Govern Office 365


Office 365 is as difficult to wrangle as it is valuable. Leverage best practices to produce governance outcomes aligned with your goals.

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Major Business Pain Points

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Key Points

Map your organizational goals to the administration features available in the Office 365 console. Your governance should reflect your requirements.

Approach

The result is a defined plan for controlling Office 365 by leveraging hard controls to align Microsoft’s toolset with your needs and creating acceptable use policies and communication plans to highlight the impact of the transition to Office 365 on the end-user population.

Methodology and Tools

Executive Brief

Understand the challenges posed by governing Office 365 and the necessity of deploying proper governance.

  • Govern Office 365 – Executive Brief
  • Govern Office 365 – Phases 1-3
  • Office 365 Capability Assessment

1. Define your organizational goals

Develop a list of organizational goals that will enable you to leverage the Office 365 toolset to its fullest extent while also implementing sensible governance.

  • Govern Office 365 – Phase 1: Define Your Organizational Goals

2. Control your Office 365 environment

Use Info-Tech's toolset to build out controls for OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams that align with your organizational goals as they relate to governance.

  • Govern Office 365 – Phase 2: Control Your Office 365 Environment
  • Office 365 Control Map
  • Microsoft Teams Acceptable Use Policy
  • Microsoft SharePoint Online Acceptable Use Policy
  • Microsoft OneDrive Acceptable Use Policy

3. Communicate your results

Communicate the results of your Office 365 governance program using Info-Tech's toolset.

  • Govern Office 365 – Phase 3: Communicate Your Results
  • Office 365 Communication Plan Template

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