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Everyone is flipping on Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI agents, and then realizing they can’t answer a basic question: what data can those agents actually reach? We sit down with Rick from Veeam to unpack the messy reality behind “safe AI at scale” and why AI success starts with data resilience, not demos. When agents can search, summarize, move, and delete content at machine speed, the cost of unclear permissions and unmanaged data sprawl spikes overnight.

We dig into ROT data (redundant, obsolete, or trivial) and why it shows up in every organization, even the ones that think they’re clean. Rick explains how “toxic combinations” form when obsolete content mixes with sensitive data or when excessive access meets automated workflows. The result can be a disaster within a disaster: a security incident plus exposed data that should never have been available in the first place. We also talk practical mitigation strategies like archiving to lower cost, reduce exposure, and prevent bad inputs from tainting AI outputs.

From there, we zoom out to day two operations: what happens when auditors show up, when an AI agent goes rogue, or when someone needs to restore what got deleted. Rick shares what Veeam is building around intelligent resilience operations for Microsoft 365, why context-rich visibility matters, and how Veeam fits alongside Microsoft’s expanding native governance and security roadmap. We wrap with a preview of the VeeamON Global Launch Virtual Event on October 15, including the vision and product updates the team will share.

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