Executive Focus: Microsoft 365’s Compliance Technologies

• Regulatory compliance is made more complex by the number and scale of data sources, applications, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Failure to understand compliance requirements, or to properly use compliance-related technologies, can result in reputational damage or litigation.
• Microsoft is adding to its already broad portfolio of compliance-related technologies in Microsoft 365.
• Third-party technologies can augment Microsoft capabilities, but customers should carefully understand them and how well they interoperate.

As IT and corporate executives are aware, complying with applicable laws, regulations, and standards can be daunting. The growth in both the quantity of data and in the number of data sources typically managed by an enterprise can make compliance even more challenging. The provided recommendations can help compliance and IT professionals select and deploy the correct Microsoft compliance technologies to help ensure they are prevented from exposure.