Microsoft 365 Security Beyond Service is a 30-day service for organizations that already have a Microsoft 365 tenant and need IT Partner to configure core Microsoft 365 security features, validate key protections, and provide a project closeout report. The service covers Microsoft 365 tenant security configuration, identity and access protections, threat protection settings, Teams protection, Microsoft Sentinel initial configuration, and related security verification activities as listed in the scope.
IT Partner will perform the necessary configurations in the customer’s Microsoft 365 tenant to set up a basic secured environment. The objective is to provide a plan and design a way to enable core Microsoft 365 security features, including the advanced activities listed in the scope. Gmail and Google Drive data migration is not listed in this service's responsibilities, implementation plan, or success criteria; any migration work is scoped separately. IT Partner will take time to understand the customer’s business needs and assess the best tools and solutions. Endpoint solutions should be tailored to the organization’s size, business model, and regulatory environment, and IT Partner can provide expertise and unbiased guidance on implementing endpoint detection and response in the customer’s security architecture.
Start the engagement, confirm scope and contacts, and coordinate the work.
Review the security scope and assess the current tenant and security configuration, including the Microsoft Secure Score baseline.
Complete user creation or Microsoft Entra Connect configuration where required for the planned security controls.
Apply the agreed core and advanced security configuration to the tenant.
Verify the configured security settings against the agreed outcomes.
Verify Microsoft Secure Score progress toward the 75% target in the Microsoft Defender portal.
Send the final project summary with results and any remaining recommendations.
Verify results with the customer and fix in-scope issues, if any.
Microsoft 365 Security Beyond Service is a 30-day engagement in which IT Partner configures core security features in an existing Microsoft 365 tenant. The service focuses on tenant security configuration, identity and access protections, threat protection settings, Teams protection, Microsoft Sentinel initial configuration, verification activities, and a project closeout report.
This service is designed for organizations that already have a Microsoft 365 tenant and want IT Partner to help establish a basic secured Microsoft 365 environment. It is best suited for customers that need core security controls configured and validated rather than a broad security advisory, training, or migration project.
The service includes core Microsoft 365 tenant security configuration, basic admin protections, logging and analytics setup, basic identity protection, MFA enforcement, conditional access policies, Microsoft Entra ID Protection, threat protection enforcement, Teams protection, Microsoft Sentinel initial configuration, and security verification. It also includes selected advanced security activities listed in scope, such as Privileged Access Workstations, Entra ID Privileged Identity Management, Defender for Cloud Apps usage, attack simulations, eDiscovery integration, and a project closeout report.
The stated success criteria are Microsoft Secure Score improved toward the 75% target and confirmable in the Microsoft Defender portal, validated threat protection settings, validated identity and access management settings, Exchange Online Protection configured and working, and Teams protection configured.
Microsoft 365 Security Beyond Service is listed as a 30-day service. The exact activity sequence may vary depending on the customer’s needs, current tenant configuration, licensing, and availability of required client resources.
The service is $6,000 per project, quoted fixed-price in writing before work begins. Additional licenses, add-on services, customer training, migration work, expanded documentation, or advisory services are not included unless separately agreed with IT Partner.
The stated prerequisite is that the customer must already have a Microsoft 365 tenant. The customer should also be prepared to provide tenant access, a dedicated point of contact, resource coordination, and information about current security settings so IT Partner can assess and configure the environment.
No, additional licenses that may be required are not included in the service price. Because features such as Defender for Cloud Apps, Attack simulation training, Microsoft Entra ID Protection, Microsoft Sentinel, PIM, and advanced compliance capabilities may depend on licensing, the exact license requirements should be confirmed with IT Partner before implementation.
Gmail and Google Drive migration is not listed in IT Partner’s responsibilities, implementation plan, deliverables, or success criteria for this service. Customers who need Google Workspace migration should confirm it with IT Partner and scope it separately before purchasing.
Yes, the service includes Microsoft Sentinel initial configuration, such as basic Microsoft 365 connectors. The scope also covers configuring a SIEM tool to collect logging data from Office 365, Defender for Cloud Apps, and other services including AD FS — Microsoft 365 audit log retention is limited and depends on licensing, so a SIEM allows longer retention. Whether Microsoft Sentinel or an existing SIEM is used is confirmed in the statement of work.
Yes, the service includes attack simulations for spear-phishing, password-spray, and brute-force password attacks using Attack simulation training, which is included with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Plan 2. Licensing and availability should be verified for the customer tenant.
The included documentation deliverable is a project closeout report showing final project status, acceptance criteria matching, outstanding issues if any, and final budget. More extensive documentation is listed as available for an additional fee, so customers should confirm any required runbooks, diagrams, policy documents, or operational guides before the engagement starts.