Enabling Generally Available Copilot Only

[Kwarre35]

Hello, 

As of Sept 2024, Copilot is only Generally Available in Fabric Power BI experience, is it possible to only enable it for this experience only, and not allow Preview Copilot experiences? 

I can limit the amount of AD Groups that can create and use Fabric Items in the Data Factory, Data Engineering, Data Science, and Data Warehouse, etc., which is an indirect way of controlling access to Preview Copilots in those experiences. Is that my only/best option today?

[rajendraongole1 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Kwarre35 - As of now, limiting the access to Copilot features in Power BI or other Fabric-related experiences specifically can only be managed through the control of access to Fabric Items. By controlling which Active Directory (AD) groups can create and access Fabric Items, you can indirectly manage which users can interact with Copilot, particularly in preview features.

Based on the screenshot you've provided from the Admin Portal, there is an option to restrict who can create Fabric Items to specific security groups. This option would help limit who can use Copilot in Fabric experiences outside of Power BI.

However, there does not appear to be a dedicated switch to specifically disable Copilot Preview across all experiences while leaving it enabled in GA (Generally Available) features within Power BI. Instead, managing Fabric Items via security groups is your best method to control access to these new AI-driven experiences across your organization for now.

You might consider limiting the Preview Copilot features by isolating Fabric capabilities like Data Science, Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, and other Fabric-related workspaces to only the necessary groups, as you suggested. This should help in keeping usage within the GA experiences, like Power BI, while restricting the preview experiences elsewhere.

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