Microsoft Copilot Advisory Retainer

Why Teams Need Ongoing Copilot Support

Copilot adoption is rarely blocked by licensing. It is blocked by uncertainty: what to do next, what is safe, what is worth building, and how to keep standards consistent across roles.

Questions appear weekly

Teams need fast answers from someone who understands both Copilot and enterprise reality.

Platform choices get messy

Copilot vs Copilot Studio vs agents vs Azure AI Foundry — decisions matter.

Quality drifts over time

Prompting standards and use-cases degrade without practical guardrails.

Momentum slows

People stop using Copilot when they can’t get unstuck quickly.

A monthly retainer gives your team direct access to expert support so decisions are made faster, with less rework and more confidence — while keeping momentum between initiatives.

What The Monthly Retainer Includes

Ongoing, senior advisory time to validate ideas, pressure-test decisions, and provide clear direction across Copilot, Copilot Studio, agents, and Azure AI Foundry — tailored to your environment.

Fortnightly Advisory Rhythm

Typically delivered as 1 hour per fortnight. Review what’s in flight, clarify priorities, and remove blockers.

Ask Anything Across The Stack

Practical Q&A across Copilot, Copilot Studio, agent design, and Azure AI Foundry — grounded in your scenario.

Decision Support & Guardrails

Guidance on use-cases, prompting, governance considerations, and trade-offs so your team can move confidently.

Governance Thinking

Help teams understand boundaries, risk exposure, and responsible patterns — without slowing innovation.

Practical Enablement

Improve prompt quality, workflow fit, and consistent usage patterns that scale across roles.

Clear Scope Boundaries

Advisory Q&A and strategic direction, with project delivery, custom builds, and major remediation available through implementation support packs.

Who This Is Designed For

Teams that are actively adopting Copilot and AI, and need senior oversight to keep decisions clear, governance aligned, and execution moving.

IT leaders

Overseeing Copilot rollout and needing a trusted expert for decisions, direction, and governance alignment.

Executives

Needing clarity on risk, ROI, and responsible AI adoption while maintaining delivery speed.

Delivery teams building agents

Designing internal agents or Copilot Studio solutions and needing guidance on what’s feasible and worth it.

Governance / security stakeholders

Wanting adoption to accelerate while staying aligned to compliance, boundaries, and real risk controls.

Organisations in “experiment mode”

Trying Copilot but lacking consistent standards, direction, and the confidence to scale responsibly.

Busy teams

Wanting expert oversight with flexible project engagement — retain consistent expert access with flexible monthly scope options.

How The Retainer Works

A simple cadence designed for momentum: bring questions, decisions, and blockers — leave with clear next steps.

Fortnightly Advisory Calls

Two focused sessions per month (typically 1 hour each) to review what your team is doing, where you’re blocked, and what to prioritise next.

Ask Anything Across The Stack

Bring practical questions on Copilot, Copilot Studio, agents, and Azure AI Foundry. Get clear, direct answers tailored to your environment.

Practical Direction

Guidance on prompt design, use-case fit, governance considerations, and decision trade-offs so your team keeps moving with confidence.

Clear Scope Boundaries

This retainer focuses on advisory Q&A and strategic guidance, with project delivery, custom build work, and major break-fix remediation available via implementation support packs.

What This Delivers

The outcomes leaders actually want: faster decisions, reduced risk, and consistent momentum — with expert oversight.

Faster answers

Rapid clarity on Copilot, Copilot Studio, agents and Azure AI platform choices.

Stronger decisions

Pressure-test use-cases and avoid building the wrong thing (or building too early).

Sustained momentum

Fortnightly check-ins keep teams moving between initiatives without stalling.

Lower risk

Reduce ad-hoc experimentation by introducing governance thinking while maintaining delivery speed.

Better quality outputs

Improve prompting and workflow fit so Copilot becomes operational, not a novelty.

A trusted specialist

You get direct access to Daniel each month for real-world guidance and direction.

This is designed for teams that need practical, ongoing guidance while they execute. You keep moving forward while maintaining momentum between consulting engagements.

You bring the questions. I bring the answers, context, and direction to help your team use Copilot and AI tools effectively and responsibly.

What people are saying...

Daniel managed the migration and transformation of substantial datasets with precision, meeting complex technical and business requirements with ease. His ability to understand our processes, translate them into efficient automated workflows, and ensure data accuracy was outstanding

Gert Goesaert

Senior Systems Administrator at Autism SA
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Daniel Brown is a true expert in Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 adoption. His deep expertise, prompt guidance, and actionable solutions have been instrumental in helping shape Copilot. His ability to break down complex concepts and create practical solutions is game-changing. I highly recommend Daniel to any organisation wanting to maximize AI's potential.

Ellie O'Collins

The Brainstormer | Innovate Fast and Win
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Daniel played a pivotal role in helping Dundaloo transition to a modern intranet with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and Teams. His deep expertise, patience, and structured approach were invaluable. I highly recommend Daniel for any organisation seeking digital transformation and secure collaboration.

Pam Kingston

Executive Leader | Risk Management | Governance, Dundaloo
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Daniel has helped with information migration for my workplace and has answered close to 5000 of my questions! His expertise and solutions have made it an awesome experience working with him.

Olivia Zoia

Chief Project Officer, OTFC GROUP
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Daniel provided outstanding SharePoint implementation support for our team. His strong technical skills, practical experience, and ability to align solutions with our business needs were key to our success. I highly recommend Daniel to any organisation seeking customized Microsoft solutions.

Daniel Agent

Project Manager, Downer Group
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I've known and worked with Daniel Brown for over 15 years. His expertise in Microsoft 365, Copilot, and AI, combined with his ability to translate complex concepts into actionable strategies, makes him an exceptional partner. His commitment to innovation, leadership, and knowledge-sharing sets him apart.

James Milne

Innovation Engineer
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Delivered by Daniel Brown

Five-time Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Copilot and Azure AI, and founder of Archon Gnosis. Daniel advises enterprise and government organisations across Australia on secure, governed, and scalable AI adoption within Microsoft 365.

His work spans Copilot enablement, Azure OpenAI architecture, AI governance frameworks, information architecture optimisation, and enterprise AI operating model design — aligning AI capability to measurable executive outcomes.

This retainer is designed to keep adoption practical and consistent across executives, IT, security, and business teams — with clear direction instead of ad-hoc experimentation.

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