Microsoft 365 AI Governance Features: A Dog’s Breakfast

• Aspects of AI governance are addressed by many features across Microsoft 365’s compliance, identity, security, and management services.
• AI governance is a critically important discipline, yet rapid arrival and constant evolution of these governance features mean that many organizations haven’t been able to adopt them in a useful manner.
• Most AI governance features require at least Microsoft 365 E5, and some require additional licensing beyond that, typically in the form of additional PAYG costs.
• The documentation, roadmaps, and licensing details of these AI governance features are often sparse and inconsistent.

The set of compliance, identity, security, and management services included in Microsoft 365 offer a continuously expanding range of features intended to assist with AI governance. Most of these features focus on governance of Microsoft 365 or other Microsoft AI technologies, while a handful also delves into governance of AI services external to Microsoft.