Is your tenant ready for Copilot?

Seven pillars, weighted by risk. Each answer moves the live score; four gate controls can hold the rollout regardless of the total.

Questions28

Pillars7

Gate controls4

CustomerAl Noor LogisticsRetail & logisticsKSA · Riyadh850 users · pilot 120NCA ECC · PDPL · SDAIAAssessed by Next Step MEEdit customer profile

Pillar 1 of 7 · weight 10%

Licensing & M365 foundation

Copilot runs on top of Microsoft 365. Licences, cloud adoption and app currency decide whether it can be switched on at all.

Pillar score50%

LIC-1Which Microsoft 365 licences do target users hold today?Gate control

Checks whether users already hold a base licence that Microsoft 365 Copilot can be added to. Without an eligible base, Copilot seats cannot be assigned.

Level 1Office 2016/2019, E1/F-SKUs or on-prem ExchangeLevel 2Business Basic/Standard mixed with legacyLevel 3M365 E3 or Business Premium for most usersLevel 4M365 E3/E5 (or A/G equivalents), Copilot-eligible for all target users

LIC-2Where do user files and mail live?

Copilot only reads content stored in Microsoft 365. Files on local servers or on-prem Exchange are invisible to it, so answers will be incomplete.

Level 1Mostly on-prem file shares and ExchangeLevel 2Hybrid, large share still on-premLevel 3Mostly OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Exchange OnlineLevel 4Fully cloud, Teams is the collaboration hub

LIC-3How are Microsoft 365 Apps deployed and updated?

Copilot appears inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams only in Microsoft 365 Apps on a supported update channel.

Level 1Perpetual Office versionsLevel 2Mixed versions, no update channel policyLevel 3M365 Apps on Current/Monthly Enterprise channel for mostLevel 4Managed via Intune/Cloud Update, new Outlook rolled out

LIC-4How are Teams meetings used and configured?

Meeting recaps, action items and live Q&A in Teams depend on transcription being allowed.

Level 1Teams barely used for meetingsLevel 2Meetings used, recording and transcription offLevel 3Recording/transcription allowed ad hocLevel 4Transcription enabled by policy, meeting recap in use

4 of 4 answered in this pillar