Chapter 3

Governance concepts

Identity and access management concepts

Governance for core workloads and features

Governance controls

What’s next?

What is governance? In broad terms, it’s a set of policies or a framework that describes how your organization will operate under a given set of circumstances or requirements. From a systems or data management perspective, governance typically focuses on topics such as how identities get provisioned or retired, how systems and data access are managed, and what data operations are audited and managed.

This chapter explores the types of governance planning activities and topics you should consider when approaching the Microsoft 365 platform.

Governance can take many forms, including written policies ...

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