Microsoft to allow consumer Copilot in corporate environs • The Register

Your job may not support BYOD, but how about BYOC? Microsoft has declared that people can bring their personal Microsoft 365 subscriptions to work to access various Copilot features at companies that fail to provide an AI fix.

Redmond has done so unilaterally, effectively endorsing "shadow IT" – the practice of bringing unapproved software and devices into the workplace.

Earlier this year, Microsoft said it had adopted a new approach to shadow IT. "While earlier eras of our IT history focused on trying to prevent shadow IT, we are now concentrating on managing it," the biz said in a blog post . By "managing," Microsoft also means "enabling."

Samer Baroudi, senior product marketing manager at Microsoft, insists this is for your own good.

"This offers a safer alternative to other bring-y