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Copilot Success Starts with Clean Data

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https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/753

AI adoption starts with data readiness. Yatindra Ranpura shares a practical framework for deploying Copilot successfully, including how to clean legacy systems, measure adoption, and align with regulations like GDPR and the EU AI Act. Learn how to avoid common pitfalls and build a resilient, scalable AI strategy.

🎙️ What you’ll learn
• How to prepare your data for Copilot and AI tools
• A 3-step framework for successful AI adoption
• Ways to identify and remove ROT (redundant, obsolete, trivial) data
• How to align AI rollouts with GDPR and the EU AI Act
• Techniques for measuring sentiment and adoption across teams
• Copilot Success Starts with Clean Data

✅ Find Yatindra Online
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yatindra/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yatindra.ranpura/
• GitHub: https://github.com/yatindra

👉 Chapters
• 02:13 The Copilot Wake-Up Call: Why Most Organizations Aren’t Ready
• 04:57 The 3-Step Framework for Copilot Success
• 16:55 From Unlimited to Urgent: The Storage Crisis in Higher Ed
• 22:51 EU AI Act Compliance: Training, Sentiment, and Shadow Risks
• 27:29 The Iceberg Disaster: When One SharePoint Site Holds Petabytes
• 31:37 AI for Family, Learning, and Legacy

✅ Highlights
• “Data quality is a super important topic.”
• “Establishing the correct guardrails of any Copilot release is fundamental.”
• “If you don’t need it, you should get rid of it.”
• “ROT data means you can really focus on what is the key thing.”
• “We discovered the most popular file was the restaurant menu.”
• “You want to get something done rapidly, but pull in the right parts of the business.”
• “GDPR and the EU AI Act are super important.”
• “You can measure sentiment without needing a formal survey.”
• “We realised there were three copies of the same information going around.”
• “Some organisations aren’t even prepared.”
• “You’ve got to make sure you’ve packed properly.”
• “We help restructure and break down huge icebergs into smaller ones.”

✅ Find Yatindra Online:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yatindra/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yatindra.ranpura/
• GitHub: https://github.com/yatindra

🧰 Mentioned
• Microsoft Copilot – Enjoy an AI Assistant Anywhere with Copilot for PC, Mac, Mobile, and More | Microsoft Copilot (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/for-individuals/?form=MA13YT)
• Office 365 – Microsoft 365 – Subscription for Productivity Apps | Microsoft 365 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365)
• SharePoint – Safely Collaborate and Share Content | Microsoft SharePoint (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration)

✅Keywords
copilot, ai adoption, data quality, office 365, sharepoint, gdpr, eu ai act, rot data, sentiment analysis, power platform, data governance, legacy systems

Microsoft 365 Copilot Adoption is a Microsoft Press book for leaders and consultants. It shows how to identify high-value use cases, set guardrails, enable champions, and measure impact, so Copilot sticks. Practical frameworks, checklists, and metrics you can use this month. Get the book: https://bit.ly/CopilotAdoption

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