https://forcewake.me/tags/copilot/Recent content in Copilot on Pavel Nasovich's BlogHugo -- 0.157.0en-usCopyright 2026Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:20:03 +0200https://forcewake.me/github-copilot-agent-mode-eu-data-residency-ai-act-compliance-checklist/Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://forcewake.me/github-copilot-agent-mode-eu-data-residency-ai-act-compliance-checklist/GitHub Copilot’s new Agent mode executes its language-model inference on Azure OpenAI GPUs that sit wholly inside Microsoft’s EU Data Boundary—provided your tenant is in the EU/EFTA and the “cross-region capacity” switch stays off*. Prompts, repo context and outputs never leave the EU at rest, though limited pseudonymised telemetry can flow to Microsoft’s global SOC. Under the EU AI Act, Copilot is a general-purpose AI (GPAI) service; Microsoft/GitHub must supply risk management, transparency notes and system cards, while *you* must keep logs, run a DPIA and enforce human review. Deadlines: GPAI obligations bite 2 Aug 2025. A five-step checklist below locks your setup to the EU and aligns you with the Act.