KPG99 INC
Website:
kpgtech.com
Job details:
Role: Power Platform ALM Specialist with Copilot Studio-Governance
Duration: 3 months to start (Likely to extend)
Location: Offshore (India) Priority
Locations / Roles:
- Architect (US – East Coast)
- ALM Team (India; additional support in South America)
1. Customer Context
- Customer has been using Power Platform for several years and already has baseline Power Platform standards in place.
- Copilot Studio is currently disabled due to concerns with citizen developers creating agents without governance.
- Customer wants to “pump the brakes” and ensure a structured governance model before enabling Copilot Studio.
- Upcoming project focuses on building a governance-first approach before re‑enabling Copilot Studio.
2. Customer Goals
- Establish a Power Platform governance framework specifically for Copilot Studio.
- Understand how Copilot Studio works from technical, operational, and governance perspectives.
- Ensure that Copilot development follows policies, controls, and oversight similar to existing Power Platform governance.
- Build structure around who can build what, what environments to use, and how Copilot outputs are controlled.
3. Governance Themes Discussed
3.1 Governance Framework for Copilot Studio
- Align Copilot Studio controls with Power Platform’s existing governance model.
- Define a “voice of truth” governance source for Copilot usage.
- Establish an oversight role for developers, ensuring appropriate review before Copilot agents are published.
- Translate technical governance requirements into practical policies, standards, controls, and roles.
3.2 Microsoft Governance Ideas (Discussed / Pitched)
- Microsoft Zone Governance model as a framework anchor.
- Build detailed governance documentation alongside workshops.
- Include Copilot Studio‑specific considerations: prompt safety, data access, environment permissions, agent lifecycle.
4. Technical Controls & Standards
4.1 Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- Build out DLP policies specifically addressing AI and Copilot Studio scenarios.
- Clarify restrictions on connectors, data sources, and environments.
4.2 Environment Strategy
- Create standardized environment templates for Copilot Studio and Power Platform workloads.
- Align environments to development → test → production lifecycle processes.
4.3 ALM & Pipelines
- Integrate Power Platform Pipelines into governance.
- Extend pipelines to GitHub and other systems as needed.
- Ensure that pipelines are tied into governance policies for consistency and control.
- ALM team in India will own a large portion of the delivery; coordination with US architect will be required.
5. Hands-On & Knowledge Transfer Expectations
- Customer expects deep hands-on knowledge of Power Platform governance and Copilot Studio specifics.
- Desire for Microsoft to help them understand how Copilot Studio works end‑to‑end, including technical configuration and governance impacts.
- Workshops will cover architecture, security, controls, environment patterns, ALM, and citizen developer safeguards.
6. Deliverables (Draft)
- Power Platform + Copilot Studio Governance Framework
- Copilot Studio Governance Controls & Policies
- Environment Strategy Templates
- DLP Policies for AI/Copilot
- ALM & Pipeline Governance Architecture
- Documentation + knowledge-transfer workshops
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