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Turn AI ambition into measurable business value
Wanstor helps you put AI and Microsoft Copilot to work across your organisation, from getting the foundations right to adoption, automation, agents and ongoing improvement.
Where could AI make a real difference in your organisation?
There probably isn’t a shortage of ideas. People are already experimenting with Copilot. Teams can see processes they’d like to automate. Leaders are asking where AI could save time, reduce cost or help people make better decisions.
The harder part is working out what’s worth pursuing and whether the organisation is ready for it. For us, that means getting clear on a few things:
- Where are people spending time on work that could be simplified?
- Which processes are repetitive enough to automate?
- Where is important information difficult to find or use?
- Are permissions and governance ready for wider AI use?
- Who owns the decisions around AI?
- What business measure should improve if the investment works?
Wanstor looks at AI investment against measures the business already understands, including cost, margin, revenue, customer outcomes and retention.
How do I know if my organisation is ready for Microsoft Copilot?
Microsoft Copilot works with information people already have permission to access. That makes existing problems with permissions, oversharing and ownership much more important.
Before rolling Copilot out more widely, we’d want to understand:
Who can see what?
Old permissions, inherited access and sharing links can leave information available to more people than intended.
Old permissions, inherited access and sharing links can leave information available to more people than intended.
Oow healthy is SharePoint?
Sites and libraries need sensible structure, ownership and governance, particularly where sensitive information is stored.
Sites and libraries need sensible structure, ownership and governance, particularly where sensitive information is stored.
Who owns the information?
Important sites and content need someone accountable for keeping them useful, appropriate and controlled.
Important sites and content need someone accountable for keeping them useful, appropriate and controlled.
Are the right controls in place?
Information protection and governance need to reflect the way AI will interact with organisational information.
Information protection and governance need to reflect the way AI will interact with organisational information.
Are the Microsoft 365 foundations ready?
Licensing, configuration and the wider environment need to support your plans.
Licensing, configuration and the wider environment need to support your plans.
If you don’t have confident answers to those questions, that’s exactly what AI Readiness is designed to establish.
Start with an AI Readiness Assessment
AI Readiness gives you a practical view of the Microsoft 365 environment behind Copilot.
We assess SharePoint, permissions, oversharing, information governance and Copilot readiness, identify what matters and prioritise the actions worth taking.
No enormous transformation programme. You get a clear picture of where you stand and what should happen next.
Choose the level of assessment and support your organisation needs.
Recommended
Lite
For organisations that need the findings and recommendations to act on themselves.
£3500
- AI Readiness report
Standard
For organisations that want to review the findings with us and agree priorities.
£5000
- AI Readiness report
- Leadership readout
What happens beyond AI Readiness?
The assessment gives us a starting point. What happens next depends on what you're trying to achieve and what we find. For some organisations, that means fixing permissions and information governance before Copilot goes any further. For others, the foundations are already sound and the priority is adoption, automation or developing agents around specific processes. Wanstor can stay involved across all of it.
Book an AI Readiness AssessmentMicrosoft Copilot adoption
Getting Copilot into everyday working habits takes more than deploying licences. We run practical sessions and clinics, develop relevant use cases, support champions and use adoption insight to see where Copilot is working and where people need more help.
Agents and automation
Where work is structured and repeatable, we can go further. Using Copilot Studio, Power Automate and Power Platform, we build agents and automations around defined processes, knowledge and tasks to reduce manual effort and keep work moving.
Governance and security
As AI becomes more embedded, clear ownership and control become increasingly important. We help decide what can be built, what information AI can access, who owns it and how solutions are governed across Microsoft 365, Copilot and the wider AI environment.
Development and ongoing support
Agents and automations need attention after they go live. We develop solutions around agreed business requirements, then continue to monitor, support and improve them as processes change, new opportunities emerge and the organisation's use of AI develops.
Is your organisation ready for Microsoft Copilot?
Get a clear view of your permissions, oversharing, SharePoint ownership and licensing, with prioritised actions to address before or alongside Copilot adoption.
Book an AI Readiness AssessmentFrom AI readiness to business value
There are different routes depending on your current environment, priorities and level of AI maturity.
1. Assess
Understand your Microsoft 365 environment and identify the issues that could affect Copilot and wider AI adoption.
Understand your Microsoft 365 environment and identify the issues that could affect Copilot and wider AI adoption.
2. Improve
Fix the permissions, information management, security and governance issues that genuinely need attention.
Fix the permissions, information management, security and governance issues that genuinely need attention.
3. Adopt
Introduce Microsoft Copilot and help people use it in ways that are relevant to their day-to-day work.
Introduce Microsoft Copilot and help people use it in ways that are relevant to their day-to-day work.
4. Automate
Build agents and workflows around processes where AI can genuinely save time or improve consistency.
Build agents and workflows around processes where AI can genuinely save time or improve consistency.
5. Improve and scale
Measure what’s working, support what’s been deployed and keep developing the use cases that are proving their value.
Measure what’s working, support what’s been deployed and keep developing the use cases that are proving their value.
AI and Microsoft Copilot for your sector
Sector |
Charities & NFP organisations |
Professional services |
Hospitality |
Real estate organisations |
Housing providers |
| What you get | AI can help stretched teams find information faster, reduce repetitive administration and make better use of limited resources, creating more capacity for work that supports the organisation’s mission. | Copilot and AI can help people find information, develop content, analyse data and complete knowledge-intensive work faster, creating more time for valuable client work and professional expertise. | AI can help distributed teams access operational knowledge faster, simplify recurring processes and reduce repetitive work, supporting more consistent and efficient ways of working across multiple locations. | AI can help teams work more effectively across documents, property information, systems and processes, making information accessible and reducing repetitive admin work. | AI can improve access to organisational knowledge and reduce repetitive administration across internal and resident-facing processes, giving teams more time to focus on residents and service delivery. |
AI and Microsoft Copilot services from Wanstor
Wanstor supports customers from Microsoft Copilot readiness and adoption through to agents, automation, governance, development and ongoing support. Where we get involved depends on your environment and what you’re trying to achieve.
AI Readiness
Assess SharePoint, permissions and information governance, with clear priorities for Microsoft Copilot readiness.
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Prepare your environment, deploy Copilot and embed effective use into everyday working practices.
AI enablement
Build practical AI skills through training, clinics, champions and ongoing adoption support.
AI agents
Design and develop agents around defined knowledge, business processes and repeatable everyday tasks.
Power Platform and automation
Use Copilot Studio, Power Automate and Power Platform to simplify repetitive business processes.
AI governance and security
Strengthen permissions, information protection and governance controls around Microsoft Copilot and AI agents.
AI development
Develop agents and automations around defined business requirements, workflows and operational priorities.
AI automation support
Monitor, maintain and improve deployed agents and automations as business requirements continue to evolve.
AI and Microsoft Copilot FAQs
How do I know if my organisation is ready for Microsoft Copilot?
Look first at your Microsoft 365 environment. Do you know who has access to important information? Is SharePoint well structured and owned? Is content being overshared? Are the right governance controls in place?
Wanstor’s AI Readiness Assessment looks at those areas and identifies the priorities to address before or alongside Copilot adoption.
What is an AI Readiness Assessment?
It depends on what we find. You may need to address permissions or governance first. You may already be ready to focus on Copilot adoption. Or there may be a process that’s ready for an agent or automation.
The assessment gives you evidence to make that decision.
How much does Wanstor AI Readiness cost?
Wanstor’s current AI Readiness options are £3,500 for Lite and £5,000 for Standard. Standard is the recommended option and includes a leadership readout beyond the report that Lite provides.
What happens after an AI Readiness Assessment?
The findings guide the next step. This could include addressing information or governance gaps, preparing for Microsoft Copilot, moving into AI enablement and adoption, or developing agents and automations around suitable business requirements. Wanstor positions AI Readiness as a standalone service that can also provide an entry point into Adoption and Development.
How does Wanstor support Microsoft Copilot adoption?
Wanstor provides structured Microsoft 365 and Copilot enablement designed around everyday work. The current service combines live enablement, practical scenarios, clinics, communications, adoption insight and leadership reporting to support repeatable productivity improvements rather than isolated experimentation.
What’s the difference between Microsoft Copilot and AI agents?
Microsoft 365 Copilot helps people work with information and complete tasks across the Microsoft 365 environment. AI agents can be designed around more specific knowledge, instructions, processes and actions. They can be built, tested, published and monitored within a governed lifecycle. Wanstor’s agent delivery approach covers this lifecycle through build, testing, deployment and ongoing monitoring.
Can Wanstor build AI agents and automations for us?
Yes. Wanstor’s AI Development service covers Copilot Studio agents and Power Platform automations, with ongoing AI Automation Support available for deployed agents.
What other AI and Microsoft Copilot services does Wanstor offer?
Wanstor supports customers across AI Readiness, Microsoft Copilot, AI adoption and enablement, AI agents, Power Platform automation, governance and security, AI development and ongoing automation support. The right mix depends on your current environment, the work you want to improve and the AI capabilities you plan to introduce.
Ready to move your AI plans forward?
Start by understanding where you stand. Our AI Readiness Assessment gives you a clear view of the Microsoft 365 foundations behind Copilot and what, if anything, needs attention next.
Featured Downloads
Three essential downloads to help you get Copilot‑ready, drive business transformation, and scale AI maturity.
Infographic: Drive business transformation with AI
E‑book: A guide to AI maturity
Your blueprint for becoming a Frontier Firm. This e‑book maps the stages of AI maturity - from data readiness and governance to Copilot adoption and role‑based agents - sharing frameworks, success metrics, and actionable steps to scale. Ideal for leaders who want a clear path from pilot to enterprise‑wide impact.
Guide: The Microsoft 365 Copilot advantage for growing businesses
Discover day‑one Copilot value - use cases, readiness essentials, and security built in. See how Wanstor moves you from exploration to a 25‑user pre‑pilot, stands up a Copilot CoE, and scales agentic automation so teams save time, decisions accelerate, and productivity rises.
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