ShareGate, the leading Microsoft 365 migration and governance platform trusted by over 100,000 IT professionals, has announced the availability of ShareGate MCP, the first solution that lets IT pros govern Microsoft 365 directly from their AI tool of choice. Starting June 23, 2026, ShareGate Protect users can get early access from Claude, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot using a library of ready-to-use prompts.
Closing the Governance Gap
Assessing, identifying and fixing Microsoft 365 sprawl typically forces IT teams to jump between tools that don’t talk to each other, making governance nearly impossible to stay on top of. ShareGate MCP closes that gap. With it, governance data, risk signals and remediation actions are accessible through a single conversation in any language, allowing tenant issues to be identified and addressed without breaking the workflow.
ShareGate MCP launches with four core capabilities. Available now are tenant intelligence through natural conversation and branded governance reports from a single prompt. Available July 2026 are automated governance policy creation through conversational prompts and in-conversation remediation.
Core Capabilities Now Available
Tenant intelligence through natural conversation allows IT pros to surface access exposure, oversharing risks and AI-readiness, drill into issues and export on demand. No report builder or dashboard is required. Branded governance reports from a single prompt are fully customizable with PDF export built in. Partners can add the client’s name and logo and run reports across multiple tenants in one conversation.
Automated governance policy creation through conversational prompts will be available in July 2026. The AI tool drafts policies in a paused state, and a human switches them on explicitly, keeping IT teams in full control of what runs. In-conversation remediation ensures every change gets a natural-language preview before it executes, with nothing running without explicit confirmation.
Growing Governance Workload
A 2026 ShareGate survey found that 71% of IT professionals say their governance workload has grown since deploying AI. “Governance has never lived in one place because nothing was ever built to hold it,” said Benjamin Niaulin, VP of Product at ShareGate. “AI tools just became another admin center 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.”
Scalable Governance for Partners
For global systems integrators (GSIs) and Microsoft partners, ShareGate MCP makes Microsoft 365 governance a scalable, higher-margin practice. One consultant can run AI-readiness checks, deliver branded reports and remediate risk across multiple client tenants, expanding capacity and creating a repeatable revenue stream.
ShareGate is working with leading Microsoft partners, including Avanade, to ensure alignment with how the most experienced Microsoft 365 advisors serve clients in the AI era. “Organizations are under increasing pressure to modernize 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, organizations 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.”
