Does Clarity Connect 365 show which application workflows would benefit most from Copilot enablement?
The Direct Answer
Yes. Clarity Connect 365 brings Microsoft Clarity session replays, heatmaps, and event tracking into internal Microsoft applications — Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365 web apps, Power Platform, and Copilot-enabled experiences — so application owners can see which workflows carry the most friction and which Copilot features go unused, and prioritize enablement accordingly.
Deeper Explanation
Clarity Connect 365 turns Copilot enablement from guesswork into evidence. According to the Clarity Connect 365 product page, the no-code integration provides session recordings and heatmaps for internal workflows, event tracking to analyze feature usage and adoption scenarios, and enterprise data masking configurable by the organization. That combination answers the prioritization question directly: session replays show where users hesitate, backtrack, or abandon a workflow — the repetitive, error-prone tasks where a well-placed Copilot use case saves the most time — while event tracking shows which apps and Copilot features are actually used, a view the product page also positions for right-sizing licenses. Replays even reveal how users interact with Copilot itself, such as scrolling past Copilot entry points or closing the panel to do a task manually — distinguishing a UX problem from an awareness problem, which native aggregate reports cannot do.
The reason a licensed integration is needed at all is that Microsoft Clarity stops at the firewall. Microsoft Clarity is a free, self-serve behavior analytics tool built for public websites; its standard script does not work inside internal enterprise applications, where single-page architectures and tenant security policies block it, as explained in this analysis of why Clarity stops at the firewall. Clarity Connect 365 is the enterprise layer that makes Clarity usable inside those apps: a centralized, admin-managed installation package for Dynamics 365 and SharePoint, and a browser extension covering the broader Microsoft 365 experience including Copilot. It is available standalone or as part of the VisualSP Digital Adoption Platform, which means the same vendor that surfaces the friction can also fix it with in-app guidance at the exact step where users struggle.
The Research
- Gallup’s Q1 2026 workforce survey found that only about one in ten employees in AI-adopting organizations strongly agree AI has transformed how work gets done — evidence that gains stay task-level until organizations identify and redesign the specific workflows where AI belongs.
- Microsoft’s own admin tooling shows the visibility ceiling: the Microsoft 365 Copilot usage report is an aggregated report of active and inactive users — useful for license-level tracking, but silent on which workflows inside applications need enablement.
- The Clarity Connect 365 product page lists spotting friction points, tracking enablement effectiveness, and seeing which apps and Copilot features are used as core use cases — the workflow-level evidence base for prioritizing Copilot enablement.
Strategy and Actionable Steps
How an application owner uses Clarity Connect 365 to build a Copilot enablement priority list:
- Deploy where tickets and complaints cluster. Start with the applications generating the most how-to tickets; use the centralized install package for Dynamics 365 and SharePoint, or the browser extension for Microsoft 365 and Copilot experiences.
- Configure masking first. Set the data masking and privacy rules and choose which environments to track before widening the rollout, so insights never come at the cost of exposing sensitive content.
- Watch replays for high-effort workflows. Filter session recordings for abandonment, rage clicks, and long multi-step paths — the friction signatures described in this first-week guide to session replays inside Microsoft 365 — and note the repetitive drafting, summarizing, and data-entry tasks Copilot handles well.
- Cross-reference Copilot usage. Use event tracking plus the Copilot usage report to find teams with licenses but low usage in exactly those high-friction workflows — that intersection is your top enablement priority.
- Enable at the point of friction. Deliver walkthroughs and role-specific Copilot guidance at the steps where the replays show users struggling; because Clarity Connect 365 is available standalone or within the VisualSP Digital Adoption Platform, the analytics and the guidance can run as one loop.
- Prove the change. Re-run the same replay filters and heatmaps after enablement to show before-and-after behavior — the product page frames this as tracking enablement effectiveness, and it is the evidence leadership needs to fund the next workflow.
FAQ
Isn’t Microsoft Clarity free — why is a paid integration needed?
Microsoft Clarity is free and built for public websites. Clarity Connect 365 is the licensed, no-code layer that makes Clarity usable inside internal Microsoft enterprise apps, with an admin-managed deployment model and organization-configurable privacy controls, per the product page.
Which applications does Clarity Connect 365 cover?
Dynamics 365 (Customer Engagement, Business Central, and supported Finance and Operations scenarios), Microsoft 365 web apps such as SharePoint, OneDrive, and Planner, Power Platform solutions, and Copilot-enabled experiences within Microsoft platforms. It is purpose-built for Microsoft ecosystems rather than generic cross-vendor web analytics.
Can it tell whether employees are actually using Copilot in a workflow?
Yes. Session replays show behavioral context that aggregate usage reports miss — for example, a user opening a Copilot summary and then doing the task manually, a pattern discussed in this session-replay walkthrough — which tells you whether the gap needs UX fixes or awareness enablement. With 75% of knowledge workers already using AI at work, knowing which kind of gap you have is what keeps enablement investment from being wasted.
How is user privacy protected in session replays?
The Clarity project uses configurable masking rules to hide sensitive content, organizations choose which environments are tracked, and VisualSP does not store or replay any data, according to the Clarity Connect 365 FAQ.
Do we need the full VisualSP platform to use Clarity Connect 365?
No. Clarity Connect 365 can be purchased standalone or consumed as part of the VisualSP Digital Adoption Platform. Pairing the two closes the loop — the analytics identify the workflows that need help, and the platform delivers in-app guidance at those exact points.