Microsoft Compliance Manager helps you manage your organization's (or customer's) compliance requirements with greater ease and convenience by providing things like: pre-built assessments, detailed step-by-step guidance on suggested improvement actions, and a risk-based compliance score helping you see your compliance posture and measure progress. If you haven't heard about Microsoft Compliance Manager I recommend learning more.
But today's post is about a recently released feature to help kick start your compliance journey by suggesting which premium assessment template(s) may be most relevant to you based on your industry and region! Now the types of assessment templates you have access to will vary based on licensing level of your Microsoft 365 tenant, with the 325+ premium assessment templates needing a separate purchase. You can see a full list of all of our available assessment templates which includes assessment templates you may get as part of your licensing, which ones are in preview, and which ones will require a separate license purchase by heading over to Microsoft Compliance Manager Templates List and our licensing details. For specific licensing questions please partner with your Microsoft Account Team or Licensing Partner.
There are two primary methods of leveraging the new Recommended Assessments wizard:
So now that we know how to get the recommendation wizard let's take a quick look at how this looks. Both processes are nearly identical with one activating your trial prior to starting the wizard while the other is accessed via the Assessments tab.
If you haven't already started your trial let's kick that off.
Once you click Start Trial you will quickly activate your Premium Assessment Template trial count and then walk through the recommendation wizard shown below!
If you have already previously activated your trial prior to this features release, you already own Premium Assessment Template licenses, or you want to see what the wizard will look like after having started your trial as referenced above then let's carry on!
Now you'll see the selected templates added as active assessments in your Microsoft Compliance Manager ready for you to start reviewing and taking actions on. Need to take a few steps back and review the basics before the assessment is added or just want a refresher on how to get started? Check out the Get started with Compliance Manager doc for more information.
Stay tuned for more content around Microsoft Compliance Manager!
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