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Turn on the right Microsoft 365 controls first.
The exact controls I enable first in any Microsoft 365 tenant, in priority order, with the reasoning behind each one, so you close the highest-risk gaps before anyone talks about a higher license tier.
Why it helps
- Stop paying for features you have not switched on
- Close the highest-risk gaps first, in a defensible order
- A clear, ordered baseline your team can follow and audit against
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What is inside
- Identity and Conditional Access essentials, in the order to enable them
- MFA and legacy authentication: what to block and how
- Defender for Office 365 anti-phishing and safe links quick wins
- Email authentication: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC done right
- Admin role hardening and break-glass account setup
- Audit logging and alerting you should switch on day one
- What is included per license tier, so you stop overbuying