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Microsoft’s own IT department (known as “Microsoft Digital”) documented their deployment of Copilot for Microsoft 365 to us 200,000+ Microsoft employees in a detailed guide/eBook.

This is a 44pg .PDF file in which our Microsoft Digital covers how we prepared our environment for AI data governance, deployment, adoption, training, etc. Leveraging Microsoft’s internal framework for deployment & adotion, the document includes:

• Revelations of Copilot for Microsoft 365’s Impact on Microsoft’s own 220,000 employees including improvements in speed, efficiency & labor
• Establishing Governance & a special deployment checklist based on what we learned while tackling governance, security, and compliance
• Implementation guidance both pre & post deployment & an implementation checklist that reflects Microsoft Digital’s learnings as we worked through Microsoft’s internal implementation and admin process
• Building an Adoption plan & a checklist that reflects Microsoft Digital’s learnings while deploying Copilot at Microsoft and can act as a guide while you build out and implement your adoption plan
• Creating a Support plan with a checklist that shares Microsoft Digital’s internal learnings and processes during our internal rollout. Consider incorporating these steps into your own support team preparations

And as a bonus, we’ve released a special, abridged version for CIOs/Executives. Download both books below:

• DOWNLOAD: Deploying Copilot for Microsoft 365 at Microsoft: A deployment and adoption guide by Microsoft Digital, the company’s IT organization (.PDF, 44pgs)
  https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/uploads/prod/2024/04/10602-Copilot-Deployment_EBOOK.pdf
  (There is an online version of this at: https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/deploying-copilot-for-microsoft-365-in-four-chapters/?hero)

The “shortened” version for CIOs & Executives:

• DOWNLOAD: Copilot for Microsoft 365 for executives: Sharing our internal deployment and adoption journey at Microsoft (.PDF, 18pgs)
  https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/uploads/prod/2024/04/deploying-copilot-for-microsoft-365-for-executives.pdf
  (There is an online version of this at: https://www.microsoft.com/insidetrack/blog/copilot-for-microsoft-365-for-executives-sharing-our-internal-deployment-and-adoption-journey-at-microsoft/)