Copilot's AI Wizardry Exposed: Still Begging SharePoint for Permission Slips on Every Doc

Microsoft 365 users are struggling to maintain control over their document state with the integration of Copilot and Azure AI, leading to inconsistent and unexplainable answers. Behind every Copilot or Azure AI answer, there are four distinct control planes: SharePoint owns enforcement, Microsoft Search owns eligibility, Copilot and Azure AI own the runtime, and Purview and Sentinel own the proof. If these planes are not properly governed, document state can become unmanaged, and AI can expose this fact in real-time. To address this issue, organizations must start by identifying who owns document state in their tenant and making this answer explicit. They must also promote key state fields to managed properties, create verticals and result sources, and design authoritative lanes for critical domains. By doing so, organizations can ensure that their AI rollout is predictable and explainable, and that they can provide evidence packs that combine document state, search eligibility, and AI runtime behavior.