Planning M365 Information Governance
If you have lots of legacy systems, e.g. file servers / network shared drives, SharePoint on-premise, and Enterprise Content Management systems, then you need to establish your new governance structure for M365 before starting the migration from legacy systems to M365 since this will impact required metadata mapping, access controls, retention design, etc. You can […]
M365 for collaboration and records management for 37,000 users
Microsoft just published a case study about how the global energy company Equinor has standardized on Microsoft 365 (M365) for both collaboration and records management. Press link to access the case study, and it was an honor to work with them on this project. Some quotes from the case study: “Equinor tested many of the […]
The Dangers of M365 Add-On Solutions
There are a variety of IT solutions that improve how information is captured, processed, and managed in Microsoft 365 (M365), but some of them actually create a long-term problem for you. By buying these 3rd party solutions, you are then saying no to many Microsoft innovations and improvements. Many Microsoft partners that offer 3rd party […]
M365 architecture to improve access and control of information
If you have many M365 users and files, then you need to plan how to best connect people, information, and knowledge with required security and compliance. Your M365 architecture and setup – like in the picture below – should enable people to quickly go where they want to find what they need, but also ensure […]
M365 Information Governance: Automate metadata extraction to improve search and discovery
Metadata is key to discover, understand, and manage unstructured information like documents and records. Users benefit from this when trying to find relevant information, but most of them are not willing to add metadata manually when storing important documents and records. The key to success is therefore to automate how metadata is added to documents […]
The Business Case for Microsoft Information Governance
In the information age, information is an asset that can be used to add value, identify new opportunities, reduce costs, minimize risks. Knowledge workers are information workers that create, collaborate, analyze, and share information, and Information Governance ensures information availability, trustworthiness, and completeness while reducing operational risks and costs. It is a framework to connect […]
Ensure GDPR compliance for Microsoft 365
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). The GDPR’s primary aim is to give control to individuals over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation […]
Improve M365 governance AND reduce costs
The Covid-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the revenues of many companies, which has required them to reduce costs. It will require resources to establish M365 governance to improve how information in M365 is classified and protected, but the benefits may outweigh the costs. Many people look at information governance (IG) as a risk mitigation effort, […]
Teams Hub to automatically apply templates, naming, security, taxonomy, and compliance controls
Infotechtion Teams hub is an open-source product from Infotechtion built on Microsoft power platform to accelerate governance deployment and ongoing operational governance in Microsoft 365. This video explains it in more detail. Press here to learn more.
Building Your M365 Governance Strategy: What you can do with an E3 License
Webinar November 19th, 2020 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 17:00 GMT / 18:00 CET The M365 E3 license includes features and opportunities to manage information across Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Exchange and Line of Business (LOB) systems. As an example, you can do document management for Teams, SharePoint, and LOB systems with the […]
