Thursday, November 23, 2017

New Microsoft Cloud Compliance Manager

I would like to draw your attention to the announcement about the new Compliance Manager Preview which as recently announced.

Announcement - https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/11/16/microsoft-365-helps-businesses-increase-trust-and-innovation-through-compliance-with-compliance-manager-preview/

The new Compliance Manager is a new cross-Microsoft Cloud services solution that is focused on helping customers protecting their data.  The Compliance Manager provides real-time risk assessment that reflects your entire compliance position for data protection.

The Compliance Manager gives you insight to controls you have implemented versus controls that Microsoft has implemented.  Over the years this is something that I have discussed extensively with Microsoft Office 365 cloud customers.  Microsoft does all the work on our side to implement all the required controls defined in such standards FedRAMP (NIST 800-53), FedRAMP+ (DoD CC SRG IL5), ISO, HIPPA, etc. yet there are still controls that are required customer implementation and configuration.  Microsoft gives you the features and capabilities to complete customer owned configurations, yet these configurations remain the responsibility of the customer.  This Compliance Manager will give you better insights, recommendations and guidance.



For more information about the Compliance Manager, please go here - https://servicetrust.microsoft.com/

How to Launch the Compliance Center - https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Go-to-the-Office-365-Security-Compliance-Center-7e696a40-b86b-4a20-afcc-559218b7b1b8
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Go-to-the-Office-365-Security-Compliance-Center-7e696a40-b86b-4a20-afcc-559218b7b1b8

Office 365 Secure Score – Another good tool focused on Office 365 - https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Introducing-the-Office-365-Secure-Score-c9e7160f-2c34-4bd0-a548-5ddcc862eaef?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Going to Office 365 Product Group

I am super excited yet again.  When I started this blog a little over 10 years ago, I was a fledging developer goaled on writing efficient code and helping others out.  The blog evolved over the years as I transitioned into technical sales at Microsoft.  I was focused on Office 365 government technical sales for past 7 years.  As of last week, I joined the Microsoft Office 365 engineering / product group directly supporting our delivery of Office 365 GCC, GCC High and DoD cloud.  I did not think an opportunity would ever come to me like this.  I have to truly thank all the great people around me that gave me an opportunity to excel.   Will continue to contribute to this blog about interesting topics as they come up.