The Companion Program · Google Companion

Bring Gemini and Vertex into the Microsoft estate without leaving it unprotected.

Google's AI is moving fast. Most enterprise data still lives in Microsoft. Smart Stack 3.0 governs the Microsoft estate inside the customer tenant and projects Trusted Data Collections into the Google environment with classification and provenance intact.

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The Problem This Companion Solves

Enterprises adopting Gemini and Vertex face a familiar pattern. The AI is impressive. The data it would need to be most useful sits inside the Microsoft tenant. Lifting Microsoft content into Google environments without governance creates duplicate uncontrolled copies, breaks provenance, and exposes sensitive content the organization never knew was there.

The choice is not Microsoft or Google. The choice is governed or ungoverned. The Companion makes it governed.

Built for the executives who own the data estate

For the CDO

The Google AI moment is the multi-cloud moment. The CDO is being asked to deliver Gemini and Vertex value without abandoning the Microsoft governance posture the organization has invested in. The Trusted Data Portal projects governed Trusted Data Collections into the Google environment through controlled paths. The Microsoft tenant remains the source of truth. Google becomes a governed activation surface for AI capability the organization actually wants.

For the CIO

A second cloud means a second copy of the data, a second classification model, a second retention policy, and a second governance audit. Unless the source data is governed before projection. Then it means one governance model, one source of truth, and two activation surfaces. Trusted Data Mirroring projects Trusted Data Collections from OneLake into the Google environment without forklift migration.

For the CISO

Multi-cloud is multi-exposure unless the data crossing the boundary is governed. Gemini and Vertex reasoning over ungoverned Microsoft content means sensitive data classified inside the Microsoft tenant might surface in Google AI outputs that no Microsoft policy can reach. Sensitive Data Classification governs what enters the Companion pipeline. The AI Governance Workflow controls what reaches Gemini, Vertex, or Google Workspace AI surfaces. Chain of custody travels with every data set.

What the Trusted Data Toolkit Does for Google Companion

Trusted Data Archive

Provenance-Aware Communications

Communications captured at the Microsoft source carry envelope, audit trail, and provenance metadata. Anything Gemini or Vertex reasons over from the Archive comes with the integrity of the original.

Trusted Data Refinery

AI-Ready Trusted Data Collections

Windows File Shares, SharePoint, and OneDrive are scanned in place. ROT is eliminated. Sensitive content is classified. Trusted Data Collections are produced with provenance embedded in every record.

Trusted Data Portal

Governed Projection into Google

Trusted Data Collections are projected into the Google environment through governed paths. The AI Governance Workflow ensures only policy-aligned data reaches Gemini, Vertex, or Google Workspace AI surfaces. Chain of custody is preserved end to end.

What Changes for the Customer

Gemini and Vertex consume governed Trusted Data Collections, not raw Microsoft sprawl.

The Microsoft tenant remains the source of truth. No duplication of ungoverned content into a second cloud.

Sensitive data classification and retention policy travel with the data into the Google environment.

The customer can deploy Google AI without abandoning Microsoft governance posture.

Run Microsoft. Run Google. Govern once.