Microsoft 365 is powerful, not self-configuring
Licensing provides capabilities, but protection still depends on policy decisions, administrator practices, identity configuration, sharing rules, logging, and consistent enforcement.
Verify the identity foundation first
Account compromise becomes much harder to contain when MFA coverage, legacy authentication, emergency access, and administrator privileges are not understood.
- MFA coverage
- Legacy authentication
- Administrator count
- Emergency access accounts
- Risky sign-in response
- Unmanaged-device access
Then review data movement and evidence
External sharing, mailbox forwarding, audit retention, alert ownership, and backup expectations determine how quickly the business can identify and respond to a problem.
Need an evidence-backed starting point?
The free Exposure Review shows what is publicly observable. The Business Security Baseline verifies the essential controls protecting the business.