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What Is Exchange Online Archiving?

Learn all about Exchange Online Archiving, a set of optional features that can be purchased separately from Exchange Online, which is also included in some Office 365 plans.

Last Update: Jul 24, 2023

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Understanding Microsoft Information Protection

Last Update: Feb 08, 2023

There are a lot of compliance-based services across Microsoft 365’s licensing options. At the highest level, a Microsoft 365 E5 subscription for a tenant gives administrators a ton of toys to play with. The naming, marketing, and placement of the capabilities you get can be fuzzy. In this article, we’ll tackle Microsoft Information Protection (MIP),…

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Microsoft 365 Apps

How Does eDiscovery Work Within Microsoft 365?

Content sprawl causes IT and security administrators many problems and complicates the management and control of information. However, Microsoft 365 provides tools to prevent content sprawl from happening. These tools are part of the Microsoft Purview eDiscovery services. In this article, we’ll explain how eDiscovery works within Microsoft 365. When working with Microsoft 365, content sprawl…

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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server Gets FedRAMP Compliance

Last Update: Aug 05, 2022

Earlier this week, Amazon announced some important compliance updates for Amazon FSx for Windows File Server. The company says that its popular cloud file storage service is finally FedRAMP compliant. Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program For those unfamiliar, FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) is a US government program that helps to standardize…

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Microsoft 365 Apps

Reduce Data Theft with Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management

Last Update: Jun 13, 2022

Through Microsoft Purview Insider risk management in Microsoft 365, organizations can identify and mitigate insider risks quickly and effectively. Before you can manage and minimize risks in your organization, though, it is critical to understand the different types of internal risks you may encounter. This article will explore how Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management can…

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Microsoft Renames Data Governance and Compliance Products to “Microsoft Purview”

Last Update: Jun 10, 2022

Microsoft announced a significant revamp of its Azure Purview data-governance platform. The Redmond giant is rebranding the service as “Microsoft Purview” and also rolling out new Microsoft 365 compliance capabilities to the suite. The new Microsoft Purview suite provides customers with compliance tools that allow them to view all their data assets in one place….

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New Permissions Management Page Coming to the M365 Compliance Center

Microsoft has been in a continual cycle of moving legacy features and interfaces from older websites to brand new ones. One major reason is they’re able to create these new websites from the ground up to be more performant, secure, and to be agile enough to work correctly on all modern web browsers (also built…

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Missing Audit Records for Retention Labels Applied to SharePoint Online Documents

Activity Explorer Highlights Label Activities In June 2020, I covered Microsoft’s “Know Your Data” initiative, essentially the introduction of a bunch of new features in the Data classification section of the Microsoft 365 compliance center. Requiring Office 365 E5 or Microsoft 365 E5 (or E5 compliance) licenses, Microsoft targets this functionality at large enterprises who…

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Marking Office 365 Documents and Email as Formal Records

Microsoft released a report in late October to demonstrate how well Microsoft 365 meets the compliance needs of the financial sector subject to U.S. regulations. The level of inaccuracy in the text meant that I didn’t think much of the report. In any case, the report placed great emphasis on two developments. The first was…

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Updated Compliance Assessment Report Released for Microsoft 365

  In late October, Microsoft released a compliance assessment report written by Cohasset Associates to compare Microsoft 365 services against the requirements of U.S. financial regulations. The report covers SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Teams, Exchange Online, and Skype for Business Online, but excludes Stream, OneNote, and Planner because these apps do not support retention…

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