Does Frontrow have an office in Canberra?

No. Canberra engagements run live remote as the default, with on-site visits by arrangement for workshops and key milestones — the team travels in rather than being based locally.

Can Copilot handle PROTECTED-classified government information?

That's a decision for your agency's own security team, made against the current Microsoft 365 IRAP assessment published on the Microsoft Service Trust Portal — Microsoft 365, including Copilot for Microsoft 365, has been through an Australian Government IRAP assessment, but exactly what's in scope and what your agency is cleared to do with it is a question Frontrow directs back to that assessment and your security area, not one it answers on a client's behalf.

How does Frontrow's work fit with the Policy for the responsible use of AI in government?

The updated policy, in effect from December 2025, requires agencies to set a strategic AI position, embed responsible AI practice and run mandatory staff training. Frontrow's Copilot rollout and governance work — AI policy, model register, human oversight — is built to produce exactly those artefacts, so the engagement satisfies the policy requirement rather than sitting alongside it as extra work.

Does an APS agency need to run this through the whole-of-government Microsoft arrangement?

Licensing itself typically already sits under the Digital Transformation Agency's whole-of-government Microsoft arrangement, which most agencies are already part of. Frontrow's advisory and delivery work sits on top of that licensing, not in competition with it.

Can you customise training and agent builds to our agency's own documents?

Yes — and for government work that matters more than usual, since the value is in an agent citing your agency's actual guidance or precedent rather than generic material. Tell us your headcount and document set and we'll scope accordingly.

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Frontrow doesn't have a Canberra office, so Canberra engagements run live remote as the default, with the team travelling in for workshops and milestones where being in the room genuinely helps. AI strategy, Copilot rollout, agent builds and the governance scaffolding that sits underneath all of it — scoped against the Australian Government's own AI and security requirements, not a generic private-sector template.

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Where AI projects start in Canberra

Canberra's AI demand is unusually policy-shaped: Australian Public Service agencies already sit inside a whole-of-government Microsoft licensing arrangement, and from December 2025 they operate under an updated national policy for the responsible use of AI in government that requires a strategic AI position, embedded governance and mandatory staff training. Alongside that, the Australian National University generates a steady stream of research administration work, and national regulators and statutory agencies headquartered in Canberra carry their own casework and guidance-drafting load.

APS policy & program agencies
Briefing and correspondence drafting support scoped to OFFICIAL data
Copilot Chat and, where an agency holds paid seats, Microsoft 365 Copilot can draft first-pass briefs, summarise consultation submissions and triage ministerial correspondence — scoped to a team's own OFFICIAL: Sensitive material inside the agency's existing tenant. Any move toward PROTECTED-level use is the agency's own security team's call, made against the current Microsoft 365 IRAP assessment on the Service Trust Portal, not something Frontrow pre-decides.
University & research
Research administration support for ANU staff
Grant applications, ethics documentation and literature summarisation are repetitive, document-heavy work that Copilot handles well once grounded in a researcher's own files — the same pattern that works at any research-heavy university, applied to ANU's specific templates and processes.
National regulators & statutory agencies
Guidance and casework document search for statutory bodies
Regulators and statutory agencies headquartered in Canberra hold large libraries of guidance material, determinations and casework precedent. An agent grounded in that library, built to cite the specific document it drew from, cuts the time staff spend hunting for the right precedent — the same shape as a policy-intelligence build, tuned to a regulator's own document set.

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The engagements Frontrow actually runs.

AI strategy and roadmap

An honest read of where AI pays in the business, turned into a phased 12-month roadmap that front-loads quick wins, starting from the Microsoft 365 licences already owned.

AI Business Transformation Review

A readiness assessment, an expert manual review and a facilitated discovery workshop, ending in a current-state report, a ranked opportunity list and a 12-month roadmap you keep.

Copilot readiness, rollout and training

Identity, SharePoint hygiene and labelling sorted before anyone types a prompt, then hands-on training so the licences get used rather than parked.

Agent builds and AI governance

Copilot Studio agents grounded in your own data, and the policy, register and human-oversight controls that let a board sign off on them.

Who you'll work with

A Microsoft MVP on the engagement, not on the brochure.

Frontrow has no Canberra office, and this page won't imply one — sessions and engagements run live remote by default, with the team travelling in for workshops, pilots and milestone reviews where the engagement genuinely benefits from being in the room. Government security and procurement requirements are worked within, not around.

Frontrow's AI lead Daniel Brown is a 5× Microsoft MVP and a Microsoft Certified Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect, and leads the Adelaide Microsoft 365 and Copilot user group. Modern Work delivery is led by Simon Aspinall.

FAQ — AI consulting in Canberra

What Canberra buyers ask before engaging an AI consultant.

Does Frontrow have an office in Canberra?: No. Canberra engagements run live remote as the default, with on-site visits by arrangement for workshops and key milestones — the team travels in rather than being based locally.
Can Copilot handle PROTECTED-classified government information?: That's a decision for your agency's own security team, made against the current Microsoft 365 IRAP assessment published on the Microsoft Service Trust Portal — Microsoft 365, including Copilot for Microsoft 365, has been through an Australian Government IRAP assessment, but exactly what's in scope and what your agency is cleared to do with it is a question Frontrow directs back to that assessment and your security area, not one it answers on a client's behalf.
How does Frontrow's work fit with the Policy for the responsible use of AI in government?: The updated policy, in effect from December 2025, requires agencies to set a strategic AI position, embed responsible AI practice and run mandatory staff training. Frontrow's Copilot rollout and governance work — AI policy, model register, human oversight — is built to produce exactly those artefacts, so the engagement satisfies the policy requirement rather than sitting alongside it as extra work.
Does an APS agency need to run this through the whole-of-government Microsoft arrangement?: Licensing itself typically already sits under the Digital Transformation Agency's whole-of-government Microsoft arrangement, which most agencies are already part of. Frontrow's advisory and delivery work sits on top of that licensing, not in competition with it.
Can you customise training and agent builds to our agency's own documents?: Yes — and for government work that matters more than usual, since the value is in an agent citing your agency's actual guidance or precedent rather than generic material. Tell us your headcount and document set and we'll scope accordingly.

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