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Standalone Copilot - data interactions
Hi sba_ur,
Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft fabric community forum.
I would also take a moment to thank Shahid12523 , GilbertQ , GeraldGEmerick for actively participating in the community forum and for the solutions you’ve been sharing in the community forum. Your contributions make a real difference.
To answer your points copilot will never show data to people who don’t already have access, so there is no risk of extra exposure even if a dataset is marked discoverable. Since your tenant is in Canada but Copilot works only from US/EU, it will need cross-region processing if you enable it. For cost, it needs Premium or Fabric capacity F2+/P1+ and charges are based on capacity usage, not per user.If data residency is a strict requirement in your org, it is safer to keep it off until Copilot is available in Canadian region.
Kindly refer to the below documentation links for better understanding:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/fundamentals/copilot-fabric-overview
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/enterprise/fabric-copilot-capacity
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/tutorial-copilot-power-bi-discover-data
Hope this helps if you have any queries we are happy to assist you further.
Best Regards,
Harshitha.
I understand your concern about data residency and Copilot's availability in Canada. From what I've seen with similar setups, enabling Standalone Copilot in US/EU datacenters could potentially allow discovery of datasets marked as discoverable, even if your Power BI tenant is in Canada. The pricing typically follows Power BI Premium capacity usage, but Microsoft's documentation would have the exact details.
If you're looking for an alternative that keeps all data processing within your existing Power BI environment, you might find PowerMind interesting, it's a custom AI assistant that works inside your dashboards without requiring Copilot licenses or external data processing. There's a quick demo on LinkedIn that shows how it operates entirely within your Power BI tenant.