M365 AI Readiness Review
A structured 2-week review of your Microsoft 365 environment: governance gaps, data protection posture, Copilot readiness, and a prioritized 90-day remediation roadmap. Available for GCC government tenants and commercial M365 organizations. $12,000–$22,000. VOSB, SAM active.
What the Review Covers
The logical first step before a larger AI engagement.
The M365 AI Readiness Review answers three questions before any AI build begins: what does your Microsoft 365 environment actually look like today, where are the governance and configuration gaps that matter for AI deployment, and what should you do first given your constraints and goals. The review runs in both GCC government tenants and commercial M365 environments.
Government GCC clients typically discover that DLP policies will block Copilot retrieval, service principal permission gaps exist, sensitivity label coverage does not extend to AI-accessible document stores, and Teams governance gaps expose policy inconsistencies. Commercial M365 clients typically discover that licensing is not configured to enable Copilot features, Power Platform governance is absent or broken, and there are 3 to 5 high-value automation candidates with no build plan. Both cases: identifying these before the build saves weeks of rework and thousands of dollars in scope changes.
Review scope
- Tenant governance review: Entra ID, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, Purview
- Data protection posture: DLP policies, sensitivity labels, retention
- Copilot readiness: licensing, feature availability, blocking configurations
- Power Platform governance: DLP, connector policy, environment sprawl
- Identity and access: conditional access, privileged identity, service accounts
- Compliance alignment: FedRAMP, CMMC, NIST 800-171, CJIS (GCC); standard M365 security baseline (commercial)
- High-value automation opportunity identification (3 to 5 scoped use cases)
What gets delivered
- Executive summary (non-technical, suitable for leadership briefing)
- Technical findings report with remediation guidance per item
- Prioritized 90-day roadmap: what to fix, what to build, in what order
- 3 to 5 high-value automation use cases scoped to your actual workflows
- Readout session with your team and stakeholders
The M365 AI Readiness Review is $12,000–$22,000 for a 2-week engagement. Most reviews land at the lower end of the range. Larger or more complex tenants (multi-agency GCC, extensive Purview configuration, or cross-system commercial integrations) are scoped and quoted before any work begins. Commercial M365 reviews generally scope at the lower end of the range due to less compliance surface area.
The base price qualifies for simplified acquisition thresholds (FAR 13.305) in many federal and state contexts, allowing procurement without a full competitive solicitation.
The Review is the natural predecessor to the GCC AI Jumpstart. Most agencies proceed to a Jumpstart with a clear, pre-scoped build agenda.
No government procurement vehicle required. Direct engagement at fixed price.
The Review typically leads to a scoped Copilot Studio or Power Automate engagement, built directly from the roadmap deliverable.
For a current overview of what Copilot features are available in GCC, see Is Microsoft 365 Copilot Available in GCC?
NIST AI-RMF alignment
Federal agencies are increasingly required to maintain an AI inventory, run risk assessments, and document high-risk AI systems aligned to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. The AI Readiness Review delivers a structured gap review against NIST AI-RMF governance expectations and produces documentation your AI governance lead and information security officer can use directly. This is not a separate add-on; it is part of every government engagement scope.
Who This Is For
Government GCC: The right starting point for government IT teams that own a Microsoft 365 GCC tenant and have not yet deployed AI, for teams planning a Copilot or Power Platform expansion but uncertain where to start, and for agencies that have started an AI deployment and encountered unexpected friction. Also the recommended first engagement for primes evaluating PSAI as a subcontractor on a government AI task order.
Commercial M365: The right starting point for organizations on M365 Business Premium, E3, or E5 that have Copilot licenses and no deployment plan, for companies running Power Automate flows that were never properly designed or documented, and for any commercial team that wants a clear map of what to build and in what order before committing to a larger engagement.
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