Microsoft 365 Governance Tools

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What are Microsoft 365 Governance Tools?

Microsoft 365 (M365) governance tools enhance Microsoft 365 management by automating governance, streamlining provisioning and improving visibility. These tools ensure M365 is used optimally and strategically to meet organizational goals by providing data-driven insights and preparing for future technologies. They address challenges like sprawl, security risks and lack of standardization by offering automated provisioning, life cycle management and advanced reporting. These tools enforce policies, manage permissions and optimize costs, reducing IT workload and enhancing the digital employee experience (DEX). Digital workplace engineers and product managers can utilize these tools to mitigate risks, ensure compliance, boost efficiency and maximize ROI.

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CoreView ONE

By CoreView

4.2

(31 Ratings)

CoreView helps enterprises running single or multiple Microsoft 365 tenants gain unified visibility, enforce least-privilege access, and recover from misconfiguration-related incidents.

The platform backs up more than 8,000 configuration settings, alerts on drift and dangerous Entra applications, and enables one-click rollback to a known-good state. Virtual tenant segmentation allows delegated administration and least-privilege roles inside a consolidated tenant.

CoreView includes 85 predefined security and governance policies and over 150 no-code automation workflows for onboarding, license optimization, access reviews, and other routine tasks. More than 4,000 organisations worldwide use CoreView to master complex tenants and build enterprise-grade resilience into Microsoft 365.

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ManageEngine M365 Manager Plus

By ManageEngine

4.4

(5 Ratings)

As the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corp., ManageEngine empowers you to take control of your IT, from your security, networks, and servers to your applications, service desk, Active Directory, desktops, and mobile devices.

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AvePoint Confidence Platform

By AvePoint

AvePoint is a provider of data security, governance, and resilience technology, and over 25,000 customers worldwide rely on our solutions to modernize the digital workplace across Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other collaboration environments. AvePoint’s global channel partner program includes over 5,000 managed service providers, value added resellers and systems integrators, with our solutions available in more than 100 cloud marketplaces.

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Rencore Governance

By Rencore

Rencore is a software provider concentrating on managing Microsoft 365. It aids organizations in maintaining control over their Microsoft 365 usage. The firm caters to a global user base, serving several organizations around the world.

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SysKit Point

By SysKit

Syskit is a software development entity with a mission to simplify the management and governance of Microsoft 365 environments. The firm's primary product, Syskit Point, is designed to streamline IT administration, bolster security, and offers IT control via a single centralized dashboard. Syskit endeavors to assist IT specialists and businesses in enhancing versatile collaboration and security. The company caters to organizations of diverse scales and sectors with a commitment to producing unique solutions that have a legitimate impact. With a customer base exceeding 3800, Syskit continually strives for product upgrades.

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Features of Microsoft 365 Governance Tools

Updated January 2026

Mandatory Features:

Workflow orchestration to automate administrative actions and governance processes.
Implementation and automation of information and data life cycle management, including content retention policies from creation to deletion, as well as automated archiving and deletion of inactive data, groups and workspaces.
Provision and management of standardized templated workspaces (e.g., Microsoft Teams, SharePoint sites and M365 Groups) with preconfigured channels, tabs, libraries and permissions.
Preparation for Microsoft 365 Copilot and agents through information governance, content management, permissions and controls.
Centralized management of guest access, bulk account operations, license assignment, password management, on/offboarding and external sharing.
License consumption insights and management to identify, assign and revoke inactive or underutilized licenses for cost optimization and improved adoption.
Analytics, reporting and alerting to track and visualize activity, engagement, adoption and usage patterns across Microsoft 365. Includes dashboards and alerting for identities, workloads, storage, connectivity and tenant inventory, with cross-tenant governance oversight to drive adoption and identify improvement opportunities.
Security and compliance management with policy enforcement, permissions auditing, audit logs, access controls and configuration compliance.

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