Everything Copilot enablement depends on – licensing, identity, data-protection and access prerequisites – with who provides it and where it stands. Required Copilot and prerequisite licences are procured by GDC; Zertain advises on prerequisites. Click any row for detail.
Licensing
DependencyProvided byStatusNotes
Microsoft 365 E5GDCConfirmedIn place. Bundles the advanced Purview capabilities this engagement uses – automatic labelling at scale, endpoint DLP and Insider Risk Management – plus Entra ID P2. The full control set is available for configuration.
Microsoft 365 Copilot licencesGDC to procurePending Go5 test licences assigned for validation. Pilot licences (25 users) are held pending the Go decision – GDC procures Copilot and any prerequisite licensing.
Identity
DependencyProvided byStatusNotes
Entra ID P2 (CA · PIM · Access Reviews)Included in E5In placeConditional Access, Privileged Identity Management and Access Reviews are active. Governs who can invoke Copilot and with what privileges.
Data protection
DependencyProvided byStatusNotes
Microsoft Purview (advanced)Included in E5In placeConfigured and validated in this engagement. Standing Purview up from scratch is a separate add-on option ($7,500 one-time) – not required here because E5 already provides it.
Endpoint DLP onboarding (Defender)Included in E5In placeDevices onboarded so DLP policies extend to endpoints, not just cloud workloads.
Access
DependencyProvided byStatusNotes
Delegated administrative accessGDCConfirmedGranted in week 1. Sufficient to assess, configure and remediate in scope. This is the single biggest schedule dependency.
Platform
DependencyProvided byStatusNotes
Microsoft Graph indexing & semantic indexIncluded in E5In place94% of in-scope content is indexed and reachable – the surface Copilot reasons over. Validated on the Pilot Validation screen.
Governance
DependencyProvided byStatusNotes
Generative-AI acceptable-use policyGDC to ratifyIn draftAddendum drafted during discovery. Needs GDC ratification before broad rollout – not a blocker for the scoped pilot.