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.
Book This WorkshopA poorly governed Office 365 environment has a number of characteristics:
- A lack of governance and access control
- Cluttered environment that confuses and frustrates end users
- An inability to properly leverage O365 services based on governance concerns
Governing your environment can bring great benefits:
- Fully realized Office 365 environment
- Simple, manageable user experience
- Security and controlled access
- Compliance with rules and regulations
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Onsite Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn’t enough, we offer low-cost onsite delivery of our Project Workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a road map in place to complete your project successfully.
Book NowModule 1: Define Goals
The Purpose
- Develop a plan to assess the capabilities of the Office 365 solution and select licensing for the product.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Office 365 capability assessment (right-size licensing)
- Acceptable Use Policies
- Mapped Office 365 controls
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1.1 | Review organizational goals. |
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1.2 | Evaluate Office 365 capabilities. |
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1.3 | Conduct the Office 365 capability assessment. |
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1.4 | Define user groups. |
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1.5 | Finalize licensing. |
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Module 2: Build Refined Governance Priorities
The Purpose
- Leverage the Office 365 governance framework to develop and refined governance priorities.
- Build a SharePoint acceptable use policy and define SharePoint controls.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Refined governance priorities
- List of SharePoint controls
- SharePoint acceptable use policy
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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2.1 | Explore the Office 365 Framework. |
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2.2 | Conduct governance priorities refinement exercise. |
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2.3 | Populate the Office 365 control map (SharePoint). |
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2.4 | Build acceptable use policy (SharePoint). |
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Module 3: Control Office 365
The Purpose
- Implement governance priorities for OneDrive and Teams.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Clearly defined acceptable use policies for OneDrive and Teams
- List of OneDrive and Teams controls
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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3.1 | Populate the Office 365 Control Map (OneDrive). |
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3.2 | Build acceptable use policy (OneDrive). |
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3.3 | Populate the Office 365 Control Map (Teams). |
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3.4 | Build acceptable use policy (Teams). |
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Module 4: SOW Walkthrough
The Purpose
Build a plan to communicate coming changes to the productivity environment.
Key Benefits Achieved
Communication plan covering SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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4.1 | Build SharePoint one pager. |
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4.2 | Build OneDrive one pager. |
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4.3 | Build Teams one pager. |
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4.4 | Finalize communication plan. |
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Module 5: Communicate and Implement
The Purpose
- Finalize deliverables and plan post-workshop communications.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Completed Office 365 governance plan
- Finalized deliverables
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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5.1 | Completed in-progress deliverables from previous four days. |
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5.2 | Set up review time for workshop deliverables and to discuss next steps. |
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5.3 | Validate governance with stakeholders. |
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