By Laura Hyde |
Microsoft partner ShareGate has made its ShareGate MCP solution available for IT professionals, enabling them to govern Microsoft 365 directly from their AI tool of choice. ShareGate Protect users now have access from Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot.
ShareGate MCP has been designed to close the gap between the various Microsoft 365 tools IT teams already use to identify and fix issues. The solution brings a wealth of information into one central place, which means IT teams no longer need to switch between different systems. They are able to ask questions, see where problems exist, understand the risks and take action to fix them, all within a single conversation in any language.
Available now on ShareGate MCP, IT professionals can surface access exposure, oversharing risks and AI-readiness, drill into issues and export on demand, with no report builder or dashboard required. They’re also able run reports across multiple tenants in one conversation from a single prompt, with PDF export built in.
Additionally, from July 2026 ShareGate MCP will also allow IT teams to create Microsoft 365 policies by simply describing what they need; the AI will draft the policy, but a human must approve it before it becomes active. It will also be able to explain any proposed fixes in plain language and wait for approval before making the changes.
“Governance has never lived in one place because nothing was ever built to hold it,” said Benjamin Niaulin, vice president of product at ShareGate. “AI tools just became another admin centre IT had to open to answer one question. With ShareGate MCP, we made a different bet: collapse the work into the tool you’re already in.”
ShareGate is working with other Microsoft partners, including Avanade, to ensure its products support the latest AI-driven ways of managing and improving Microsoft 365 environments.
“Organisations are under increasing pressure to modernise collaboration, strengthen governance and prepare their Microsoft 365 environments for AI adoption, all while maintaining security and operational control,” said James Dierks, US AI workforce practice lead at Avanade. “Through our collaboration with ShareGate, organisations can gain more actionable visibility into their Microsoft 365 environments and simplify governance workflows directly within the tools employees already use, helping accelerate secure and responsible AI readiness at scale.”
ShareGate MCP is available now for ShareGate Protect users with a manual install process, while Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot connectors will roll out in the coming weeks.