The Companion Program · Microsoft Companion
The trusted data layer beneath the Microsoft platform.
Microsoft builds the world's most powerful enterprise platform. Smart Stack 3.0 prepares the AI-Ready Trusted Data the platform depends on. Inside your tenant. Without disrupting a single Microsoft investment.
The Problem This Companion Solves
Microsoft Exchange and M365 generate communications at enterprise scale, but they were never designed to be systems of record. Windows File Shares and SharePoint accumulate Dark Data and Dirty Data over years and decades. Copilot and Fabric reason over all of it. Purview can classify what it can see, but cannot itself eliminate ROT or enrich missing metadata.
The result is unreliable AI, eDiscovery cost inflation, and a governance posture that cannot be defended.
Built for the executives who own the data estate
For the CDO
Every AI initiative you deliver depends on the Microsoft data estate. Copilot reasons over Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive. Fabric ingests from file shares and SharePoint. Custom AI applications reason over whatever they can access. When the underlying estate has never been classified, every AI initiative inherits the full chaos of that estate.
The Trusted Data Refinery is the operational intelligence layer for the entire estate. At eight million file objects per hour, it scans Windows File Shares, SharePoint, and OneDrive in place across every department, region, and business unit. The data estate goes from a liability you cannot see to an asset you can govern, defend, and build on.
For the CIO
Storage and compute costs that represent up to 25 percent of your budget continue to grow because ungoverned data continues to accumulate. ROT that has never been identified cannot be eliminated. Every month, you pay storage fees, compute cycles, and AI processing costs to handle content nobody wants and nobody can trust.
The Trusted Data Refinery eliminates ROT in place. The Trusted Data Archive replaces fragile communications retention with compliance-grade journaling. The Trusted Data Portal consolidates governed intake, workflow, and AI activation into a single executive control layer.
For the CISO
Every Microsoft environment your organization runs is a potential exposure surface. Sensitive content sits in file shares and SharePoint sites that nobody has classified. Privileged communications get exposed to AI surfaces that were never designed to enforce policy. Chain of custody breaks the moment a file gets copied.
Smart Stack 3.0 operates inside your existing security boundary. Sensitive Data Classification identifies PII and PHI in place. WORM retention makes communications tamper-evident. The AI Governance Workflow controls what reaches Copilot, Fabric, and beyond. Authentication runs through SSO, OAuth2, Azure AD, and Entra ID. Your data never leaves your tenant.
What the Trusted Data Toolkit Does for Microsoft Companion
Trusted Data Archive
Compliance-Grade Communications Capture
Real-time journal capture from Exchange, M365, and Teams. Complete envelope preservation, WORM retention, evidentiary-grade audit trails. Copilot-ready via MCP.
Trusted Data Refinery
In-Place File Estate Classification
In-place scanning of Windows File Shares, SharePoint, and OneDrive at 8 million file objects per hour. ROT classification and elimination. Sensitive Data Classification. Trusted Data Collections produced by matter, custodian, business unit, or AI domain.
Trusted Data Portal
Governed Intake and AI Activation
Safe Data Drop for governed intake. Workflow Builder for legal hold, regulatory response, and AI governance. OneLake mirroring. Enterprise Search and eDiscovery.
What Changes for the Customer
Microsoft builds the platform. Smart Stack 3.0 prepares the data the platform depends on.

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