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Stopping Copilot Access to SharePoint Online Sites and Document Libraries
Two methods exist to exclude a SharePoint sites from Copilot being able to use its contents – you can exclude the site (or document library) from search results or use sensitivity labels. Given the c...
Can you prevent someones entire OneDrive from being indexed as well so it's excluded from CoPilot?
I don't believe so. Even with restricted SharePoint search, the intention is that users always have access to their OneDrive. I took a look at the OneDrive settings (old site settngs) and don't see the same controls that exist to disable search results showing up from individual sites or document libraries. https://office365itpros.com/2024/02/21/exclude-sharepoint-site-from-copilot/
TonyRedmond I'm curious, with the SharePoint restricted search feature, you can still have CoPilot consume a doc if you explicitly reference it in CoPilot chat (per the thread here); but, if you try and reference a document on a site that's excluded from search/indexing via the method mentioned in your article, it doesn't work. I wonder why the difference?
- Restricted SharePoint Search stops Copilot being able to search for information outside the user's OneDrive and the 100 curated sites. But if a user explicitly references a document they can access, then Copilot can use it in a prompt. But if you try and find a document in a site that you have access to but can't search, Copilot can't find or use it.
