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Don’t Turn on Copilot Yet: Prep Your Data First – YouTube
Don’t Turn on Copilot Yet: Prep Your Data First
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Pieter Kops shares practical lessons from the front lines of Copilot adoption. He explains why organisations must fix security and data quality before switching AI on, how oversharing and duplication damage AI outcomes, and where Copilot delivers real value beyond basic automation. The conversation focuses on SharePoint, metadata, governance, and helping people move from search and automation towards research and higher value AI use.
👉 Full Show Notes
https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/819
🎙️ What you’ll learn
• How to prepare your data estate before enabling Copilot
• Why oversharing creates real security and quality risks for AI
• Practical approaches to cleaning up SharePoint and file sprawl
• How metadata improves findability and Copilot results
• Where Copilot adoption stalls and how to push past basic automation
• Don’t Turn on Copilot Yet: Prep Your Data First
👉 Chapters
• 02:30 Copilot Doesn’t Fail Your Data Does
• 03:59 “Don’t Switch It On Yet” The Two Pillars That Decide Success
• 05:10 Oversharing Is the Silent AI Risk No One Sees Coming
• 07:00 Garbage In, Garbage Out: How Human Error Trains AI to Be Wrong
• 08:46 Why Cleaning Up Data Is So Hard and Still Essential
• 12:55 Metadata Beats Folder Structures And Copilot Makes It Possible
• 15:25 Most People Use Copilot as Search A Few Use It as Leverage
✅ Find Pieter Online:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pieterkops/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pieter.kops/
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pkops.bsky.social
• Untappd: https://untappd.com/user/pkops
• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pieterkops/
• Personal blog: https://pieterkops.nl/over-pieter-kops/
• GitHub: https://github.com/ON6PH
🔴 Highlights
• “Don’t switch it on yet. Do stuff first.”
• “If your security is not in place, then God knows what information you’re surfacing.”
• “Rubbish in, rubbish out.”
• “Human error is littered through the landscape of corporate data.”
• “Stop sharing.”
• “Deduplication is a tough process to do.”
• “People tend to have the folder structure on top of mind.”
• “That’s why we need Copilot.”
• “Most people just use Copilot as the new search agent.”
• “More than 90% of the ideas were just automation.”
🧰 Mentioned
• SharePoint: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration
• Microsoft Copilot: https://www.copilot.com/
• Microsoft Graph API: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/
• Microsoft MVP YouTube Series – How to Become a Microsoft MVP – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkqdRJDPVE4PtTlm6quDhiu7
✅ Keywords
copilot adoption, sharepoint governance, data quality, oversharing, metadata, ai readiness, security, automation, microsoft copilot, document management, information architecture, enterprise ai
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Get featured on the show by leaving us a Voice Mail: https://bit.ly/MIPVM
Pieter Kops shares practical lessons from the front lines of Copilot adoption. He explains why organisations must fix security and data quality before switching AI on, how oversharing and duplication damage AI outcomes, and where Copilot delivers real value beyond basic automation. The conversation focuses on SharePoint, metadata, governance, and helping people move from search and automation towards research and higher value AI use.
👉 Full Show Notes
https://www.microsoftinnovationpodcast.com/819
🎙️ What you’ll learn
• How to prepare your data estate before enabling Copilot
• Why oversharing creates real security and quality risks for AI
• Practical approaches to cleaning up SharePoint and file sprawl
• How metadata improves findability and Copilot results
• Where Copilot adoption stalls and how to push past basic automation
• Don’t Turn on Copilot Yet: Prep Your Data First
👉 Chapters
• 02:30 Copilot Doesn’t Fail Your Data Does
• 03:59 “Don’t Switch It On Yet” The Two Pillars That Decide Success
• 05:10 Oversharing Is the Silent AI Risk No One Sees Coming
• 07:00 Garbage In, Garbage Out: How Human Error Trains AI to Be Wrong
• 08:46 Why Cleaning Up Data Is So Hard and Still Essential
• 12:55 Metadata Beats Folder Structures And Copilot Makes It Possible
• 15:25 Most People Use Copilot as Search A Few Use It as Leverage
✅ Find Pieter Online:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pieterkops/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pieter.kops/
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pkops.bsky.social
• Untappd: https://untappd.com/user/pkops
• Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pieterkops/
• Personal blog: https://pieterkops.nl/over-pieter-kops/
• GitHub: https://github.com/ON6PH
🔴 Highlights
• “Don’t switch it on yet. Do stuff first.”
• “If your security is not in place, then God knows what information you’re surfacing.”
• “Rubbish in, rubbish out.”
• “Human error is littered through the landscape of corporate data.”
• “Stop sharing.”
• “Deduplication is a tough process to do.”
• “People tend to have the folder structure on top of mind.”
• “That’s why we need Copilot.”
• “Most people just use Copilot as the new search agent.”
• “More than 90% of the ideas were just automation.”
🧰 Mentioned
• SharePoint: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/sharepoint/collaboration
• Microsoft Copilot: https://www.copilot.com/
• Microsoft Graph API: https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/
• Microsoft MVP YouTube Series – How to Become a Microsoft MVP – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkqdRJDPVE4PtTlm6quDhiu7
✅ Keywords
copilot adoption, sharepoint governance, data quality, oversharing, metadata, ai readiness, security, automation, microsoft copilot, document management, information architecture, enterprise ai
👉 Microsoft MVP YouTube Series – How to Become a Microsoft MVP – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkqdRJDPVE4PtTlm6quDhiu7
🔴 Subscribe for all the latest Microsoft MVP News: https://www.youtube.com/nz365guy?sub_confirmation=1
🔴 Share this video with a Youtuber friend: https://youtu.be/bn-aIYOWs5w
✅ Recommended Playlist: MVP Show. Hear the latest from Microsoft MVPs – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkoKTBGm46RlGnCwVLLPKvsT
✅ Want to become a Microsoft MVP? You need to watch these: How to Become a Microsoft MVP https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzf0yupPbVkqdRJDPVE4PtTlm6quDhiu7
✅ Let’s Connect:
Collaborate with me here – https://cloverbase.com
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/nz365guy
Website – https://podcast.nz365guy.com/
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy
X – https://twitter.com/nz365guy
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/nz365guy
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/nz365guy
Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.nz/nz365guy
I’m Mark Smith – nz365guy – Helping people reach their full potential
I have been a Microsoft Business Applications MVP for over 14 years. I am passionate about helping people reach their full potential, through training, coaching and mentorship.
Accelerate your Microsoft career with the 90 Day Mentoring Challenge (https://www.90daymc.com/)
Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nz365guy)
If you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy).
Thanks for listening 🚀 – Mark Smith
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