Over 75% of Organizations Experience Microsoft 365 Governance Issues
ShareGate says 77% of organizations had a Microsoft 365 governance incident last year, often involving Copilot data exposure.
ShareGate’s second State of Microsoft 365 report, based on two surveys of nearly 1,800 IT professionals in nine countries, found that 77% of organizations had at least one Microsoft 365 governance incident in the past year. Among those affected, 38% left former employees or guests with access, 35% hit an audit or compliance gap, and 26% let sensitive content reach the wrong people. Full Copilot deployments rose from 29% to 56%, and 29% said AI tools had already surfaced sensitive internal data, despite 93% claiming their governance was ready for AI. About 65% said teams learn of incidents only after quarterly audits or user complaints.
- 77% of surveyed organizations reported a Microsoft 365 governance incident in the past year.
- 38% left former employees or guests with access; 26% exposed sensitive content.
- Full Copilot deployments rose from 29% to 56% of organizations.
- 29% said AI surfaced sensitive data even though 93% claimed they were ready.
- 65% learn of incidents only after audits or complaints, not live monitoring.
- Products
- Microsoft 365Microsoft Copilot
- Organizations
- ShareGate
- AI models
- Microsoft Copilot
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