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Microsoft 365 Copilot Waves

The complete Australian guide library — from Wave 1 foundations through Wave 3 agentic AI, governance, compliance, and your 90-day security roadmap.

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Wave 1 & 2

Copilot Waves 1 & 2: The Australian IT Leader's Foundation Guide

Wave 1 GA architecture, Wave 2 agents and Pages, ASD Blueprint tiers, and pre-deployment governance controls.

Wave 3

Copilot Wave 3 & the Agentic Shift: An Australian Decision-Maker's Guide

Agent 365, Copilot Studio governance, agentic AI features, and Essential Eight Control 5 for Australian organisations.

Governance

Copilot Governance & Compliance Playbook for Australian Organisations

Microsoft Purview, data residency, Privacy Act obligations, IRAP in-country processing, and the Copilot Control System.

Security

90-Day Copilot Security Roadmap: Essential Eight-Aligned Framework

All eight ACSC Essential Eight controls mapped to Copilot Wave 3, ASD Blueprint tiers, and a 90-day phased activation sequence.

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About this resource library

Guides
4 ebooks (PDF, A4)
Checklists
4 printable PDFs
Frameworks
Essential Eight, Privacy Act, IRAP, ASD
Audience
Australian IT leaders and CISOs
Cost
All free

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Frequently asked questions

What are Copilot Waves 1 and 2?
Wave 1 (November 2023) introduced Microsoft 365 Copilot for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. Wave 2 (September 2024) added Copilot Pages, advanced Excel agents, and Copilot Studio agent authoring.
What changed between Wave 1 and Wave 2?
Wave 2 introduced agent extensibility via Copilot Studio, the Copilot Pages collaborative canvas, Python in Excel through Copilot, and prioritised the Business Chat (BizChat) experience as the unified interface.
What controls must be in place before activating Copilot?
Multi-factor authentication, restrict admin privileges, sensitivity labels published in Purview, SharePoint oversharing remediated, and conditional access policies covering the Microsoft 365 Copilot service principal.
When was Microsoft 365 Copilot released in Australia?
Microsoft 365 Copilot became generally available to Australian enterprise customers on 1 November 2023, with small and medium business availability following on 16 January 2024.
What is Copilot Wave 3?
Copilot Wave 3 is the agentic phase announced at Microsoft Ignite 2024. It centres on autonomous agents built in Copilot Studio, the Agent 365 management surface, and reasoning-capable Copilot orchestration.
What is Agent 365?
Agent 365 is the Microsoft control plane for managing AI agents across an enterprise. Announced at Microsoft Ignite 2024, it provides identity, access, security, and compliance management for agents at scale.

Related from Educ4te

Copilot AI Readiness Assessment

Scored assessment across eight Copilot readiness domains.

Copilot Governance overview

Microsoft Purview, sensitivity labels, and SharePoint controls for Copilot.

Copilot Essential Eight alignment

All eight ACSC controls mapped to Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 3.

Authoritative sources

This article draws on primary, authoritative sources. Each link opens in a new tab.

  1. Microsoft 365 Copilot configuration planning guide (ANZ blueprint) (opens in a new tab) — Microsoft Learn
  2. Microsoft’s commitment to trust in Australia: 2024 Azure, Dynamics 365 and Microsoft 365 IRAP assessments (opens in a new tab) — Microsoft Australia News Centre
  3. Data, privacy and security for Microsoft 365 Copilot (opens in a new tab) — Microsoft Learn
  4. Microsoft 365 Copilot trial briefing (opens in a new tab) — Digital Transformation Agency (digital.gov.au)
  5. Privacy Act 1988 (opens in a new tab) — Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

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