Microsoft 365 Deployment & Audits
A tenant configured on purpose, not by default.
Microsoft 365 defaults are built to work for everyone, which means they are rarely right for you. We deploy tenants with conditional access, data retention and device baselines set deliberately — and we audit tenants that were set up in a hurry.
What you end up with
- Legacy authentication disabled and MFA enforced across all admin roles
- Written findings report rated by risk and remediation effort
- External sharing and retention set deliberately, not left at default
- Licence assignment reviewed — most audits surface seats nobody uses
Scope
What the engagement covers.
Platforms & tooling
- Entra ID
- Exchange Online
- SharePoint
- Teams
- Purview
- Intune
- Defender
- 01
Tenant deployment
Identity, licensing, Exchange Online, SharePoint and Teams structure built from an agreed design document rather than improvised in the admin centre.
- 02
Identity and conditional access
MFA enforcement, conditional access policies, break-glass accounts, privileged role review and legacy authentication shut off.
- 03
Security audit
A scored review against CIS benchmarks and Microsoft Secure Score, covering identity, mail flow, sharing, device compliance and admin roles.
- 04
Data governance
Retention policies, sensitivity labels, external sharing rules and DLP tuned to what you actually handle.
- 05
Findings report and remediation plan
Every finding rated by risk and effort, with a plan we can execute or hand to your team.
How it runs
Four phases, agreed before we start.
- 01
Assess
Output: environment map, risk list, fixed-price proposal.
- 02
Plan
Output: runbook, comms templates, rollback criteria.
- 03
Execute
Output: live status channel, step-by-step verification log.
- 04
Support
Output: reconciliation report, documentation, handover session.
Questions
About microsoft 365 deployment & audits.
What does the audit actually produce?
A scored report mapped to CIS benchmarks, a prioritised findings list with risk and effort ratings, and a remediation plan. You keep all of it whether or not we do the remediation.
Will tightening security break how people work?
It can, if done carelessly. Policies are staged to a pilot group first and rolled out in rings, so problems surface with five users rather than five hundred.
We already have Microsoft 365. Is an audit worth it?
Especially then. Tenants set up years ago under time pressure tend to carry legacy auth, over-permissive sharing and admin accounts nobody has reviewed since.
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