Manage Microsoft 365 sprawl in the age of MCP and adaptive AI agents
With Richard Harbridge, Microsoft MVP
Most organizations have M365 sprawl. Permissions drift. Guest access gets granted and never reviewed. Sites accumulate long after their original purpose is gone. A team spins up without an owner.
For IT teams, this is already hard to manage.
But now, any AI tool that’s connected to your tenant, whether that’s Copilot or Claude, can crawl everything it has access to. In our research, 29% of surveyed organizations report that AI tools have already surfaced sensitive data that shouldn't have been accessible.
In this practical session, Microsoft MVP Richard Harbridge will show what M365 sprawl really looks like, why it matters more now than ever, and how to tackle it.
On the agenda:
- The different types of M365 sprawl—and how they affect productivity, security, compliance, and AI governance
- How to know where your environment stands
- What to do about it: get visibility, fix what matters, and prevent future exposure
- How emerging MCP capabilities can make M365 governance more adaptive
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About our hosts
Richard Harbridge and Shaylyn Gimby
Richard Harbridge is a Microsoft MVP and Technology & Ecosystem Strategist at ShareGate. He helps leaders gain clarity, confidence, and connection around Microsoft 365—linking partners, customers, and communities to turn tech potential into measurable impact.
Richard will be joined by Shaylyn, ShareGate’s Community Engagement Manager, who’s passionate about building and supporting the ShareGate network. His love for storytelling drives him to find new and exciting ways to educate and engage the M365 community both online and at in-person events.