Microsoft 365 data governance

Data Governance Packages

Ongoing data governance that protects and scales with your business.

Delivered across three tiers

Core — a strong governance foundation across Microsoft 365

Extended — governance beyond Microsoft 365, with stronger risk visibility

Plus enhancements — optional add-ons for either tier

Overview

Data doesn't stand still, so neither should your data governance.

Sentrian's Data Governance Packages are designed to protect your business's data while evolving alongside growth and change. We provide ongoing, end-to-end governance across how your data is created, shared, stored, accessed, and retained within the Microsoft 365 environment.

Our team actively manages the day-to-day demands of data governance, from policies and alerts to controls and compliance. We continuously refine your governance framework to ensure it remains practical, effective, and aligned with your risk profile.

With deep expertise in Microsoft data governance tools and licensing, our engineers translate complex capabilities into outcomes that work in real business environments. That means less internal overhead, clearer visibility, and stronger protection across your organisation.

You and your team can stay focused on customers and core priorities, knowing your data is secure, governed, and compliant.

Outcomes

What you'll gain

Monitoring and response

Continuous monitoring of governance alerts

Triage of issues and prioritisation of high-risk activity

Direct collaboration on complex or sensitive incidents

Policy management

Ongoing review and refinement of policies

Alignment with evolving data footprint and tools

Practical protection tailored to your risk profile

Biannual workshops

Twice-yearly sessions, in person or via Microsoft Teams

Visibility into policy performance and key trends

Recommended improvements and new feature updates

Reduced risk

Minimised accidental oversharing and exposure

Reduced insider risk and malicious activity

Regulatory compliance

Support for evolving legislation and standards

Policy configuration to maintain compliance

Operational efficiency

Less internal administrative burden

More focus on core business priorities

Audience

Who is this for?

This program is suited to organisations that:

Prioritise security and want to minimise risk

Need ongoing data governance expertise without building it in-house

Manage sensitive or regulated information across the Microsoft 365 environment

Our clients

We specialise in supporting

Small to medium-sized businesses

Small to medium sized businesses

Growing teams that need governance to work within the systems they already run.

Service delivery organisations

Service delivery organisations

Where client work, deadlines, and documentation drive the day.

High-risk sectors

High-risk sectors

Government, legal, medical, accounting, property, infrastructure, and construction.

Packages

Package tiers

Sentrian's Data Governance packages are delivered across 3 tiers, allowing you to scale protection as your governance maturity grows.

Tier 01

Core Data Governance Package

The Core package establishes a strong governance foundation, focusing on consistent data handling, protection, and lifecycle management across the organisation.

Information protection

Identify mission-critical information and apply safeguarding policies across Microsoft 365 and traditional file servers, with automated protection where appropriate.

Data lifecycle management

Define and enforce retention periods aligned to legislative and business requirements.

Data Loss Prevention

Reduce the risk of sensitive data being shared or exfiltrated, whether accidentally or deliberately.

Data Security Posture Management for AI

Monitor and manage AI usage across Microsoft and supported third-party services, with alerting for unsafe or inappropriate interactions.

Tier 02 · Adds to Core

Extended Data Governance Package

The Extended package builds on the Core foundation, expanding governance beyond Microsoft 365 and strengthening risk visibility.

Extensible information protection

Apply governance controls to approved third-party SaaS platforms where sensitive data is legitimately stored.

Shadow IT reduction

Manage third-party platforms used on managed devices to reduce data leakage and standardise business tools.

Insider risk management

Identify potentially risky behaviour through monitoring of atypical activity, including enhanced oversight during employee offboarding.

Communication compliance

Monitor communications across platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Outlook to help manage compliance and conduct-related risk.

Optional · Either tier

Core+ and Extended+ enhancements

Optional enhancements available with either tier:

Guest user access governance

Review and manage guest access across Microsoft 365 Groups and SharePoint using access packages and access reviews.

Privileged identity management

Remove standing privileged access and implement Just-Enough-Access and Just-In-Time controls for improved security and auditability.

At a glance

Features summary

Feature
Core
Extended
Plus
Data Loss Prevention
Included
Included
Information protection
Included
Included
Data lifecycle management
Included
Included
Data Security Posture Management for AI
Included
Included
Extensible information protection
Included
Shadow IT reduction
Included
Insider risk management
Included
Communication compliance
Included
Guest user access control
Included
Privileged identity management
Included

Data Security Posture Management for AI applies to licensed modules only.

Prerequisites

Licensing requirements

Core

Microsoft 365 Business Premium

Microsoft 365 E5 Information Protection and Governance

Extended

Microsoft 365 Business Premium

Microsoft 365 E5 Information Protection and Governance

Microsoft 365 Insider Risk Management

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps

Plus enhancements

SharePoint Premium

Microsoft Entra ID P2

Details

Duration and cost

Duration

Ongoing

Governance is continuous, refined as your data footprint and obligations change.

Cost

POA

Priced on application, based on your tier, enhancements, and environment.

Get started

Book a free 15-minute consultation to discuss your goals and receive guidance on the best option for your organisation.

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Testimonials

What clients are saying

The Data Governance project led by Sentrian was well structured and enabled us to implement additional levels of protection and integrity across our data. With Doug’s clear guidance throughout the project, we learned the essential elements of good data governance. We worked together with Sentrian and their clear, well-defined project stages to implement the systems and controls needed to allow good data governance.

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