Alan Cox

Microsoft MVP | Udemy Instructor | M365 Evangelist

IT Leader, Instructor, and Conference Speaker with decades of experience in Microsoft solutions, currently serving as Director of Microsoft Governance and Microsoft MVP for M365 & Copilot. I'm passionate about leveraging technology to empower organizations, enhance productivity, and promote secure digital transformation. Dedicated to aligning innovative solutions with organizational goals to deliver impactful outcomes. Official Microsoft MVP profile: https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-US/mvp/profile/f288a57f-dcf8-4a78-848a-564d60e44f56

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Episodes

Microsoft Purview - Simply Explained
2026-07-16 · S3
Microsoft Purview is Microsoft's unified platform for data security, compliance, and governance, helping organizations understand, protect, and manage their data wherever it lives. As businesses…
Microsoft Purview for Copilot Security with Peter Rising [Microsoft]
2026-06-12 · S2
As organizations rapidly adopt Microsoft 365 Copilot, AI agents, and generative AI technologies, one challenge stands above all others: ensuring data is secure, governed, and compliant. In this…
Protect Microsoft Copilot with Purview, DLP, and Insider Risk with Alan Cox [MVP]
2026-05-13 · S2
In this episode of the M365.fm podcast, Microsoft MVP Alan Cox joins us to discuss how organizations can securely adopt Microsoft 365 Copilot using Microsoft Purview, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and…
Secure a Microsoft Copilot Rollout with Microsoft Purview
2026-04-20 · S2
This episode explains that most Microsoft Copilot rollouts become a “security nightmare” not because of the AI itself, but because of poor Microsoft 365 governance. Copilot effectively acts like an…
Reduce Microsoft 365 Notification Overload and Protect Focus
2026-04-19 · S2
This episode explains that most Microsoft 365 setups unintentionally destroy focus because they are designed to maximize activity and responsiveness rather than deep work. The real issue isn’t users…
Protect Enterprise Architecture from Agentic Copilot Risk
2026-02-11
This episode of the M365.FM Podcast titled “The Agentic Mirage: Why Your Enterprise Architecture is Eroding Under Copilot” explains why simply adopting Microsoft Copilot without a disciplined…
Protect Dynamics 365 Copilot Finance Controls
2026-01-05
Everyone thinks their controls still work because the dashboards are green — until the copilot makes a perfectly “authorized” decision no one can actually explain. This talk makes the case that tools…
Protect Contracts and PII with Microsoft Purview Auto-Labeling
2025-12-14
Most data leaks do not start with hackers. They start with kindness, convenience, and one small decision to “just share it.” In Part 2 of The Knot in the Cloud, we move to the edge of the system…