Microsoft 365 architecture and AI governance
Tenant governance across Entra ID, Purview, SharePoint, Exchange, and Teams, built from your actual configuration so Copilot and agents only reach what they should.
Short answer
Microsoft 365 architecture and AI governance work configures Entra ID, Purview, SharePoint, Exchange, Teams, and Power Platform so AI tools only reach the data people should see. Puget Sound AI starts from your actual tenant, documents every decision with its compliance mapping, and works across commercial, GCC, and GCC High.
Governance that starts from your tenant, not a template.
Copilot answers from everything a person can reach. Overshared sites, missing labels, and loose sharing links become AI problems the day Copilot is turned on.
Government clouds add their own constraints: smaller connector catalogs, conditional access behaviors that differ from commercial, and Purview features that arrive on a different schedule. Every decision is documented with its rationale, compliance mapping, and operational impact, so your team can run and audit the tenant without us.
Coverage.
- Entra ID: conditional access, identity governance, and privileged roles
- Purview: data loss prevention, sensitivity labels, retention, and eDiscovery
- SharePoint and OneDrive: permissions, external sharing, and oversharing cleanup
- Exchange Online: mail flow, protection, and compliance archive
- Teams: meeting policies, guest access, and channel governance
- Power Platform: data policies, connector controls, and environment strategy
- Alignment to NIST 800-171, CMMC, CJIS, and FedRAMP Moderate control objectives where they apply
Where to start.
Most governance work starts with a readiness review, then fixes gaps in priority order. Targeted fixes for a specific problem are also available.
| Engagement | Price |
|---|---|
| AI readiness reviewTwo weeks. Current posture, priority gaps, and a 90-day plan. | $12,000 to $22,000 |
| Targeted fixA DLP policy blocking a workflow, conditional access breaking a flow, or an eDiscovery hold. | Scoped |
| Governance build-outRemediation of the readiness findings, in priority order. | Scoped |
Governance questions
What does a Microsoft 365 governance engagement cover?
SharePoint permissions and sharing, Purview sensitivity labels, data loss prevention, and retention, Entra ID Conditional Access, Teams external and guest access, and Power Platform environments, reviewed together because Copilot reaches across all of them.
Why does governance matter more once Copilot is on?
Copilot answers from whatever each person can open. Overshared sites and missing labels that went unnoticed for years show up in Copilot answers on day one.
Which frameworks do you align configurations to?
Commonly NIST SP 800-171, CMMC Level 2 practices, the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, and state security baselines. We document how each configuration supports the controls you name; your assessor makes the compliance determination.
Can you fix a tenant that was set up badly?
Yes. We audit the current configuration, rank the gaps by risk, and fix them in order. A fresh tenant is not required.
Train your team first.
Admins can learn to run the same audit on their own tenant in a one-day course.
Train your team on the AI you already pay for.
Tell us who needs training and we will send a recommended program and a fixed price. Or book 20 minutes and talk it through.