Without PIM available, powerful admin roles will inevitably be granted to users and then forgotten about, which creates a potential vulnerability.Īuto labeling with Microsoft Information Protection provides the means to automatically assign a sensitivity label to Microsoft 365 content based on matches to built-in sensitive information types. The benefits of this are self-evident – the attack surface is reduced when there are less privileged accounts. They instead activate the roles on-demand for a limited period of time. This means that users who require occasional access to elevated roles do not need to have them permanently assigned to their accounts. Privileged Identity Management (PIM) enables just-in-time and approval-based access to privileged roles within Microsoft 365. Privileged Identity Management and Auto Labeling – an Expensive Luxury What, if anything, can we derive from this straw poll? Let’s examine some of the key takeaways. So, some quite interesting responses indeed, and overall, a wider range of answers than I anticipated.

Make tenant wide license feature activation less confusing.Eliminate Microsoft 365 E3 entirely, and change Microsoft 365 Business to no user limit.A new SKU for Power BI read-only included in Microsoft 365 E3.Custom license bundles with competitive pricing.Eliminate add-on licenses such as Viva and SharePoint Syntex, and add these to Microsoft 365 E5.Other non-feature specific responses included: However, there were two clear favorites in Privileged Identity Management and Auto labelling (Table 1): Table 1: Twitter survey responses. Which Features are the Most Wanted in Microsoft 365 E3?Īfter tallying up the responses, most of those voting for Microsoft 365 E5 were only voting for those specific E5 features. For example, basic Microsoft 365 E3 security capabilities are not included within the Office 365 E5 license. For more information on how Microsoft 365 and Office 365 differ, you can also refer to this Microsoft page. Before we examine the responses, it should be noted this licensing discussion revolves around Microsoft 365, not Office 365 – two very different things. The responses were numerous and quite varied, with many opinions on the matter. #Microsoft365- Peter Rising JFigure 1: Opening a can of worms on social media around the Microsoft 365 E5 debate. Which Microsoft 365 E5 feature do you think should actually be made available with Microsoft 365 E3? I have my own thoughts on this but am interested in what others think.

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