Platform implementation

Microsoft 365

We roll out Microsoft 365 with Teams, SharePoint and Exchange governed from the start, so sites, teams and mailboxes carry the right labels, owners and retention before content piles up.

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Most Microsoft 365 programmes centre on governance more than features: who can create a team, how SharePoint sites are labelled, and what Microsoft Purview keeps or blocks. Microsoft 365 offers in-country storage in the UAE for core workloads such as Exchange, SharePoint and Teams, and we confirm the current options for Saudi tenants with Microsoft at the start. Teams Phone calling in either country goes through a licensed operator, using Operator Connect or Direct Routing.

Delivery runs workload by workload. Mailboxes move through Exchange hybrid or migration batches, file shares go to SharePoint and OneDrive with Microsoft's migration tools, and team creation is governed through Microsoft 365 group policies and sensitivity labels. Microsoft Intune enrols devices so that Conditional Access can check compliance before a laptop or phone opens company data.

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How we implement Microsoft 365

Implementation, customisation, deployment and ongoing support, with governance your steering committee can follow.

  • Blueprint and governance

    We agree the information architecture, the sensitivity label taxonomy, the retention schedule and the team creation policy first, and IT, the records manager and legal sign them off.

  • Purview labels and DLP

    Sensitivity labels with encryption where needed, and DLP policies for Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams tuned in simulation mode before they block anything.

  • Teams lifecycle

    Naming rules, guest settings, expiry policies and owner reviews, so inactive teams are archived instead of multiplying.

  • Records and eDiscovery

    Retention labels mapped to your records schedule, legal holds and eDiscovery cases set up with the legal team, and audit logs kept for investigations.

  • Hypercare and managed support

    Microsoft 365 changes every month, with notice through the Message center and the public roadmap, so we triage each change for impact, prepare staff communications, and watch Secure Score, licence use and service health.

When Microsoft 365 is the obvious base

Microsoft 365 is the natural choice where Windows, Office files and Active Directory already run the organisation, and where Teams calling, SharePoint records and Purview compliance should sit under one licence.

  • An E3 or E5 licence plan matched to the security and compliance features required
  • An inventory of file shares and mailboxes, with sizes and owners
  • A records schedule for the retention labels to follow
  • A position on Teams Phone and the operator that will provide numbers

Plan Microsoft 365 with Hosn Al Tomoh

Tell us what the platform needs to do and when. We will propose a first phase with scope, team and an itemised quotation.

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