, storage management Let's dig into storage management optimization, and reducing costs with Intelligent Versioning. During the Microsoft Build conference in May, Microsoft quietly released the public preview of its new Enhanced Version Controls functionality, previously referred to as Intelligent Versioning in the Microsoft 365 Roadmap.  This is one of the many features Microsoft has recently released to help organizations save storage space and costs related to storage in Microsoft 365. In this blog post, we will explore how you can utilize it. Why the focus on reducing storage costs? In the past decade, organizations have saved up a ton of data, and according to IDC, by 2025, there will be more than 130 billion terabytes of content in the world. In Microsoft 365, many customers are starting to reach their pooled storage limits and are faced with a difficult project of analyzing all their data to find what they could get rid of or pay for extra storage.  One easy way to reduce costs, however, is removing versions of files that we might not need anymore. Something that many users and administrators forget is that version history is now turned on by default with every document library that you create. Mix that with features like Auto-Save on Office documents, and many organizations are now using a ton of storage just to have 200 versions of the same file.  Luckily, the new Intelligent Versioning setting in SharePoint Online can help. Enhanced Version Controls/Intelligent Versioning in SharePoint Online While versions in SharePoint Online have always been (and still are) a very powerful feature, as administrators, we... --- ### The pros and cons of SharePoint Premium > Explore the pros and cons of SharePoint Premium: powerful content management and automation vs. higher costs and complexity. - Published: 2024-07-23 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/the-pros-and-cons-of-sharepoint-premium/ - Categories: Modern work Explore the pros and cons of SharePoint Premium: powerful content management and automation vs. higher costs and complexity. SharePoint Premium is a powerful solution that goes beyond simple content storage, transforming how organizations manage and leverage their information. It is designed to foster a content-centric work environment that boosts collaboration, unlocks valuable insights, and empowers organizations to operate more efficiently and securely. This blog post will explore the potential pros and cons of adopting SharePoint Premium. What is SharePoint Premium? SharePoint Premium seamlessly incorporates the trusted Syntex services, including SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM), into the familiar SharePoint environment. This update aims to introduce game-changing features that elevate your content experience, making it more streamlined and user-friendly than ever before. It offers a comprehensive suite of features designed to manage and protect your critical information throughout its entire lifecycle and prepare it for Copilot for Microsoft 365, the next-generation AI assistant transforming productivity. How SharePoint Premium fits into the M365 ecosystem? The following image showcases how SharePoint Premium empowers you to harness the true value of your data and ecosystem. By leveraging its extraction, classification, and organization tools, you can gain a clear understanding of your information – a powerful key that will help you unlock endless possibilities for growth and innovation. The Advantages of SharePoint Premium It opens up the door for exciting new possibilities in your organization. It has the potential to transform your data into actionable insights, fostering innovation and streamlining processes across your entire organization. Here's a more detailed overview of some of the benefits of SharePoint Premium: 1. Enhanced content management SharePoint Premium offers... --- ### Microsoft Copilot real life scenarios - How to prevent oversharing? > Microsoft Copilot promised a revolution in the workplace productivity. Where are we standing now 6 months after it became generally available? - Published: 2024-07-16 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-copilot-real-life-scenarios/ - Categories: Microsoft Copilot - Tags: microsoft 365, microsoft copilot, syskit point Integrating artificial intelligence into our daily work routines has been a topic of much discussion and anticipation. With the introduction of Microsoft Copilot, these conversations have shifted from theoretical to practical as businesses worldwide begin implementing this cutting-edge technology into their operations. As the co-founder and president of Syskit and Microsoft MVP for SharePoint and M365, I have been closely involved in deploying and evaluating Microsoft 365 Copilot from day one over the past six months. This blog post summarizes the most important lessons from my experience, offering insights and guidance for those struggling with their own AI journey with Microsoft Copilot. I've also held sessions on this topic at various conferences across the world. The sessions were jam-packed, which just goes to show how the popularity and interest in AI are palpable in the offline world. The initial promise of Microsoft Copilot Microsoft Copilot promised a revolution in workplace productivity, leveraging the power of AI to enhance decision-making, automate routine tasks, and foster collaboration. I was intrigued by the potential of Copilot to transform how we interact with data and manage our workflows. The world today is full of different data sources, and Copilot will allow us to consume this data faster and with what is really important to us. Key findings using Copilot from discussing challenges with the companies Copilot compliance and readiness — The unseen challenges Compliance is one of the most significant hurdles to the widespread adoption of Microsoft Copilot. Businesses are acutely aware of the risks associated with AI, particularly in terms of data privacy concerns and security. Legal teams are at... --- ### What is the quirkiest way you've seen people use Microsoft tools? > Microsoft MVPs share their quirky stories of how people use Microsoft tools. From scary to funny, we got you covered. - Published: 2024-07-09 - Modified: 2024-10-29 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/quirkiest-ways-people-use-microsoft-tools/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 People can sometimes use Microsoft tools in quirky ways. We asked Microsoft MVPs to share their experiences and stories. We asked Microsoft MVPs what they thought were some strange, funny, and quirky ways people use Microsoft tools. We put all their answers together into a short video montage. You can also check out their extended answers in this blog post to gain more of their awesome insights. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=Jcwx94Cwtq8 Dump huge amounts of data into one document library - Derek Cash-Peterson So I've been working with SharePoint for 20 some odd years. I've seen a lot of really crazy stuff. I think the biggest thing that sort of makes me sort of itch is seeing clients that dump huge amounts of data, like straight from a file share into one document library and think that it's going to work properly. You know what works properly on a file share is not what's going to work properly in a document management system. Using OneNote as content management - Emily Mancini Sometimes when someone is introduced to a Microsoft tool, they decide they really like it. But just like we have a toolbox to do a bunch of different things, we don't use a hammer for everything. I've seen people use OneNote as content management. They're having shared meeting notes, they really love it. Then they throw in a table, drop in documents and in the column start adding information about it. That's a SharePoint library with metadata. So it's a wonderful opportunity to move out of that OneNote notebook and then use all the benefits of SharePoint that... --- ### Using AI to write PowerShell scripts > Learn how you can leverage AI tools such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to write PowerShell scripts faster. Article by Microsoft MVP Todd Klindt. - Published: 2024-07-02 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/using-ai-to-write-powershell-scripts/ - Categories: Microsoft Copilot, PowerShell scripts In the fast-paced world of technology, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changer, transforming the way we approach everything, including software development. As a seasoned PowerShell scripts enthusiast, I've witnessed firsthand the immense potential AI holds in revolutionizing coding practices. With tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot, writing PowerShell scripts has become more intuitive, efficient, and powerful, resulting in better functionality. In this blog post, I'll share my journey of integrating these AI tools into my coding workflow. From setting up your development environment to crafting advanced scripts, you'll discover how AI can elevate your coding skills and streamline your processes. Join me as I delve into the world of AI-assisted PowerShell scripting and unlock new levels of productivity and creativity. Before we get into the fun AI coding examples, I think it's important to make sure we all agree on what AI is and how we're using it. To start with, AI (artificial intelligence) is a huge field with many branches. When you speak to Siri, it uses AI called Natural Language Processing to understand what you're asking for, for better or worse. When your GPS calculates a route for you, that's also AI at work. Machine Learning is another popular branch of AI. One thing all these examples have in common is that they don't create anything new. They interpret things that exist in the real world, or in the case of GPS, they connect things that are given to them. But they don't create new things. Generative AI tools for writing PowerShell For the rest of this blog post, when I refer to AI, I will be referring to... --- ### What have we learned about Microsoft Copilot so far? > Multiple experts tell us what they've learned about Microsoft Copilot after one year of using the powerful AI. - Published: 2024-06-25 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/what-we-learned-about-microsoft-copilot/ - Categories: Microsoft Copilot - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 We wanted to figure out what lessons and challenges we've learned so far with Microsoft Copilot. We asked Microsoft MVPs to give us their take. With Microsoft Copilot being available for over a year, we asked Microsoft MVPs what we've learned so far about Copilot. We put all their answers together into a short video montage. You can also check out their extended answers in this blog post to gain more of their awesome insights. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=y7vt76eeq3Q If you put bad prompts in, you're going to get bad data out - Derek Cash-Peterson I think Microsoft Copilot is really a productivity tool, right? It helps us do things quicker, faster, more efficiently. My favourite Copilot thing is to summarise meetings because I constantly take bad notes. So having something that can actually go back through and check the things that I said I was going to do or that other people are going to do, I think is really, really valuable. So that's really my big thing for it. The challenge is really finding the right prompts and retraining our users and retraining the people using it to be able to use the correct prompts to get the data that you want back. We have to teach them just like we taught them how to search. So if you put bad prompts in, you're going to get bad data out. So I think it's training our users and helping them get their content. The real challenge is the prompt engineering - Gokan Ozcifci With Microsoft Copilot now I can actually focus on other stuff that I would basically spend hours doing. Let me... --- ### Battling with your IT Team > Battles between IT teams and end users have become something we came to terms with having a governance conflict. Find out how to resolve it. - Published: 2024-06-18 - Modified: 2024-10-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/governance-conflict-between-it-and-end-users/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 security, Microsoft 365 governance - Tags: end users, it admins, m365 governance, microsoft Key takeaways from Infosec Europe. Recently, I attended Infosec Europe, an incredible conference about information security, not least because it was free to attend. I like an event like this because, in one or two days, you can see all of the vendors’ offerings and actually talk to the people at those companies to see if they know what they're talking about. As a quick side note, if a company sends people to work on the stand who don't know what that company does, then move on!   Back to Infosec. Firstly, there were some great presentations. I can't summarize it all here, but here are a couple of slides I found particularly useful: Secondly, there were many great talks and discussions deep-diving into security protocols and processes, as well as some very interesting discussions about the culture of security. The question that kept coming back to mind was simply “Why is there so much conflict between your IT team and your end users (dev teams, marketing, sales, etc. ) when it comes to governance tasks? ”  Everyone is working for the same company, surely with the same goals! ? It is an all-too-common problem that business users conflict with the teams trying to look after those core systems. Why is this? And what can you do about this governance conflict?   This is a particularly important question when managing a Microsoft 365 environment. There are two basic styles of users of Microsoft 365: IT folk. These people are paid to govern the system, and... --- ### Implementing OWASP Dependency-Track in Azure DevOps > OWASP Dependency Track: Syskit's choice for tracking and mitigating software vulnerabilities. Learn more about the process. - Published: 2024-06-14 - Modified: 2024-10-28 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/implementing-owasp-dependency-track/ - Categories: Other Find out how we implemented OWASP Dependency-Track in Azure DevOps at Syskit. Security is an important aspect of software development, but it is becoming more challenging every day. External dependencies are an excellent way to speed up development, but they also become an additional attack surface. Vulnerabilities are discovered daily, and keeping track of the dependencies and updates takes effort. Staying ahead of any issues is of utmost importance. Here at Syskit, we spend our time working with Azure DevOps. Azure DevOps has GitHub Advanced Security that does solve the issue, but it is costly at $49 per active committer. It does have other benefits in addition to dependency scanning, such as code static analysis and secret scanning but since we are already using SonarCloud we wanted to avoid incurring extra expenses. We decided to go with an open-source solution, the OWASP Dependency-Track platform. What is OWASP Dependency-Track? OWASP Dependency-Track is best described with this excerpt from the official documentation: "Dependency-Track is an intelligent Component Analysis platform that allows organizations to identify and reduce risk in the software supply chain. Dependency-Track takes a unique and highly beneficial approach by leveraging the capabilities of Software Bill of Materials (SBOM). This approach provides capabilities that traditional Software Composition Analysis (SCA) solutions cannot achieve. " What is SBOM? SBOM stands for Software Bill of Materials.  It is a list of all dependencies and libraries that make up an application and are present in the codebase.  More than a list, it is a nested inventory that describes and helps us understand which components and their versions are being used, either directly... --- ### What are the biggest security concerns for IT admins? > Microsoft MVPs tell us what they believe are the biggest security concerns that IT admins should be aware of. - Published: 2024-06-11 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/biggest-security-concerns-for-it-admins/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 security - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 What are currently the biggest security concerns for IT admins? We asked Microsoft MVPs to give us their take. We asked Microsoft MVPs at the European Collaboration Summit what they thought were the biggest security concerns for IT admins right now. We compiled their answers into a short video montage below. You can also read their full answers in this blog post to gain more of their awesome insights. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=GacIcQnUnds Organizations have been practicing security by obscurity - Emily Mancini I think a lot of organizations have been practicing security by obscurity and with the launch of Copilot, as employees start to ask new questions, some data that's irrelevant is going to start to surface, or maybe pieces they shouldn't have access to. So the IT admins are going to get a lot of inbound requests for help to make sure we get those permissions correct. I think it's really important to have clear governance that supports your employees needs and if they're not following that governance, to sit down and have a conversation with them about it, to see where the gap is, because there's potentially a different way that you need to be sharing content that you can support them through, and they'll be more likely to then follow those better practices. If there is a data leak, one of your best tools is to check the audit log and see who has read it and who has already had access to it so you can start addressing the concern immediately based on those people specifically after you've locked it down. Educate people on... --- ### Microsoft Teams security best practices > Microsoft Teams Security Guide: Implement key Microsoft Teams best practices to ensure a safe and secure collaboration environment. - Published: 2024-06-04 - Modified: 2024-11-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-teams-security-best-practices/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 security Microsoft Teams Security Guide: Implement key Microsoft Teams best practices to ensure a safe and secure collaboration environment. Microsoft Teams has become a staple tool in modern collaboration and communication, with over 1 million organizations using it worldwide and over 320 million people using the software, so it's no wonder that Microsoft Teams security is paramount. Disregarding and ignoring Microsoft Teams security issues and concerns could result in severe resource costs - both to your budget and to your IT teams' time. Before we get into the Microsoft Teams security best practices, let’s take a quick look into its security. How secure is Microsoft Teams? Microsoft Teams is compliant with a range of regulatory security standards, including ISO 27001, ISO 27018, and HIPAA Business. In practice, this results in Teams using multiple layers of security to ensure state-of-the-art defense-in-depth such as: Two-factor authentication Single sign-on Data encryption Microsoft Teams security features Microsoft Teams offers multiple security features designed to help protect user data and ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of communication and collaboration within the platform. These Microsoft Teams security features include: Identity and access management: Single Sign-On (SSO): Teams supports integration with identity providers through SSO, enabling users to access Teams using their existing corporate credentials. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA): Organizations can enforce MFA to add an additional security layer to the login process. A layer that requires additional verification beyond passwords. Conditional Access: Admins can define policies to control access based on several conditions: user location, device compliance, or network location. Data encryption: Data in Transit: Teams encrypts data transmitted between users' devices and Microsoft data... --- ### Copilot interview with Tony Redmond: Beautiful results come from curated data > We sat down with Microsoft MVP Tony Redmond to talk about all things Microsoft Copilot. Check out what he had to share. - Published: 2024-05-28 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/copilot-interview-with-tony-redmond/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance, Microsoft Copilot - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 We sat down with Microsoft MVP Tony Redmond to talk about all things Microsoft Copilot, the pros and cons, and what businesses need to do to secure their environment. While at the Microsoft 365 Community Conference in Orlando, our very own Frane Borozan sat down with Microsoft MVP Tony Redmond to talk about all things Microsoft Copilot. Tony Redmond is a popular international speaker, writer, and consultant in the world of Microsoft 365 and is well known for his eBook Office 365 for IT Pros. Frane and Tony discussed the pros and cons of Microsoft Copilot as well as Tony's session Don't let Copilot be a Vanity Project. You can watch the entire interview below or read our summarized blog post. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=aF-P2LFszus Is Microsoft Copilot hype or not? It depends on how you define a hype. Copilot still is not generating any huge amount of revenue. The target market for Copilot is 400 million users. That’s the Office 365 install base. How many people have Copilot today? And your answer is pretty few. So, if you compare the impact this has had versus all of the marketing efforts that Microsoft has put around it, you got to say it's hype. On the other hand, you could say, well, is the introduction of a really revolutionary technology worthy of putting all this marketing effort around? And it might seem like hype, but it's really just communication about what it can do. And I guess I think we're in the middle of those two states. There's probably too much marketing hype, but it is an important technology. It could change the way we do things. So, I'll go... --- ### SharePoint Premium Advanced Management deep dive - Q&A > Check out the answers to common SharePoint Premium Advanced Management questions in our deep dive Q&A with Vlad Catrinescu. - Published: 2024-05-21 - Modified: 2024-11-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-premium-advanced-management-qa/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft 365 governance Vlad has answered all your questions from our SharePoint Premium Advanced Management webinar. Last week, we hosted a webinar about the SharePoint Premium Advanced Management features that Microsoft has already shipped and upcoming features announced at the Microsoft 365 Conference.  I highly encourage you to watch the recording below.  We had many interesting questions, and we didn’t get to all of them during the webinar, so I wanted to create a blog post in which we answered all of them. Also, for more SharePoint Premium info, download my friend Gokan's comprehensive SharePoint Premium eBook. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=mnCaZjkqKkk SAM licensing To restrict the site access feature, is it enough to buy one license only for the SPO administrator (tenant role) to configure this feature? License related: If we have 2000 staff & 2 admins, do we need to purchase 2000 licenses to use the Pro features or just two licenses? How many SAM licenses are needed in an organization with 5000 users? Only 10 Admins need to work with SAM. Since SAM is a per-user license, if I assign a license to selected users only in the tenant, can I leverage SAM capabilities for all the sites in the tenant? We received a ton of licensing questions, and those are great questions.  Since most of the features shown are for admins or site owners, many of you wonder if we can license only those users and not everyone in the tenant. Unfortunately, for those of you looking to save some dollars, here is Microsoft's official statement about it: You can find more information about licensing on this... --- ### 4 steps to minimize oversharing and stay Copilot ready - Published: 2024-05-14 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/4-steps-to-minimize-oversharing-for-copilot/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 security, Microsoft Copilot Are you ready to roll out Copilot for Microsoft 365 but worried about oversharing? You're not alone. Oversharing - content shared beyond the necessary audience - is a major stumbling block for organizations looking to expand their use of Copilot.  Avivah Litan, VP and Distinguished Analyst at Gartner, recently publicly shared that their latest research has shown that nearly 30% of enterprises experienced a breach against their AI systems, and 62% had data compromised by an internal party. In other words, data compromise due to oversharing. This is where Syskit Point steps in.  Long before "oversharing" became a buzzword, Syskit Point was on the front lines, addressing who has access to what and minimizing unnecessary sharing and permissions. Essentially, Syskit Point has always been about making your environment "Copilot Ready" by enabling effective management of who has access to what, quickly addressing and removing unnecessary permissions. More importantly, Syskit Point helps you stay "Copilot Ready" in the long term. How? By empowering workspace owners to keep their workspaces clean of unnecessary sharing and permissions through delegated management. We've seen that organizations that delegate workspace management to end users manage permissions on average five times more than the ones that don't. On a closer look, 70% of those actions were done by workspace owners, making delegated management pivotal in their fight against oversharing. In this blog, we’ll walk you through the 4P process: Prepare, Purge, Prevent, Protect. We often implement the 4P process to help organizations tackle oversharing challenges effectively. Let’s dive into how this approach can secure your data and optimize your digital M365 workspace. Prepare & Purge: You can’t manage what you... --- ### Automated governance – Key to a secure and compliant Microsoft 365 > This blog will address how automated governance can help you improve your security posture and reduce non-compliance risks. - Published: 2024-05-07 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/automated-governance-compliant-microsoft-365/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance - Tags: m365 governance, microsoft 365, rules engine Many organizations struggle to ensure compliance and apply appropriate governance policies to their M365 workspaces. This blog will address how automated governance can help you improve your security posture and reduce non-compliance risks. The aforementioned difficulty often stems from the policies' complexity and the challenges of consistently applying them across all workspaces in the Microsoft 365 environment, regardless of whether we discuss Microsoft Teams, M365 Groups, SharePoint, or any other workload governance. Organizations must manually check existing and new workspaces to ensure the correct policies are continuously assigned. This process is time-consuming and error-prone, potentially leading to costly mistakes and, in the worst-case scenario, security breaches or data leaks.   While native Microsoft solutions offer some governance policies regarding access reviews, lifecycle management, and group membership/ownership, targeting existing and new workspaces is often limited. Elevating your automated governance strategy There are two paths if you wish to resolve this challenge:  A custom provisioning engine entails applying all governance policies at the moment of workspace creation. This way, you ensure that all freshly created workspaces are properly secured and that you don't have to manually track which policy is required for a specific workspace type. Using custom templating ensures that compliance is applied consistently and automatically, as opposed to something you do manually, often wondering if there is something you are missing in your environment or in any way opening the door to security vulnerabilities.  While provisioning is a great way to tackle governance enforcement for newly created workspaces, it does not cover the sprawl and previously created non-compliant workspaces in your environment.  More importantly, any modifications to the initial setup could result in applied policies... --- ### Microsoft 365 Community Conference – Top highlights for IT Administrators - Published: 2024-05-06 - Modified: 2024-10-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/m365-community-conference-top-highlights/ - Categories: Company news - Tags: esignature, m365 community conference, sharepoint premium, top highlights, vlad catrinescu The Microsoft 365 Community Conference is now in the rearview mirror—and what an amazing event it was! It brought together over 3,000 community members and 300 Microsoft employees from across the world in the magical city of Orlando, Florida. We were there in person, attending many of the sessions to keep up to date with the latest in Microsoft 365 and in the expo hall to share how Syskit Point can help organizations prepare for all the AI features Microsoft is talking about. Now that we have had a few days to process the amazing knowledge from the conference, I wanted to share the top announcements for Microsoft 365 administrators. Keynote highlights from the Microsoft 365 Community Conference In most Microsoft conferences, the keynote highlights section is usually the biggest, but this time, the keynote didn’t include that many new announcements. I will still include them here as bullet points, as they are still important. Copilot in OneDrive will be available this summer. Copilot reached a maturity point where we had live demos of Copilot on stage.  In the past, those were pre-recorded, but Copilot has got to the point where they can be done live. Microsoft now manages 11 Exabytes of data—that is a lot of content and a great reminder that we should each check our tenant to make sure we do not have inactive content we do not need anymore. Microsoft Teams now has over 320 million Monthly Active Users. We saw a demo of Copilot in SharePoint and how it can help you create beautiful pages and content. (But no details on when we will get... --- ### 8 ways Microsoft Teams Copilot increases productivity > Teams Copilot is split into 8 different Copilots, each one of them with the same goal of making you more productive. Learn all about them! - Published: 2024-04-30 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-teams-copilot-deep-dive/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft Copilot Teams Copilot is split into 8 different Copilots, each one of them with the same goal of making you more productive. Learn all about them! Microsoft Teams is one of the most popular collaboration tools in the world, with over 300 million monthly active users, and it’s also one of the most loved tools in the Microsoft ecosystem.  But it's biggest advantage can also be a disadvantage for some. Teams can become so active that when you open it up in the morning and see 15 notifications already waiting, you get discouraged, and that’s why many people call it a fire hose of information. This is where Microsoft Teams Copilot can come in. Microsoft Teams Copilot can help you with various tasks, such as summarizing conversations, creating meeting notes, finding information, even drafting emails, and more. In this blog post, we will explore the amazing features of Copilot in Teams and how to use them to boost your productivity. While most other Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, Excel, or PowerPoint have one single Copilot experience, Copilot for Teams is split into 8 different Copilots, each one of them with a separate function, but all with the same goal of making you more productive inside Microsoft Teams. Something that is also different with Microsoft Teams Copilot is that for some features, such as meetings, your administrator might control your Copilot capabilities, but we will get there later in this post. Copilot in Teams Chats Let’s start off with Copilot in Teams Chats.  Have you ever been invited to a Group chat that just took off, and after not checking it for only a few hours, you have 99+ messages... --- ### Governance and Access Reviews in Microsoft 365 with native tools > Microsoft governance strategy should include regular access reviews of users' access to Microsoft 365 documents, sites, and teams. - Published: 2024-04-23 - Modified: 2024-10-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/governance-access-reviews-in-m365/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance - Tags: access reviews, governance, m365 Every company's comprehensive Microsoft governance strategy should include regular reviews and governance of users' access to Microsoft 365 documents, sites, and teams. This blog post will discuss the native Microsoft functionalities that allow you to effectively govern the Microsoft 365 estate and gain control over access reviews. Keeping a proper governance posture in Microsoft 365 is important, but today, different drivers make this even more pressing. When we think about security, we need to account for external attacks. Corporate cyberattacks are up 75% due to cloud and identity exploits. Still, companies should also ensure sensitive data is not overshared internally (not only if you are planning to roll out Copilot, but as a rule to avoid data exfiltration and other issues). Here at Syskit, we have been helping customers with SharePoint governance for over a decade, and governance is like staying healthy. Everybody knows we should eat more veggies and exercise regularly. However, most people will need help with actually doing it. The same applies to governance; it is not rocket science, but you must do it "one bite at a time. " Deploying all the features mentioned in this post in one go is not a best practice, as this would result in a pile of reports no one would look at and many thousands of automated emails your users would not care to read. Companies should have a governance plan and roll it out in stages. Governance overview If you are thinking about improving your Microsoft 365 governance posture out of the box, certain tools can help you get started. There are three key functionality groups that you can start... --- ### Syskit mentioned in the 2024 Gartner® research The Top 10 “Gotchas” of Copilot for Microsoft 365 - Published: 2024-04-22 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/syskit-top-10-gotchas-copilot-microsoft-365/ - Categories: Press release, Microsoft Copilot - Tags: microsoft copilot Syskit has been mentioned in the Gartner® report, The Top 10 “Gotchas” of Copilot for Microsoft 365. Syskit is the creator of a platform for providing visibility in the Microsoft 365 environment.  The company was mentioned in the Gartner® report, The Top 10 “Gotchas” of Copilot for Microsoft 365. "At Syskit, we believe visibility of the environment and proper governance can address most of the obvious and hidden risks of Microsoft Copilot," says Danijel Cizek, Syskit's Product Manager. "Our platform supports customers in proactively controlling the environment and being ready for Copilot implementation. Even more importantly, we're equipping users and IT teams with the insights and tools necessary to remain Copilot ready and maximize the value of Copilot over time. " GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U. S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.   Gartner Disclaimer:  Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in our research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. --- ### Why admins should use the Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit > Discover why Power Platform administrators should consider leveraging the Center of Excellence Starter Kit. - Published: 2024-04-16 - Modified: 2024-10-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/center-of-excellence-starter-kit/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance, Microsoft 365 security - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 Discover why Power Platform administrators should consider leveraging the Center of Excellence Starter Kit. Organizations are increasingly turning to low-code or no-code platforms such as Microsoft Power Platform to accelerate their digital transformation. However, effectively managing and governing these platforms can be a daunting task for administrators. Where do you start? How do you ensure consistency, compliance, and efficiency across your Power Platform environment? This is where the Microsoft Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit (COE) comes into play, offering a comprehensive set of tools and resources to streamline administrative tasks and optimize platform usage. We recently held a webinar with Microsoft MVP Rene Modery about the Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit. Watch the entire webinar recording below or read this blog post for some key highlights and takeaways on why Power Platform administrators should consider leveraging the Center of Excellence Starter Kit. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=kxPMJXA8hRk What is the Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit? The Power Platform Center of Excellence Starter Kit is a free collection of components and tools provided by Microsoft. It is specifically designed to assist organizations in developing a robust strategy for adopting and supporting the Microsoft Power Platform. It encompasses various features aimed at enhancing administrative capabilities and driving better governance, adoption, and insights. The COE Starter Kit can help you understand how the Power Platform gets used in your organization. You may have some apps and flows, but maybe you want to learn more about who's creating flows. How many apps and flows do you have each month, who are your top... --- ### 3 Copilot productivity hacks for SharePoint admins - at no extra cost - Published: 2024-04-09 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/3-copilot-productivity-hacks-for-sharepoint/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management, Microsoft Copilot - Tags: microsoft 365, microsoft copilot, vlad catrinescu It’s no secret that Generative AI solutions such as Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT are changing how everyone works. However, in most news stories and marketing materials, we only hear how students, information workers, or managers use those solutions, but no one talks about the best people – SharePoint Administrators! (Ok, I might be a bit biased here). At Ignite 2023, Microsoft announced they will release a Copilot in the SharePoint Online admin center, but that has not been released yet, so in this blog post, we will talk about three ways that SharePoint admins can use Microsoft Copilot on the web (previously Bing Chat Enterprise) to administer your SharePoint environment more efficiently! And more good news – you can access Microsoft Copilot at https://copilot. microsoft. com/ with no license required. Use Copilot to help you with your PowerShell scripts Let’s start talking about our best friend as SharePoint admins: PowerShell! Did you know that Microsoft Copilot and GitHub Copilot use the same Large Language Model (LLM): GPT-4? Now, of course, GitHub Copilot is a paid Copilot that is purpose-built to help with code and has incredible integrations with multiple IDEs. But did you know the free Microsoft Copilot can also help you with your PowerShell scripts? First, let’s say you find an old script your company uses but have trouble understanding what it does. Why not ask Copilot for help? Copilot can understand the PowerShell script and give you a very detailed explanation of everything the script does. You can also ask Copilot to create a brand-new script for you! In the example below, I prompted Copilot to generate a script for... --- ### Securing and governing Microsoft Copilot with Syskit Point > We discuss the security challenges associated with governing Microsoft Copilot and offer practical strategies for mitigating risks and enhancing governance. - Published: 2024-04-02 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/securing-and-governing-microsoft-copilot/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance, Microsoft 365 management, Microsoft Copilot - Tags: m365, microsoft 365, microsoft copilot, microsoft governance We discuss the security challenges associated with governing Microsoft Copilot and offer practical strategies for mitigating risks and enhancing governance. As organizations begin using Microsoft Copilot, it becomes even more important to secure and govern your Microsoft 365 environment and prepare for Copilot. Copilot promises to enhance collaboration and productivity, but to harness its full potential while safeguarding sensitive data, IT teams must adopt proactive measures and implement effective governance strategies as Microsoft Copilot will expose your already existing security risks. Our Syskit team recently held a webinar on security challenges associated with governing Microsoft Copilot and offered practical strategies for mitigating risks and enhancing security and governance. Our insights were drawn from extensive research, industry expertise, and practical experience, offering valuable guidance for IT teams and decision-makers alike. Watch the entire webinar recording below or read our blog for some key highlights and takeaways on how to leverage Microsoft Copilot effectively while maintaining robust security measures. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=cDUjnNTSms8 Understanding Microsoft Copilot: A Game-Changing Innovation In their study from March of 2023 Salesforce asked 500 senior leaders what their feelings about generative AI are. 57% of them feel that this is going to be a game-changer and 33% thought it was over-hyped. But even among the sceptics 80% agree that generative AI will help them better serve their customers. GenAI Survey When it comes to security risks, 71% of those senior IT leaders also believe that generative AI will introduce new security risks. This is a very valid concern but to shine some light on that let's look at how Copilot actually works. How Microsoft Copilot works At... --- ### 7 best practices to deal with the SharePoint storage limit > SharePoint storage limit wasn't on anyone's mind a decade ago. Recently, organizations have begun to struggle with storage. You don't have to! - Published: 2024-03-28 - Modified: 2024-11-19 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-storage-limit-best-practices/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management In recent years, organizations have begun to struggle with their SharePoint storage limit. You don't have to. In the last couple of months, I have spent a lot of time talking to our amazing customers about their Microsoft 365 and SharePoint storage limit challenges. When the IT industry embarked on this great cloud journey a decade ago, storage limitations were not at the top of anyone's mind. In that pre-cloud history, the storage limits seemed infinite. However, just like in our universe, storage in Microsoft 365 is limited. SharePoint storage limit challenges When talking to our customers, we found out there are usually two principal use cases that cause problems and accelerate organizations in approaching their SharePoint storage limit: Storage of large media files to SharePointA common challenge in many organizations due to the need to store media, for example videos and images in high resolution. Automatically generated contentMore specifically, automation that generates and stores a lot of content to automatically created SharePoint sites, such as logs, media, or similar. When using Syskit Point to look at one of our sites, it shows that media is the most important driver of storage use for a typical information worker company. Syskit Point shows how various file types consume storage in your SharePoint Online.   SharePoint versioning - the apparent culprit? It is in some cases! By default, all document libraries are set to store 500 versions, which is quite convenient for Office files, but it can become a problem really fast if you save 500 versions of a 1 GB video recording. The value of storing all these... --- ### Syskit receives SOC 2 Type 2 accreditation > The SOC 2 Type 2 report assures customers and stakeholders that the service provider's systems are secure and available. - Published: 2024-03-26 - Modified: 2024-06-20 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/syskit-receives-soc-2-type-2-accreditation/ - Categories: Company news The SOC 2 Type 2 report assures customers and stakeholders that the service provider's systems are secure and available. It's a crucial assurance mechanism for businesses that rely on third-party service providers to handle their data. Syskit received a clean SOC 2 Type 2 attestation report. This rigorous, independent assessment of our internal security controls validates our dedication and adherence to the highest security standards. This is an important milestone but is in no way an end to our commitment to our customers and the security of their data. Syskit views security as the foundation upon which our products are built and upon which trust with our customers is earned and maintained.   Syskit uses Drata's automated platform to continuously monitor its internal security controls against the highest possible standards. With Drata, Syskit has real-time visibility across the organization to ensure our systems' end-to-end security and compliance posture. "With this certification, our clients can trust that we've got their backs when it comes to security. It's not just a fancy badge – it's a promise. It shows we've got solid security measures in place, so they can rely on us to keep their data safe and our services running smoothly. It's a big win for everyone involved," said Frane Borozan, President of the Board at Syskit. Conducted by Prescient Security and Assurance, a nationally recognized CPA firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, this attestation report affirms that Syskit's information security practices, policies, procedures, and operations meet the rigorous SOC 2 Trust Service Criteria for security and confidentiality. Developed by the AICPA, SOC 2 is an extensive auditing procedure that ensures that a company is handling customer data securely and in a manner that protects the... --- ### Data exfiltration: understanding, detecting, and preventing  > Prevent data exfiltration: Discover actionable steps to fortify your Microsoft 365 environment against data breaches and insider threats effectively. - Published: 2024-03-21 - Modified: 2024-11-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/data-exfiltration/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 security Prevent data exfiltration: Discover actionable steps to fortify your Microsoft 365 environment against data breaches and insider threats effectively. Data exfiltration is a substantial threat in the digital landscape that has been gaining traction slowly but surely in the last couple of years. In this blog post, we'll investigate the meaning of data exfiltration, explore various techniques employed, discuss its detection, examine its potential impact, and provide insights into preventing data theft from your Microsoft 365 environment. What is data exfiltration? In its simplest terms, data exfiltration is the unauthorized removal of data from a computer, marking the culmination of many cyber attacks - even more simply, data exfiltration is data theft. Whether intentional or accidental, the aftermath of successful data exfiltration can be severe, leaving organizations grappling with the repercussions. Data exfiltration techniques Data exfiltration techniques are diverse but generally fall into two broad categories:  1. Outsider data exfiltration This type of data theft is done by individuals outside an organization that use automated tools and complex methods (such as social engineering and phishing attacks) for sophisticated data exfiltration. 2. Insider data exfiltration: Insider exfiltration can be malicious, but it is often accidental - an employee or an external collaborator might inadvertently share files and data with people outside your organization. A common example of malicious insider data exfiltration is when employees with access to sensitive data leave the organization but decide to take a lot of data with them first. Data theft: A quick Look Whether intentional or accidental, insider threats can lead to prolonged data theft incidents. An infamous example of malicious insider data exfiltration is... --- ### Syskit mentioned in the 2024 Gartner® research “Go Beyond Baseline Microsoft 365 GenAI Controls to Secure Copilot” > Syskit has been mentioned in the Gartner® report: Go Beyond Baseline Microsoft 365 GenAI Controls to Secure Copilot - Published: 2024-03-20 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/syskit-mentioned-in-the-2024-gartner-research-go-beyond-baseline-microsoft-365-genai-controls/ - Categories: Press release, Microsoft Copilot - Tags: gartner, microsoft copilot Syskit mentioned in another Gartner research report. Syskit, the creator of the platform for providing visibility in the Microsoft 365 environment, has been mentioned in the Gartner® report: Go Beyond Baseline Microsoft 365 GenAI Controls to Secure Copilot. According to the report, “Copilot for Microsoft 365 exposes information governance challenges, and native Microsoft controls do not focus on many GenAI risks. IT leaders protecting sensitive GenAI operations should include third-party guardrails in Copilot implementations or consider alternative solutions”. “We’re happy to be mentioned in the Gartner report,” said Syskit’s Product Manager, Danijel Cizek. “In addition to the benefits of increasing productivity, AI has the potential to amplify already existing problems exponentially. We anticipated these challenges and enhanced our solution to help our clients navigate safely in this landscape. Our answer to mitigating risks concerning Microsoft Copilot is the implementation of proper governance and having a clear overview of your access permissions and environment. We packaged those features in a centralized and user-friendly dashboard so IT admins can save time and have confidence that everything is running smoothly”. Gartner, “Go Beyond Baseline Microsoft 365 GenAI Controls to Secure Copilot”, by Avivah Litan, Max Goss, 19 February 2024. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U. S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner Disclaimer: Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in our research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or... --- ### Microsoft Copilot – How to apply best practices with SharePoint > When it comes to rolling out SharePoint Copilot, there are a couple of best practices you should follow to ensure the safety of your environment. - Published: 2024-03-13 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-copilot-best-practices/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft 365 management, Microsoft Copilot When it comes to rolling out Copilot, there are a couple of best practices you should follow to ensure the safety of your environment. Most organizations are now evaluating Microsoft's Copilot solutions and understanding how generative AI solutions combined with their business data can help their business achieve more. But, most of them hit a roadblock: Is the content in our tenant relevant and secure enough to enable Copilot? We say that Artificial Intelligence is a great amplifier. If you have good quality content, it will amplify everyone's productivity. However, if your environment doesn't follow best practices, especially regarding security, Copilot will amplify that and highlight your current security flaws. Microsoft is aware of this challenge and recently published some very important guidance for organizations in an article called Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 - best practices with SharePoint. While Microsoft shares some great guidance and high-level steps on how to use the SharePoint Premium Advanced management features to configure your environment, in this blog, we will show you how easy it can be to get your SharePoint environment Copilot-ready with Syskit Point. How does Copilot for Microsoft 365 work? Let's first do a quick recap of the basics. What makes Microsoft 365 Copilot unique is its ability to utilize all your data in the Microsoft Graph with the GPT-4 Large Language Model (LLM) and provide answers and solutions grounded in the best data available: Your own data. You can view a nice Microsoft graph below on how the whole process works, and of course, you can learn more about it on Microsoft Learn. Image source:Microsoft What do SharePoint permissions have to do with Microsoft 365... --- ### 3 ways how to use Copilot in Outlook to be more productive > Vlad Catrinescu explores the three ways that Copilot in Outlook can help you regain control of your day and spend less time dealing with emails. - Published: 2024-03-12 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/3-ways-how-to-use-copilot-in-outlook/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft Copilot Vlad Catrinescu explores the three ways that Copilot in Outlook can help you regain control of your day and spend less time dealing with emails. If you ever felt overwhelmed by the number of emails you have to read and respond to every day, you are not alone. Did you know the average professional receives 120 emails daily and spends up to 28% of the workday reading and answering emails? Microsoft said that the heaviest Outlook users receive up to 250 emails per day, which is scary to even think of. What if I told you there is a way you could save time and energy managing your emails? In this blog post, we will talk about three ways that Copilot in Outlook, part of Copilot for Microsoft 365, can help you regain control of your day and spend less time dealing with emails. How to use Copilot in Outlook to summarize emails The first way we can save time in Outlook is by using Copilot in Outlook to summarize emails and quickly extract the most important information. Remember the average of 120 emails per day? What if we had an assistant that could read them all in seconds – summarize them for us, and even tell us which ones are more urgent? That’s exactly what Copilot in Outlook can do, and even better, Copilot email summarization is available in all Outlook experiences, including the Classic and New Outlook clients for Desktop, Outlook on the web, and Outlook on your favorite mobile device. Inside the New Outlook client, you will find the Summary by Copilot at the top of every email, you can't miss it. Figure 1... --- ### SharePoint storage unleashed: Tenant space strategy > Vlad and Drew discuss SharePoint storage management and explore the essential aspects and storage strategies for M365 admins. - Published: 2024-03-07 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-storage-strategy/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance, Microsoft 365 management - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 Vlad and Drew discuss SharePoint storage management. They explore the essential aspects of managing storage in SharePoint Online for Microsoft 365 administrators. In our seventh episode on maximizing your Microsoft 365 potential, Vlad Catrinescu and Drew Madelung discuss SharePoint storage management. They explore the essential aspects of managing storage in SharePoint Online for Microsoft 365 administrators. Their previous episodes discussed orphaned workspaces, orphaned users, teams ownership, inactive guest users, and oversharing in Microsoft 365. Watch the entire episode about SharePoint storage management below and read some of the key takeaways in this blog post. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=B4IzfKkuxtk Understanding SharePoint storage basics SharePoint Online storage is dependent on the number of licensed users in the tenant. The more users we have licensed, the more storage we have. And if we ever hit our limit, we always have the possibility to buy more. Each licensed user contributes to the overall storage capacity, with an initial allocation of one terabyte plus ten gigabytes per licensed user. Field worker licenses do not get additional storage. Even if you have a thousand field workers, they do not add to your storage limit. How to check SharePoint storage? Calculating storage is relatively simple, but administrators can easily check available storage in the SharePoint Online Admin Center. You'll see either at the top right of the active sites or one of the cards you have on the SharePoint Admin Center home. It tells you how much storage you have available. Factors affecting SharePoint storage usage SharePoint storage also includes data from Microsoft Teams, which uses SharePoint as its back end. What's been interesting is watching the growth of... --- ### 5 useful PowerShell scripts every SharePoint Admin needs > Here are five useful PowerShell scripts every IT admin needs in their toolkit. They will help you with everything from storage to external users. - Published: 2024-03-04 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/5-useful-powershell-scripts/ - Categories: PowerShell scripts - Tags: powershell script Here are five useful PowerShell scripts every IT admin needs in their toolkit. Yes, the SharePoint admin center is amazing and has evolved significantly over the past few years. However, there are still many things that administrators need to rely on PowerShell scripts to get complete control of their SharePoint Online tenant. We can do thousands of things with PowerShell scripts in SharePoint Online, but in this post, I wanted to focus on five of my favorite PowerShell scripts I run all the time. In this post, I will not cover the basics of connecting to SharePoint Online; we will only focus on the PowerShell scripts. However, if you would like an introduction to the SharePoint Online Management Shell, check out the Get started with SharePoint Online Management Shell page on Microsoft Learn. 1. Reporting on SharePoint Online Storage per site PowerShell script One of the more useful PowerShell scripts turned out to be connected with reporting on SharePoint Online storage script. A few years ago, the Terabytes we had in SharePoint Online seemed more than enough. But now, we create so much data that many companies are starting to run low on free storage. To learn how storage works, check Syskit's YouTube channel on March 7, where a video I did with Microsoft MVP Drew Madelung about how it all works is coming out. As companies are watching storage more closely, a lot of them are switching from the "automatic management" of storage, where each site gets 25TB of storage assigned, to a more manual approach to make sure that there isn't a single... --- ### Share smarter: Microsoft 365 oversharing solutions > Vlad and Drew discuss Microsoft 365 oversharing and how you can effectively manage it within your tenant and get ready for Microsoft Copilot. - Published: 2024-02-29 - Modified: 2024-11-27 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-365-oversharing-solutions/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 governance, Microsoft 365 security - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 Vlad and Drew discuss Microsoft 365 oversharing and how you can effectively manage it within your tenant. In our sixth episode on maximizing your Microsoft 365 potential, Vlad Catrinescu and Drew Madelung discuss how to control Microsoft 365 oversharing. They explore the nuances of Microsoft 365 oversharing, its implications, and how you can effectively manage it within your tenant. Their previous episodes discussed orphaned workspaces, orphaned users, teams ownership, and inactive guest users. Watch the entire episode about Microsoft 365 oversharing below and read some of the key takeaways in this blog post. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=BT8ojp9QvcA Understanding Microsoft 365 oversharing Microsoft 365 Oversharing occurs when users grant excessive access to files and resources within the Microsoft 365 environment. Users share links without considering the available settings, leading to potential security risks. They take the easy route of sharing with a broad audience and don't consider the principle of least privilege. As a result, unauthorized individuals may gain access to sensitive information, posing significant security risks to your organization. Simply put, users share content with everyone and then they never review it, or even if they share it with the right people at that time, they never go back and review permissions regularly. What happens is that you have users out there who still have rights to things that they do not need for their day-to-day jobs. Microsoft 365 oversharing and Copilot Another thing to consider is oversharing and preparing for Microsoft Copilot or if you look at some of the things in the news around people who have had too much access to SharePoint is that... --- ### Syskit Point Now Available on Microsoft AppSource   > Syskit Point is now available on Microsoft AppSource, an online cloud marketplace providing tailored line-of-business solutions.  - Published: 2024-02-28 - Modified: 2024-10-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/syskit-point-now-available-on-microsoft-appsource/ - Categories: Press release Syskit Point Now Available on Microsoft AppSource  CAMBRIDGE, England — February 28, 2024 — Syskit, a company dedicated to simplifying management and governance in Microsoft 365, today announced the availability of Syskit Point on Microsoft AppSource, an online cloud marketplace providing tailored line-of-business solutions.   Syskit’s platform eliminates the need to jump from one admin center to another, enabling IT admins and end-users to see all resources across Microsoft 365 Groups, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint. Their centralized dashboard provides detailed reporting, real-time access management actions, auditing activity, and automated governance workflows.   “Syskit Point introduces complete visibility in the Microsoft 365 environment. We provide organizations with a controlled overview of their inventory and support them in the secure utilization of collaboration capabilities Microsoft offers. At Syskit, we always strive to reduce complexity. Syskit Point becoming available in the Microsoft AppSource is another step in simplifying the customer journey,” said Toni Frankola, CEO of Syskit.   “Microsoft welcomes Syskit Point to AppSource, where global customers find thousands of line-of-business partner solutions that work with the Microsoft products they already use,” said Giovanni Mezgec, Vice President, Modern Work + Business Applications Field & Partner Marketing, Microsoft Corp. “AppSource and trusted partners like Syskit help customers do more with less by increasing efficiency, buying confidently, and spending smarter. ” Learn more about Syskit Point at its page on Microsoft AppSource. About Syskit Syskit developed a centralized platform, Syskit Point, for introducing complete visibility in the Microsoft 365 environment. With its comprehensive suite of features, Syskit Point enables organizations to efficiently manage and secure... --- ### Syskit included in Gartner® research How to Prepare for Microsoft 365 Education Storage Changes > Syskit, a leading provider of M365 governance solutions, announced today that it has been included a Gartner report about M365 storage changes for education. - Published: 2024-02-23 - Modified: 2024-10-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/syskit-included-in-gartner-research-how-to-prepare-for-microsoft-365-education-storage-changes/ - Categories: Press release - Tags: education, m365, storage management Syskit, a leading provider of Microsoft 365 governance solutions, announced today that it has been included in the report How to Prepare for Microsoft 365 Education Storage Changes* by Gartner®. Last August, Microsoft announced storage limitations and the retirement of the Office A1 Plus program for Education. For some organizations, this means up to a 90% storage reduction. Gartner's research lays a plan for preparing for the upcoming changes and optimizing the data life cycle.   “We believe being acknowledged in the How to Prepare for Microsoft 365 Education Storage Changes by Gartner® emphasizes our dedication to allow our users to continue to operate smoothly and cost-effectively under the new changes and constraints in the Microsoft 365 environment. For us, this report validates the critical need for robust governance solutions and highlights our company's increasing value in this space,” said Danijel Cizek, Product Manager at Syskit. Syskit's platform enables users to control the data life cycle and increase security by introducing visibility in the environment. The company revealed its upgraded Storage Management functionality that enables IT admins to clean up their tenant by discovering and deleting old and redundant file versions. "By talking with our customers, we recognized that organizations are experiencing multiple challenges regarding storage, such as costs, challenging management, governance, etc. We addressed those with a solution that gives them real-time insights into the state of the tenant and enables management actions from a centralized and UX-friendly dashboard,” Cizek concluded.    Gartner, “How to Prepare for Microsoft 365 Education Storage Changes”, by Max Goss, Albert Gauthier, 08 January 2024.   GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U. S.... --- ### Microsoft 365 for Education storage calculator > Use our free storage calculator to effectively navigate the Microsoft 365 Education storage changes. Get ready today with Syskit Point. - Published: 2024-02-23 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-365-for-education-storage-calculator/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management Navigate Microsoft 365 Education storage changes effortlessly using our calculator. In recent months, we have worked with customers to help them understand how they use their storage and what kind of data they have in Microsoft 365, and helping them optimize their M365 storage. A specific cohort of Microsoft 365 customers kept standing out: The Microsoft 365 Education customers. Microsoft 365 for Education Microsoft 365 Education customers are specific because they usually have less staff (around ~15%) and a much greater number of free A1 licenses for students. The number of student accounts can be higher, depending on whether the institution has a policy of allowing alumni to retain access to some of their resources, such as Outlook or OneDrive. Microsoft 365 Education storage changes explained The upcoming change in how Microsoft allocates storage will affect institutions with more A1 license holders and institutions already using a lot of their distributed storage. Microsoft will change storage allocations for educational institutions starting on August 1, 2024, or at their contract renewal date (if you have an existing multi-year contract, you might have a longer period to adjust and address these challenges). The new educational storage schema introduces a concept of pooled storage, i. e. , the storage allocation for each tenant that can then be further distributed among SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange. Each educational tenant will be granted an initial base of 100TB pooled storage per their tenant. How do you get more storage? There are a couple of ways of purchasing more storage: By purchasing A3 licenses, each A3 license... --- ### Guarding against inactive guests in Microsoft 365 > Vlad and Drew take a deep dive into inactive guests in Microsoft 365, the associated risks, and best practices for effective management. - Published: 2024-02-22 - Modified: 2024-10-29 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/inactive-guests-in-microsoft-365/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft 365 governance - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 Vlad and Drew explore how to manage inactive guest users in Microsoft 365. They discuss the definition of guest users, their implications, associated risks, and best practices for effective management. In episode five of our video series, Microsoft MVPs Vlad Catrinescu and Drew Madelung explore how to manage inactive guests in Microsoft 365. Vlad and Drew explore the definition of inactive guest users, their implications, associated risks, and best practices for effective management. Their previous episodes discussed orphaned workspaces, orphaned users, reclaiming Microsoft 365 licenses, and teams ownership. Check out the full episode below, and read the blog for some of the key takeaways. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=6uoV4M124K0 Understanding Microsoft 365 guest users A guest user is going to be the primary way that we refer to a user that's in your directory, a user in Entra ID, who is not a regular member of your organization. If you bring in someone else outside of your tenant, the guest is someone actually being added to your directory. Unlike regular members of the organization, guest users maintain their identities and authentication credentials outside the organization's directory. Guest users are primarily added to the organization's environment through an invitation process, wherein they receive invitations to specific resources such as Teams, SharePoint sites, or files. Upon accepting the invitation, guest users become part of the organization's directory, but with limited access rights. A guest user and an external user in Microsoft 365 are two separate things, you don't want to use the term external and guest synonymously. Admins need to understand and use the right vocabulary between external access and guest access. External access is tied to chat federation in Teams, which has its own configurations... --- ### 3 things you can only do with Microsoft Edge Copilot > Edge Copilot in the Microsoft Edge Sidebar gives us a lot of capabilities. Learn more about the things you can do only in Microsoft Edge. - Published: 2024-02-20 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/3-things-only-microsoft-edge-copilot-can-do/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft Copilot Microsoft Copilot is one of the most popular Generative AI tools in the world. It allows everyone to get answers to any question, create awesome content, and even generate realistic images or even songs. While ChatGPT was there a few months before Copilot (called Bing Chat at the time), the inspiring Super Bowl commercial made a lot of people switch over and have the advanced GPT-4 model for free! If you haven’t seen the commercial, check it out below before we show you what Microsoft Edge Copilot can do for you. https://youtu. be/SaCVSUbYpVc? si=7bYW0oqVcsJHVkp9 Copilot is available everywhere Let me start by saying that Microsoft Copilot is available everywhere, from the web by simply going to https://copilot. microsoft. com/, to an app on every mobile device (iOS, iPadOS, Android) and even inside Windows Copilot and the Microsoft Edge browser. While most entry points offer the same features, one stands out: using Copilot in the Microsoft Edge Sidebar gives us additional capabilities. You can access Copilot in the Edge Sidebar by clicking the Copilot icon at the top right side of the screen. Edge Copilot understands what you’re looking at Microsoft Edge Copilot has a superpower allowing it to access the current page or document you are looking at! This can be turned off by simply going to the settings, but you might not want to do that after I show you what you can do with it. 1. Using Copilot to summarize webpages and documents Since Copilot has access to the current page, you can use it to interact with the data inside the page. You can ask it to generate a page summary, and Copilot will get to work and create an excellent page summary for... --- ### Microsoft Teams ownership: The key to collaboration > Vlad and Drew go into details of Microsoft Teams ownership, key settings, and best practices to empower team owners in maximizing the platform's potential. - Published: 2024-02-15 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/microsoft-teams-ownership/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft 365 governance - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 Vlad and Drew unravel the intricate details of Microsoft Teams ownership, exploring key settings and best practices to empower team owners in maximizing the platform's potential. In the fourth episode of our video series on maximizing Microsoft 365 potential, Vlad Catrinescu and Drew Madelung delve into the crucial topic of teams ownership within Microsoft Teams. Their previous episodes discussed orphaned workspaces, orphaned users, and reclaiming Microsoft 365 licenses. Watch the entire episode below and read some of the key points in this blog post. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=YWgla-OJA9o Teams ownership and membership roles Microsoft Teams membership is linked with the Microsoft 365 group membership. You cannot have a Microsoft Teams team without having a Microsoft 365 group attached to it. And whether we add people from Microsoft Teams or the Microsoft 365 group, they all end up being in the Microsoft 365 group. The three key Microsoft Teams membership roles are owner, member, and guest. Owners have extensive access to team settings, can edit the team properties, and can add other people. Teams ownership plays a crucial role, empowering team owners to control settings at a granular level. Members can collaborate within the group, while guests, although similar to members, are subject to specific settings. Microsoft Teams channels There are four types of Microsoft Teams channels: general, standard, private, and shared. It is very important to understand channel types as they are the functional foundation of Teams. You can't have a team without a channel. General channels Every team in Microsoft Teams has a General channel. It is one of the types of channels that is there by default. You can't change the name of the... --- ### How do you balance Collaboration vs Security in Microsoft 365? > We asked top Microsoft MVPs how they would balance collaboration vs security in Microsoft 365 to get the best of both worlds. - Published: 2024-02-13 - Modified: 2024-11-14 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/how-do-you-balance-collaboration-vs-security-in-microsoft-365/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft 365 security - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 What's the best way to balance collaboration vs security? We asked Microsoft MVPs to give us their take. We asked Microsoft MVPs what's the best way to balance collaboration vs security in Microsoft 365. We compiled their answers into a short video that you can watch below. But we couldn't fit it all in so we put all their answers together in this blog post so we could fully share their awesome insights. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=RGW5qDmMi-I Governance is about efficiency - Richard Harbridge There's a bit of friction, right? I want everyone to collaborate more and then you get this push back, that's going to create data leak risks. The big transformation that happened, there was a lot of digital first response, let's rapidly deploy Teams and help people have lots of SharePoint sites and places to work and externally collaborate. Let's open that up so we can be responsive. And that was the right judgement for a lot of organizations. But now what's happened is we've had a lot of organizations that have created sprawl. They've created unmanaged, not managed sprawl. And when it's unmanaged sprawl, there's a lot of risk inherent in that. And so I think the first thing to note is the Microsoft strategy is compliant collaboration, all collaboration in Microsoft 365 whether it's Teams, SharePoint, all of those collaboration scenarios, they're compliant by design. Purview, information protection, DLP, all these patterns are available out of the box. And so there's no way you can collaborate in the Microsoft stack today that hasn't had a layer of thought around "How do we do... --- ### Reclaiming unused Microsoft 365 licenses > Microsoft MVPs Vlad Catrinescu and Drew Madelung explore Microsoft 365 licenses and how to reclaim potentially unused licenses. - Published: 2024-02-08 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/reclaiming-unused-microsoft-365-licenses/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 Microsoft MVPs Vlad Catrinescu and Drew Madelung explore Microsoft 365 licenses and how to reclaim potentially unused licenses. In episode three of our video series, Microsoft MVPs Vlad Catrinescu and Drew Madelung discuss Maximizing ROI by Reclaiming Microsoft 365 Licenses. They explore the basics of Microsoft 365 licenses, provide practical insights for administrators to optimize licenses, show how to reclaim potentially unused and underutilized Microsoft 365 licenses, and efficiently assign licenses based on group memberships. Our previous episodes focused on orphaned workspaces and orphaned users. Watch episode three below and read some of the key points in this blog post. You can also check out our Microsoft 365 Licenses eBook. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=PjDKAPB_Ydg Microsoft 365 Licenses Basics Microsoft 365 is a software-as-a-service offering that includes various license options such as Microsoft 365 licenses, Office 365 licenses, standalone product licenses, and add-ons. Licensing in the Microsoft 365 world is calculated per user per month, providing flexibility for different user needs. The differences between Microsoft 365 and Office 365 include additional features such as Windows and the Enterprise Mobility and Security Suite. Avoiding Over-Licensing Do you pay for licenses that are not even assigned to people? Also, with different licensing options, do your users have the correct license or are you paying for features and services they don’t need? Is a Microsoft 365 license the best possible option? Or maybe you only need an Office 365 license? That's one of the first things to look at, you don't need to have the same license for every user in your organization. Some organizations just say, “We'll get E5 for everybody,... --- ### Vlad Catrinescu, Microsoft MVP joins Syskit as Technical Evangelist > Vlad Catrinescu is a well-known name in the Microsoft community, and we are excited to announce that he is joining Syskit as our Technical Evangelist - Published: 2024-02-06 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/vlad-catrinescu-joins-syskit-as-technical-evangelist/ - Categories: Company news - Tags: vlad catrinescu Syskit just gained a new team member. Vlad Catrinescu is a well-known name in the Microsoft community, and we are excited to announce that he is joining Syskit as our Technical Evangelist. He will leverage his knowledge and experience and create educational content that will demystify complexities in Microsoft. Why Syskit? Vlad explained his reason for joining Syskit, stating, “I know that governance will never be a buzzword like AI. However, it is vital in ensuring the success of organizations working in Microsoft environments. With the widespread adoption of Copilot and amid the growing complexities, such as the rising number of sites, containers, permission challenges, and a sheer abundance of data, Syskit Point is probably the best tool on the market for visibility and security of Microsoft tenants. I'm genuinely excited to be part of the Syskit team, where I can contribute and create fantastic content about SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and Microsoft Copilot for the community. Watch the video below to find out what Vlad said about joining Syskit: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=WzJECs_p8Ko Vlad is an Office 365 consultant, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and a published author who has impacted over a million global IT professionals and end-users. A Microsoft MVP since 2013, he is a renowned international speaker and blogger who consistently ranks among the "Top 25 SharePoint & Office 365 Influencers," solidifying his status as a leading Microsoft expert. Watch Next Don’t miss Vlad’s first webinar as a Syskitarian, Sharing Smarter: Mitigating Microsoft 365 Oversharing Risks. Also, alongside Drew Madelung, he is hosting a video series, Increase Visibility... --- ### Lost and found: How to discover Microsoft 365 orphaned users > Drew Madelung and Vlad Catrinescu share best practices on orphaned users in Microsoft 365 environments, especially in the context of SharePoint. - Published: 2024-02-01 - Modified: 2024-10-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/how-to-discover-microsoft-365-orphaned-users/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft 365 management Drew Madelung and Vlad Catrinescu share best practices on orphaned users in Microsoft 365 environments, especially in the context of SharePoint. We learned about Orphaned workspaces in the first episode. In the second episode, you'll get insights into identifying orphaned users, understanding the risks, and managing them in a Microsoft 365 environment with practical recommendations. Watch the whole episode here: https://youtu. be/wonsWMhqWV4? si=lLFXVBxxeqKvMzA7 Orphaned Users in SharePoint Orphaned users are specific to SharePoint. It occurs in SharePoint Online when an account in Entra ID is removed but still exists in SharePoint User Information List (UIL) and potentially in a SharePoint Group. A sync still occurs between Entra ID and user objects and the SharePoint Online profile store. It does not exist for Microsoft 365 groups but can exist if SPO-specific permissions are used. Risks and issues with Orphaned Users The main concern is that permissions may still be applied to orphaned users, confusing users checking access. While there's no direct technical risk (since the account is deleted), the visual impact and potential for confusion are highlighted. For example, when a user wants to check who has access to their content, orphaned users can cause unnecessary confusion and waste time doing cleanup. The red herring in SharePoint Furthermore, orphaned users can cause unnecessary errors during migrations, especially from older versions of SharePoint. Error messages about non-existent users can clutter migration reports, potentially diverting attention from genuine errors. This visual deception emphasizes the importance of proactively managing orphaned users before embarking on migration projects. Identifying and managing orphaned users There are no built-in solutions available for managing orphaned users in Microsoft 365. One... --- ### Three hours with Microsoft Copilot Studio > First impressions of Microsoft Copilot Studio prove it to be impressive. We even discovered a use case that helps find inconsistencies on your site. - Published: 2024-01-31 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/three-hours-with-microsoft-copilot-studio/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft Copilot - Tags: m365, microsoft copilot, microsoft copilot studio First impressions of Microsoft Copilot Studio I finally found the time to try out Copilot Studio, the latest Microsoft AI tool release. And I have to say I am impressed. There are understandable restrictions (not least the cost and impact on the planet needed for generative models). It's great that Microsoft has put so much effort into making it very usable and accessible. I should also mention the great introductory tutorial from Microsoft Reactor, which I found very useful.   I have used ChatGPT extensively in the past rather than Microsoft’s versions, not least because of the restrictions on licensing with Copilot. Now that those restrictions have been lifted, we can all have a try. The studio functionality is easy to use, and it takes very little time to create a chatbot for your website. What was particularly impressive is that you can use either public-facing content (for example, your website) or private content, for example, your internal SharePoint site. I've spent around half my time on each as they are obviously for their very different use cases. In the future, I will focus my time on public-facing content (about Syskit), and then let's see how it copes with our internal SharePoint site. So how did it go? See for yourself! This is what it said when I asked the question, “What is Syskit Point? ”:  An unexpected Copilot Studio use case Very impressive. I’ve also played a lot with other options like “Create an advert” or “Write a long technical blog post” and lots more.... --- ### Taming orphaned workspaces in Microsoft 365 > Microsoft MVPs Vlad Catrinescu and Drew Madelung take a deep dive into Taming orphaned workspaces in Microsoft 365. - Published: 2024-01-25 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/taming-orphaned-workspaces-in-microsoft-365/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft 365 management - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 Microsoft MVPs Vlad Catrinescu and Drew Madelung take a deep dive into Taming orphaned workspaces. In episode one of our video series, Increase Visibility to Unleash your Microsoft 365 Potential, Microsoft MVPs Vlad Catrinescu and Drew Madelung discuss Taming Orphaned Workspaces. They dive into the concept of orphaned workspaces within Microsoft 365 and the steps to identify, manage, and prevent them from becoming orphaned. To have the full experience, watch the entire episode below. We’ve also highlighted some of the key points in this blog post. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=asfz74KIg_k Understanding Microsoft 365 Workspaces Workspaces refer to collaborative spaces within Microsoft 365, including Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, Viva Engage, and OneDrive. Microsoft 365 groups are the foundation behind most of these workspaces, acting as cross-application membership services. You need to understand how workspaces work so you can understand how to tame and manage them. Think about these brand names (Teams, SharePoint Online, Viva Engage) as a workspace versus just a product. That will help dictate what makes these things tick and what makes it an orphaned workspace. Microsoft 365 Groups and roles Microsoft 365 groups play a crucial role in managing ownership of workspaces. Groups have different roles, such as members and owners, with specific permissions. Groups have been around for years, but it is the key to managing the ownership of your workspaces. Ownership management is essential for controlling permissions and collaboration within Teams, SharePoint, and Viva Engage. OneDrive does not use Microsoft 365 groups. There's no risk of having an orphaned group here or an orphaned OneDrive site because there is actually a... --- ### What’s benefits will Microsoft 365 Copilot bring? > We asked top Microsoft MVPs what they thought were the biggest benefits that Microsoft 365 Copilot will bring. - Published: 2024-01-15 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/whats-benefits-will-microsoft-365-copilot-bring/ - Categories: Modern work, Microsoft Copilot - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 We asked top Microsoft MVPs what they thought were the biggest benefits that Microsoft 365 Copilot will bring. We asked Microsoft MVPs what the biggest benefits of Microsoft 365 Copilot are and we compiled their answers into a short video, which you can see below. But they had more to say that we put all their answers together in this blog post so we could fully share their awesome insights. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=sx80oerZXK0 Microsoft Copilot will save people time - Vlad Catrinescu There is no hiding that it will change the world and every organization will start using AI at some point, but it will depend on the data you have in your tenant. If you have garbage data, you'll have a garbage experience, unfortunately. If you're ever looking for a project to do as an organization, start cleaning up your tenant and start tagging your documents. If you don't have good security in place, your security team will absolutely hate Copilot. And we had a bit of the same problem with Delve a couple of years ago, which was in a way, the first version of AI in the Microsoft Cloud. If your data is not secured properly, people will have access to things that they shouldn't have. At the end of the day, the reason why, for me, Microsoft Copilot is the best productivity tool out there is because it respects all your security and compliance standards. So Copilot will only have access to things that the user has access to. And that's why it's so important that you be secure and of course you... --- ### SharePoint list formatting > Master SharePoint List formatting with SharePoint list formatting, Power App, and SPFx customization options. - Published: 2024-01-11 - Modified: 2024-10-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/sharepoint-list-formatting/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management Derek Cash-Peterson shares insight into multiple SharePoint form customization methods. Managing documents and data in SharePoint is easy, but when it comes to form data, a challenge can lie in the user interface for data entry. By leveraging different Microsoft 365 (M365) functionality and adhering to a few user experience principles, we can streamline user interaction, decrease data entry errors, and increase our users' satisfaction. The key is understanding which SharePoint list formatting customization method suits the purpose and when to implement it effectively. User experience principles The Law of Proximity states that objects close to each other are perceived as grouped. Similarly, the Law of Common Regions indicates that elements sharing a visual boundary are seen as belonging together. These principles guide our approach to SharePoint list form customizations. Traditional SharePoint lists challenges Traditional SharePoint lists stack fields without clear visual hierarchy or headers. You can enter the data in the information panel or edit it in the new/edit form. The fields are stacked on top of each other, going from top to bottom. These forms are fine if you have a small number of fields in the form. With longer forms, this can cause confusion, especially for forms with different sections that are filled out by different business groups or forms that have a multi-step process. This stacked approach can make users feel frustrated that the form is long, resulting in users filling out the wrong fields for this step in the process or filling out fields that don't belong to their group. This is an example of a project task tracking... --- ### How to manage SharePoint storage > What if you could avoid having to get additional SharePoint storage or, at the very least, postpone raising your SharePoint storage limit? - Published: 2024-01-04 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/how-to-manage-sharepoint-storage/ - Categories: Microsoft 365 management, Microsoft 365 reporting Looking how to manage your SharePoint storage effectively and avoid stress and unnecessary costs? What if there was a way you could avoid having to get additional SharePoint storage or, at the very least, postpone raising your SharePoint storage limit? A tool or a solution that would help you get adequate time to prepare for the additional costs. Would you skip reading the rest of this blog post and learn more about such a solution that would help you optimize SharePoint storage in Microsoft 365? If you don't want to spend any more time reading about the problems and pain points surrounding SharePoint storage, feel free to skip the rest of this blog post and go directly to the solution you need: What is SharePoint storage in Microsoft 365? SharePoint storage in Microsoft 365 refers to the space allocated for storing data in SharePoint Online, which is a cloud-based service offered as part of the Microsoft 365 suite. It enables businesses and organizations to create websites for information sharing, document management, and collaboration. SharePoint storage is a critical component of the SharePoint Online service, providing a flexible and secure platform for storing and managing a wide range of content within an organization. SharePoint has many features that help it stand out, like its scalability. If an organization needs more storage than it has provided in its plan, it can quickly purchase additional SharePoint storage. It's a great feature... or is it now? Is SharePoint truly easily scalable? Of course it is, but it could always be better. Having to deal with potential lack of... --- ### What’s the next big thing in Microsoft for 2024? > We asked top Microsoft MVPs what they thought was the next big thing in the Microsoft 365 landscape for 2024. - Published: 2023-12-21 - Modified: 2024-10-22 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/whats-the-next-big-thing-in-microsoft-for-2024/ - Categories: Modern work - Tags: m365, microsoft 365 We asked top Microsoft MVPs what they thought was the next big thing in the Microsoft 365 landscape for 2024. At ESPC in Amsterdam this year, we asked top Microsoft MVPs what recent Microsoft announcements they were most excited about. We wanted to find out what they thought was the next big thing in the Microsoft 365 landscape for 2024. We compiled their answers into a short video, which you can see below. But they had so much to say that we decided to put all their answers together in this blog post so we could do them justice and share their amazing insights in full. https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=_XYW9tZGGe8 SharePoint Premium and Digital Employee Experience – Karoliina Kettukari I'm super excited about SharePoint Premium because I think SharePoint, with all of this Copilot, AI hype, has been left behind for a while. But now with SharePoint Premium, there are so many new additional features from Syntex, from the Data governance point of view, that is really something to be looked at in the future. I think one of the features that I really like from the productivity perspective is integrating your third-party applications and logins into Copilot. I was just in a session with Vesa and Fabian and they talked about extensions in Copilot. When you can bring your own systems and people can use them in Teams where they are already, that will be a huge productivity change. Certainly, my favorite topic is Digital Employee Experience because we humans are the ones who are using all of these new technologies and new products and applications. When thinking, for... --- ### A year in review - Evolving Syskit Point with customer feedback > In 2023 we focused on what we worked on all the key pillars of our vision: Visibility, Governance, and Security for M365. - Published: 2023-12-19 - Modified: 2024-11-15 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/a-year-in-review-evolving-syskit-point-with-customer-feedback/ - Categories: Company news - Tags: m365, microsoft 365, syskit point For the Microsoft community worldwide and us at Syskit, 2023 has been an interesting year. In the year with a lot of hype around different shiny new toys, we focused on what we learned from you, our customers, and delivered functionalities that moved the needle on all key pillars of our vision: Visibility, Governance, and Security as well as strengthened our foundations in scalability and performance. This meant that our efforts were mainly focused on improving Syskit Point's functionalities in the creation and maintenance phases of the workspace lifecycle. We built on the foundations of Syskit Point in pursuit of top-class performance and scalability, especially given our dedication to supporting and scaling alongside our clients. On top of that, we expanded our capabilities to better support our customers in their day-to-day management tasks, including, for the first time, the support for GCC high tenants, catering to enterprises with stringent security requirements. Thank you for bringing us closer to fulfilling our vision to empower IT teams, workspace owners, and end users with a powerful, scalable, and easy-to-use platform for reporting, managing, and governing Microsoft 365 – from workspace creation to its end-of-life. Let’s quickly recap the key initiatives we were working on. Eliminating sprawl with Access Requests Recognizing that workspace sprawl is a critical challenge for many organizations, we directed our initial efforts towards the Creation phase, understanding that creating every new workspace should start with a deliberate search to prevent unnecessary proliferation. Our "sprawl killer," comprising the Workspace Centre and Access Requests, emerged as a cornerstone of the creation phase. The Workspace Center within Syskit... --- ### What our customers say about us > Visibility, Governance, and Security aren’t just words for a headline - these are significant problems that customers have to deal with. - Published: 2023-12-14 - Modified: 2024-11-13 - URL: https://www.syskit.com/blog/what-our-customers-say-about-us/ - Categories: Modern work Visibility, Governance, and Security aren’t just words for a headline - these are significant problems that customers have to deal with. I’ve just returned from a week visiting Syskit customers, and as always with these visits, I find out a lot of things that I either didn’t know or certainly didn’t expect to hear. Visiting customers is my favourite part of the job. Until you are sat in front of a customer, listening to them telling you about what they think of the product and why they use it, it’s hard to really know why they ended up buying a license. There’s a lot of detail I’m missing out here, but below is a summary of the things I heard about Syskit and its products.   Visibility, Governance, and Security aren’t just words for a headline - these are significant problems that customers have to deal with. From small customers to large, these three words came up time and time again in various combinations. And when we start talking about “What keeps you awake at night? “, this is what we hear over and over. I was particularly taken aback by the importance of visibility when working with Microsoft 365 and/or SharePoint. Without proper monitoring tools, how can they possibly know that somebody has just accessed a file they shouldn’t see? Or that there are no permissions at all on certain folders? This problem is particularly acute if there is a lot of staff turnover. Proper handovers are rare. When leaving a job, do people ever take the time to make sure all of the folder and document access is cleaned... --- ---