Microsoft CSP Program & Product Updates | May 2019
New MDM security baselines to secure modern workplace
When it comes to security, every organisation has its own requirements and one size fits all approach does not address all the concerns related to security and compliance. Hence, we welcome features such as MDM security baselines (In preview). Security baseline consists of Microsoft recommend and industry-leading configurations which are tried, tested and adopted globally by partners and customers which can mitigate security concerns and help IT admins make appropriate choices regarding security.
MDM security baseline is public preview now and available with eligible subscription such as Microsoft 365, Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS).
Please check out this link to access the steps to enable MDM security baseline:
Microsoft teams accelerating the productivity of Firstline workers
There are over two billion first line workers worldwide who work in productivity driven environment. Microsoft teams now introduces 3 new features to make Firstline workers achieve more. These include: A customised mobile experience, Graph API for shift scheduling and Praise for employee recognition.
Follow the link to explore more: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/microsoft-365/blog/2019/01/09/3-new-ways-microsoft-teams-empowers-firstline-workers-to-achieve-more/
New features in Microsoft 365 to help prepare for the next wave of privacy regulations
Microsoft has added new features in Microsoft 365 to help customers prepare for privacy regulations. Some of the new features include:
- New Microsoft 365 Compliance Center for simplified compliance and privacy management
- Updated Mac, iOS and Android Apps allowing users to classify content and label directly in the apps
- Advanced eDiscovery – custodian communications, working sets, and review
For more information about the various new features to help your customers’ organizations to become compliant with regulatory requirements and be more secure, please visit the M365 blog here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2019/01/29/introducing-new-features-in-microsoft-365-to-help-prepare-for-the-next-wave-of-privacy-regulations/
(Updated) New Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance offerings
Update: The new SKU can be purchased an add-on to both existing Microsoft 365 E3 and Office 365 Business and Enterprise customers.
Microsoft announced two new Microsoft 365 security and compliance offerings in January that will be available for purchase in CSP and EA on February 1, 2019. The two new offerings are:
- Identity & Threat Protection—This new package brings together security value across Office 365, Windows 10, and EMS in a single offering.
This package includes best of breed for advanced threat protection services including
- Microsoft Threat Protection (Azure Advanced Threat Protection (ATP))
- Windows Defender ATP
- Office 365 ATP including Threat Intelligence
- Microsoft Cloud App Security and Azure Active Directory
This offer will be available for US$12/AU$16.60/NZ$18.10 per user per month in CSP from February 2019.
- Information Protection & Compliance —This new package is designed to help compliance and IT teams perform ongoing risk assessments across Microsoft Cloud services, automatically protect and govern sensitive data throughout its lifecycle, and efficiently respond to regulatory requests leveraging intelligence.
This new package includes:
- Office 365 Advanced Compliance
- Azure Information Protection
This offer will be available for US$10/AU$13.70/NZ$15.10 per user per month from February 2019.
For more information about the security and compliance offering, or visit the following resources:
- rhipe’s Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance offerings blog
- Introducing new advanced security and compliance offerings for Microsoft 365 blog
- M365 E5 licensing update webinar (Available on-demand)
Update: The new SKU can be purchased an add-on to both existing Microsoft 365 E3 and Office 365 Business and Enterprise customers.
(Reminder) Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams: Automated Upgrade Dashboard for Partners
In Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to support the transition from Skype for Business Online to Teams, Microsoft has made the upgrade status available on My Insights. Partner will be able to view each tenant upgrade status with whom they are associated (via DPOR, DAP, CSP, FastTrack Ready): If a customer’s tenant is eligible for an upgrade, the date their upgrade is scheduled, and the date their upgrade has been completed (if applicable). Eligibility is met based upon features to which users have access.
Next Steps
Partners can check the automated upgrade tenant information at My Insights dashboard by taking the following steps:
1. Log in to your MPN account at https://partner.microsoft.com
2. Under the Membership menu, select Your Accounts and Reports
3. Select My Insights to view the dashboard
4. In your My Insights dashboard, select the Cloud Product Performance tab
5. Select Office 365, and at the bottom of the page, partners can find tenant information regarding upgrade eligibility, status, the date scheduled for the upgrade, and actual upgrade date. The information can be exported to Excel
This rhipe Monthly CSP update is brought to you by the rhipe marketing team and our CSP Partner Enablement Specialists JY Wong and Mikki Chopra.
If you have any questions, please contact them through email, twitter or LinkedIn below.
JY Wong
Microsoft CSP Partner Enablement Specialist
Email: JY.Wong@rhipe.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wongjy/
Mikki Chopra
Cloud Enablement Specialist
Email: Mikki.Chopra@rhipe.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikki-chopra/
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