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Microsoft Data Governance Review

A fixed-scope review designed to answer one question:

If you were asked today how sensitive data is stored, accessed, shared, and protected — could you clearly demonstrate it?

This review focuses on how data is governed in practice, not just how tools are configured.

Focus Areas

Identity and Access Governance

  • How access is granted, enforced, and revoked
  • Internal vs. external identities
  • Administrative role design and privilege boundaries

Cross-Tenant and External Collaboration

  • How data is shared with external organizations, partners, counsel, and clients
  • Guest access, cross-tenant trust, and federation configuration
  • Controls governing Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, and email collaboration
  • Visibility into where data leaves the tenant and under what conditions

Data Exposure Across Cloud and Hybrid Environments

  • Locations where sensitive data resides
  • Movement of data across systems and services
  • Gaps between intended use and actual behavior

Backup, Recovery, and Data Survivability

  • Ability to recover critical data without expanding exposure
  • Backup isolation and access controls
  • Alignment between resilience goals and implementation

Policy and Practice Alignment

  • Whether documented policies match real-world usage
  • Where assumptions replace enforceable controls
  • What leadership could responsibly stand behind if asked

This is an advisory governance review — not an audit, certification, penetration test, or compliance checklist. The outcome is executive-level clarity.

Infrastructure and Cloud Advisory

Ongoing advisory support for organizations modernizing or operating Microsoft-based infrastructure. Engagements are selective, advisory-first, and designed to support leadership decision-making.

  • Selective engagements
  • Advisory-first
  • Leadership-aligned
  • Microsoft infrastructure focus