Microsoft 365 Copilot - Small Business Guide to Prepare your Data for Search
Manage your data access effectively while using Microsoft 365 Copilot. Navigate the SharePoint admin center to adjust site privacy settings, ensuring only authorized members can access sensitive content. Set up test accounts to identify potential oversharing and take corrective actions. By refining permissions, protect valuable information and enhance the relevance of AI-generated responses.
Jeremy Chapman, Director of Microsoft 365, shares how to find and control oversharing, so you can confidently utilize Microsoft 365 Copilot for your small business needs.
► QUICK LINKS:
00:00 - Prepare data for search
01:22 - Search hygiene
02:04 - Test to see who has access
02:33 - How to set up a test account
03:32 - Search for items
05:08 - Information retrieval process
05:45 - Shared items by invitation link
06:19 - Oversharing
07:33 - How to reduce oversharing
08:35 - Check permissions
11:07 - Confirm permissions are in place
11:52 - Wrap up
► Link References
Get to the SharePoint admin center from Microsoft 365’s admin center at https://admin.microsoft.com
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