Microsoft 365 Copilot rollouts slowed by data security, ROI concerns – Computerworld

Then there’s the question of how employees should use the time they saved. “Should I use it to attend another meeting? Should I use it to go and take personal time and take my dog for a walk? It’s much more nuanced and that’s the challenge,” said Goss.

Of course, it’s still early days for the use of genAI tools in the workplace and for M365 Copilot as a product. Microsoft recently announced M365 Copilot “Wave 2,” with additional features in apps such as Excel, Outlook, and Teams, and, Pages, a new collaborative document that aims to bring the assistant into the workflow of teams and serve as a productivity tool. AI agents also offer the potential to expand what M365 Copilot can do in terms of automating business processes. And it’s likely there will be more updates to core features and underlying performance going forward. 

“We’re not talking about a product that’s more than a year old from a GA perspective, so I think it’s fair to say that you should expect some level of immaturity, and that will improve,” he said.