SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM)
SharePoint governance capabilities (part of SharePoint Premium) included with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, used to reduce oversharing, clean up inactive sites, and govern content.
SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM) is a set of governance capabilities that are part of SharePoint Premium, with a core set unlocked whenever at least one Microsoft 365 Copilot license is assigned. It addresses the risk that Copilot surfaces overshared or stale content by helping admins detect and restrict broad-access sharing links, identify inactive sites, and apply restricted access at scale. The exam distinction is between SAM and Microsoft Purview: SAM governs SharePoint itself—access, site lifecycle, and content discoverability—while Purview governs data classification and compliance. Restricted Content Discovery is a SAM feature, not a Purview label policy.
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