# m365 copilot (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover m365 copilot. Page: Feed: --- ## [AI and the strengthening of records management approaches](https://thinkingrecords.co.uk/2025/10/30/ai-and-the-strengthening-of-records-management-approaches/) _2025-10-30 · James Lappin · Thinking Records_ One way of thinking through the question of how AI can augment, strengthen and extend records management, is to ask: Existing approaches For the past decade records management has been dominated in many countries by large cloud suites (such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace) that provide generic collaboration and communication applications that all or \[…\] ## [The original order of digital records](https://thinkingrecords.co.uk/2025/09/20/the-original-order-of-digital-records/) _2025-09-20 · James Lappin · Thinking Records_ One of the founding principles of archival science is that the original order of records should be respected. If an organisation was to retrospectively restructure a set of records, in a way that obscured or lost the original order, then this would risk giving a misleading picture of: One of the great strengths of digital \[…\] ## [Intuitions about records management for data scientists](https://thinkingrecords.co.uk/2025/09/04/intuitions-about-records-management-for-data-scientists/) _2025-09-04 · James Lappin · Thinking Records_ Data science techniques can be applied in any domain (medicine, psychology, marketing, baseball, records management etc.). In order for data science techniques to be used effectively, a combination is needed of: Imagine you are working with a data scientist on a project to use data science techniques for a particular records management purpose on a \[…\] ## [Records management in a hyperscale digital world](https://thinkingrecords.co.uk/2025/06/27/records-management-in-a-hyperscale-digital-world/) _2025-06-27 · James Lappin · Thinking Records_ Records management is a corporate function that takes place within the context of a wider digital economy, and is influenced by developments in that wider digital economy. The digital economy is three decades old but it is still moving, and still growing. One of the key trends in the digital economy has been the growth \[…\] ## [An overview of Microsoft 365 Copilot](https://thinkingrecords.co.uk/2025/03/30/an-overview-of-microsoft-365-copilot/) _2025-03-30 · James Lappin · Thinking Records_ The use of unstructured data as an input to generative AI processes Microsoft 365 Copilot is an example of a ‘retrieval augmented generation’ (RAG) system. RAG systems are a way for organisations to use the generative AI capabilities of external large language models in conjunction with their own internal information. M365 Copilot enables an individual \[…\] ## [When to apply AI](https://thinkingrecords.co.uk/2024/10/29/when-to-apply-ai/) _2024-10-29 · James Lappin · Thinking Records_ ## [Using AI for records management purposes: seven key choices](https://thinkingrecords.co.uk/2024/10/24/using-ai-for-records-management-purposes-seven-key-choices/) _2024-10-24 · James Lappin · Thinking Records_ If you were to tell me that you are going to apply artificial intelligence for records management purposes, then the first thing I would do is blink. Once I had finished blinking I would ask you some questions in order to locate your proposed intervention more precisely. There is a range of types of AI, \[…\]