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Copilot Foundations

Non-technical guide to how Microsoft Copilot actually works inside an organization — the license tier you have and what it unlocks, the Microsoft Graph and Semantic Index that ground its answers, and the sensitivity labels that decide what it can see and say

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What you'll be able to do

  • The 12-minute orientation across the three-rung Copilot Foundations stack — License (what you have) → Graph (what it sees) → Labels (what it's allowed to use). The mental model that explains every Copilot answer you'll ever read.
  • Your org just turned Copilot on. Figure out which one you have, what it can actually do for you, and what to ask IT to fix the gap between 'I have a license' and 'it works for my job'.
  • How Copilot actually grounds its answers in your org's data — what it sees, what it can't see, and why answers sometimes miss. The same physics as ChatGPT Enterprise's knowledge feature or Claude Projects, but private to your tenant.
  • The third foundations layer: of everything in your Graph, what is Copilot actually allowed to use? Sensitivity labels, the EXTRACT usage right, label inheritance into generated content, and the precise list of questions to take to your compliance team.

What's inside

  1. 1
    Copilot Foundations: Start Here

    The 12-minute orientation across the three-rung Copilot Foundations stack — License (what you have) → Graph (what it sees) → Labels (what it's allowed to use). The mental model that explains every Copilot answer you'll ever read.

  2. 2
    Understanding Your Copilot License

    Your org just turned Copilot on. Figure out which one you have, what it can actually do for you, and what to ask IT to fix the gap between 'I have a license' and 'it works for my job'.

  3. 3
    The Microsoft Graph & Semantic Index

    How Copilot actually grounds its answers in your org's data — what it sees, what it can't see, and why answers sometimes miss. The same physics as ChatGPT Enterprise's knowledge feature or Claude Projects, but private to your tenant.

  4. 4
    Sensitivity Labels & Permission Inheritance

    The third foundations layer: of everything in your Graph, what is Copilot actually allowed to use? Sensitivity labels, the EXTRACT usage right, label inheritance into generated content, and the precise list of questions to take to your compliance team.

Earn a certificate

Complete all chapters to receive your certificate of completion.