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 […]
Microsoft Podcast: How information governance brings value to business
Microsoft Podcast: How information governance brings value to business In this Voices of Data Protection podcast episode, Microsoft talks with Atle Skjekkeland, CEO at Infotechtion, about information protection and governance; the challenges and priorities that companies are facing as they work remotely and from around the world; and the models for reducing operational risks, increasing […]
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 […]
Architecture Foundation for Automation
We are at a key inflection point, and going through a once in a generation change in how we do business, and this creates a unique opportunity to integrate Information management best practices and behaviors into the new operating model. If we act now, we can also leverage the ongoing digital transformation and develop a […]
Microsoft Teams and Site templates to automate M365 Information Governance
Perhaps, the most important part of information governance is the use site / Teams’ templates. These templates define the structure of your site or team. Consider it is as a sketch of the site / team that tells you what components will be included when the template is deployed. For SharePoint site it means that […]
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 […]
Finding and Protecting the Crown Jewels – A Compliance Framework
Information Governance seems to manifest itself in multiple separate projects managed under a single roof. It is better than silos, but still not completely integrated. M365 strategies, for example, may not touch paper file management, which may not touch GDPR, which may not touch long term archival information. I wanted to put together a high-level […]
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 […]
