08/21/2026
One of the biggest misconceptions about Microsoft 365 Copilot:
“AI is going to give everyone access to everything.”
That is not how Microsoft 365 Copilot is designed.
It works within the permissions users already have.
But that leads to a very important follow-up question:
Are those permissions actually correct?
Years of shared folders, old projects, department changes and temporary access can leave behind permissions nobody intended to keep forever.
Copilot makes permission hygiene a business issue, not just an IT housekeeping task.
Before worrying about what AI might expose, understand what your people can already access.