If you've been a SharePoint admin long enough, you've probably dealt with the fallout of content sprawl before: hundreds of sites, duplicate documents, abandoned libraries, and no clear idea of what’s still relevant.

Now, with Microsoft Copilot and other AI tools empowering users to generate content faster than ever - from Teams chats to Word drafts and SharePoint pages - we are at risk of facing sprawl 2.0.

But this time, we have a chance to get ahead of it.

As I’ve increasingly been using Microsoft Copilot over the past year, I've noticed a huge boost in how quickly and effectively I can get things done. While people often talk about how information workers or managers use these AI tools, here’s how Copilot has been a game-changer for me as a SharePoint administrator.

As we all embrace a world where we can’t live without Microsoft 365 Copilot, it's crucial to ensure our SharePoint is organized and ready. In this article, I’ll cover some key points to get us prepared: the importance of metadata, the use of proper naming conventions (because "Document1" just doesn’t cut it), cleaning out ROT content, and implementing sensitivity labels to make the most of Copilot.