AUDIT PREPARATION4 min read
A Microsoft 365 security audit checklist that asks for evidence
Prepare a tenant review around populations, exceptions, evidence and owners, rather than a list of enabled features.
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Make the evidence count.
Guides to criteria, evidence collection, control assessment and useful findings.
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ASSURANCE4 min read
Why Microsoft Secure Score is a starting point for an audit
Use Secure Score constructively without treating a percentage as evidence of tenant-wide protection.
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Conditional Access: audit the exclusions, not just the policy names
Review policy coverage, privileged identities, emergency access and licence dependencies in Entra ID.
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Before Copilot: review the information people can already reach
Prepare for Microsoft 365 Copilot by examining permissions, oversharing and ownership of sensitive locations.
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OAuth app permissions: the access a user-MFA review can miss
Inventory enterprise applications, delegated permissions, application permissions and consent ownership.
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Business Premium, E3 or E5: make the audit licence-aware
Avoid recommendations that assume unavailable features; map entitlements to the controls and evidence you need.
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