M365 Audit
Your digital workplace is the future of your business – perfectly tuned and secured IT systems will accelerate your business growth.
Most SMEs can benefit from fine-tuning their M365 set up or moving to M365 from another system. A Microsoft 365 Audit uncovers the biggest opportunities, so you can quantify benefits and prioritise any changes to be made.
Security and peace of mind
We all know how important data security is for your business, but how many business owners simply trust the standard settings of their operating system? What if you could easily customise it?
We audit the default settings in your M365 setup, calculating the Microsoft Security score for your M365 installation. This allows us to check what can be adjusted to improve your digital security above the baseline.
You’ll receive a thorough security assessment identifying:
- Potential weak points which could cause a security breach.
- Opportunities to improve employee awareness and actions.
- Opportunities to improve security through using existing or additional features.
- Opportunities to enhance your recovery planning and minimise risks.
Best value from M365
Our M365 Audit reviews your existing Microsoft licenses to unlock more from M365, using its full potential to empower your teams to work smarter.
An M365 Audit is the starting point for Digital Transformation. Your audit recommendations will outline the biggest opportunities for adjusting your software to improve processes and increase efficiency.
This may look like:
- Revealing under-used features and the training needed to use them effectively.
- Suggestions for changing or down-sizing your licensing, for a better fit with your needs.
- Identifying gaps in your current set up that could be filled by add-ins, automation or AI.
As a Microsoft Solutions Partner we help you cut through the options to find the best value for your IT investment.
Seamless system migration
It’s tempting to put off migrating to a new system, even when it will result in efficiency gains, because the risk of disruption to your business operations is too great.
We start with an audit, reviewing your existing systems to plan a phased migration and a seamless handover.
Our M365 Audit is the ideal starting point when:
- Migrating from another system (e.g. Google workspace) to M365.
- In acquisitions or mergers, to move painlessly from one M365 tenant to another.
- Divestiture, where your organisation is splitting into separate businesses or divisions.
Baked-in compliance
Our clients also rely on our M365 expertise and audit service to check your system is set up for regulatory compliance to happen continuously, in the background, while capturing the necessary paper trail.
If you have activity or industry-specific requirements, for example an ISO audit, we can support you with the preparation, so you and your teams don’t have to spin that plate, on top of all the others.
We also audit your backup and disaster recovery planning, with recommendations to ensure you can still access your business critical data in the event of a data breach or a disaster.
Integration that drives efficiency
Creating smooth processes doesn’t always demand new software or systems.
Your M365 Audit will check integrations between M365 and your other software are all set up correctly and to minimise manual hand-offs, rekeying of information and errors in your data.
We will also check the configuration of your users and groups for different Microsoft services to allow easy access for the right people wherever they are.
Ensure your teams can collaborate and access the platforms they need to be productive, across all their devices, while also meeting your compliance and cybersecurity requirements.
The review can include: Azure Active Directory (Now called EntraID), Azure Platform & Services, Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Teams, Office 365, OneDrive for Business, SharePoint Online.
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Your questions answered
They are, yes. We don’t take a one-size fits all approach and we can tailor the depth and breadth of the audit to your business and your budget. We’d say that smaller businesses can benefit from an audit more than bigger businesses, as they’ve usually got less tech expertise in-house and can easily miss simple changes and adjustments that an audit will pick up.
Yes, they can. If we discover there are efficiencies to be made with your M365 licensing or using features within M365 to replace other software you’re using, this can lead to cost savings. An audit can also recommend ways to increase efficiency, which can lead to longer-term cost savings.
When we understand where you’re starting from (in terms of your existing setup and processes) we can make recommendations that fit your business and your goals. An audit also aids prioritisation so you can invest in adjustments and solutions that bring you the best return on investment.
If you want to implement recommendations from your M365 Audit, we can support you to plan the necessary changes, through our Digital Transformation services [link to page] and to train [link to new page] your staff so they’re confident using new features and adopt new digital processes quickly.