Planning for AI starts with your existing infrastructure

AI adoption is a technology decision with practical consequences for the systems and information your organisation already uses. Understanding those foundations helps you identify what needs attention before a wider rollout.

Look beyond the tool

Start with a useful business goal and consider the information and services involved. For organisations exploring Copilot in Microsoft 365 or AI services in Azure, the questions include:

• Access. Who can see the information the service will use, and are those permissions appropriate?
• Infrastructure. How will it connect to the existing environment and be supported?
• Ownership. Who agrees its use, reviews costs and manages changes?

Microsoft's Copilot data and security guidance is a useful reference when reviewing Microsoft 365 access and information handling.

Agree a practical starting point

An infrastructure review can turn these questions into prioritised actions for identity, connectivity and governance, giving your team a clearer basis for planning adoption.

My AI-readiness work focuses on those foundations. Get in touch if you would like to discuss what your current environment needs.