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Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot

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Re: Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot

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Post by Phelinofist »

Qem wrote: post #9
dude250711 wrote: post #8

I guess teams that are clever enough to avoid Copilot are also clever enough to write a script to call it on repeat in the background, while they are doing something more useful. Autonomous agents are all the rage anyway, isn't it?

> guess teams that are clever enough to avoid Copilot are also clever enough to write a script to call it on repeat in the background Perhaps this and also filling onedrive free space with random noise, to waste MS some storage in addition to CPU/GPU cycles.

While I totally get the sentiment that is quite the environmental pollution, if (more) useless GPU/CPU power is wasted

Re: Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot

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Post by DeepYogurt »

mindcrash wrote: post #20

Viva shows aggregate numbers and does not give any details sooo... ...ask Copilot to play a nice game of clue, checkers, tic tac toe, chess or whatever. Adoption metric accomplished! :) (That's what you get when you force people who don't want to use AI to use AI.)

Malicious compliance

Re: Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot

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Post by mindcrash »

Phelinofist wrote: post #18
nxobject wrote: post #16

For context, this is the whole list of metrics measured by their Eye of Sauron tool, Viva Insights – it seems to be split between Outlook, Teams, Office, and Copilot data. The Outlook and Teams stuff seems to relate to time spent on their individual platforms, but the Copilot-by-app stuff is hilarious. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/insights/advanced/ref... I look forward to the equivalent of a mouse jiggler.

That tool is quite frankly insane and not allowed in the EU I hope?

It absolutely can be used within the EU.

This is the marketing page targeted at companies in the Netherlands:

https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/microsoft-viva/insights?mark...

Re: Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot

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Post by rasz »

u5wbxrc3 wrote: post #3
toomuchtodo wrote: post #2

They’re so desperate to make it work. > “A source that has seen materials related to sales has confirmed that, as of August 2025, Microsoft has around eight million active licensed users of Microsoft 365 Copilot, amounting to a 1.81% conversion rate across the 440 million Microsoft 365 subscribers.” Microsoft 365 Copilot's commercial failure - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45476045 - October 2025

At this point its a sunk cost fallacy

Microsoft really wants that AI company valuation.

Re: Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot

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Post by blibble »

mindcrash wrote: post #23
Phelinofist wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That tool is quite frankly insane and not allowed in the EU I hope?

It absolutely can be used within the EU. This is the marketing page targeted at companies in the Netherlands: https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/microsoft-viva/insights?mark...

those metrics are almost certainly a disproportionate invasion of employee privacy, not justified by any legitimate interest of the employer

Re: Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot

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Post by rawgabbit »

nxobject wrote: post #16

For context, this is the whole list of metrics measured by their Eye of Sauron tool, Viva Insights – it seems to be split between Outlook, Teams, Office, and Copilot data. The Outlook and Teams stuff seems to relate to time spent on their individual platforms, but the Copilot-by-app stuff is hilarious. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/insights/advanced/ref... I look forward to the equivalent of a mouse jiggler.

Well Peter Thiel did refer to Bill Gates as the anti-christ.

Re: Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot

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Post by numa7numa7 »

nxobject wrote: post #16

For context, this is the whole list of metrics measured by their Eye of Sauron tool, Viva Insights – it seems to be split between Outlook, Teams, Office, and Copilot data. The Outlook and Teams stuff seems to relate to time spent on their individual platforms, but the Copilot-by-app stuff is hilarious. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/insights/advanced/ref... I look forward to the equivalent of a mouse jiggler.

That's insane. It's almost all collaboration, chats, and meetings. Getting stuff done seems to be a lower priority.

Re: Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot

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Post by shmerl »

dude250711 wrote: post #8

I guess teams that are clever enough to avoid Copilot are also clever enough to write a script to call it on repeat in the background, while they are doing something more useful. Autonomous agents are all the rage anyway, isn't it?

They can make AI use AI for them, and koolaid bosses should be happy.

Re: Microsoft lets bosses spot teams that are dodging Copilot

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Post by nitwit005 »

> It will also be possible to compare an organization's percentage of active Copilot users with other companies. The numbers are calculated using randomized mathematical models, according to Microsoft, so no one company's data is used, and it isn't possible to work out who is in the benchmark against which your own company's Copilot adoption is being measured.

Somehow, I'm confident the result will almost always be that other companies are using it more.

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