Managed Microsoft 365, configured for security and run for uptime.
Uzado administers Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, and Intune for businesses across North America. Security baselines first, business enablement second.
Microsoft 365 management, defined
Microsoft 365 (also known as Office 365, M365, or O365) is the core productivity and identity stack for most SMBs. Managing it well means owning the tenant, the identity layer, and the security posture as one estate.
The default Microsoft 365 tenant is not configured for security. It is configured for maximum compatibility with whatever an administrator might want to do next. That default is the source of most of the security incidents Uzado sees on inherited tenants: legacy authentication still enabled, conditional access missing or partial, external sharing wide open on SharePoint, no MFA on the break-glass account.
Managed Microsoft 365 from Uzado replaces the default with a hardened baseline: CIS benchmark and Microsoft Secure Score aligned, Intune-enforced device compliance, tuned Defender policies, and an audit trail behind every administrative change. The tenant becomes a controlled environment, and end-user productivity stops being a security liability.
A complete managed tenant
Day-to-day Microsoft 365 tenant operations: licensing, settings, service health, and change control with an audit trail.
Identity hardening on Entra ID (formerly Azure AD): conditional access policies, MFA enforcement, and break-glass account hygiene.
Mail flow, anti-phishing, anti-spam, and DKIM/SPF/DMARC alignment. Defender for Office 365 tuning included.
External sharing policies, sensitivity labels, retention, and information architecture that scales with the business.
Microsoft Intune for device compliance, app protection, autopilot enrolment, and conditional access integration on Windows, macOS, and mobile.
Safe Links, Safe Attachments, and the Defender portal tuned to your environment, with alerts triaged by Uzado's SOC.
Microsoft 365 backup for Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams. Microsoft is not your backup; Uzado fixes that.
The DIY tenant has a half-life
Tenants drift. Settings get changed during a project and never reverted. Identity sprawls as guest users accumulate, service principals proliferate, and conditional access policies pile up without anyone owning the policy set. By year three, the tenant looks nothing like its day-one design.
Managed Microsoft 365 puts a named owner on the tenant. Configuration drift gets caught and reverted. Identity gets pruned on a cadence. Conditional access stays coherent. Audit evidence for SOC 2 or ISO 27001 stops being a fire drill, because the controls are running every day.
A five-step engagement model
Baseline the existing Microsoft 365 tenant against CIS benchmarks, Microsoft Secure Score, and Uzado's own hardening standard. Surface drift and gaps.
Apply hardened conditional access, Intune compliance, Defender, and Exchange Online policies. Document every change for the audit trail.
Migrate from on-prem Exchange, Google Workspace, or another MSP without losing mail history, calendars, or shared content.
User onboarding and offboarding, licence management, ticket handling, and incident response on the tenant. Named engineers, not a queue.
Quarterly reviews against Secure Score, new feature rollout (Copilot, Purview, sensitivity labels), and tuning informed by detection data.
Microsoft, deployed by Uzado
Uzado supplies and manages Microsoft 365 licensing as part of our integrated IT, cybersecurity, and compliance services. Customers receive one point of contact for licensing, configuration, security, administration, and ongoing support.
Common Microsoft 365 questions
Do you handle Microsoft 365 migrations?+
Yes. Uzado migrates tenants from on-prem Exchange, Google Workspace, or another Microsoft 365 partner. The migration includes mail, calendars, contacts, OneDrive, SharePoint sites, and Teams channels, with a documented cutover plan and rollback path.
Can you co-manage with our internal IT team?+
Yes. Uzado supports both fully outsourced and co-managed engagements. In a co-managed model, your team retains break-fix and end-user support; Uzado owns the tenant, the security baseline, and the change-control process. Boundaries are documented in the runbook.
What is the difference between Microsoft 365 Business Premium and E3?+
Business Premium is capped at 300 seats and bundles M365, Defender, Intune, and Azure Information Protection at SMB pricing. E3 lifts the seat cap and is the foundation for Enterprise add-ons (E5, Defender for Endpoint Plan 2, Purview). Uzado scopes the right SKU during the tenant audit.
Do you handle SharePoint information architecture?+
Yes. Uzado designs site architectures, hub site patterns, sensitivity labelling, and retention rules. Done early, this prevents the sprawl that makes SharePoint unusable five years in. We also remediate existing tenants, which is the more common request.
Do you handle Intune for Mac and mobile?+
Yes. Intune compliance and configuration policies for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android are part of the standard scope. We also integrate Intune compliance with conditional access so unmanaged devices cannot reach corporate data.
How does this integrate with EDR?+
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can run as your EDR, or sit alongside SentinelOne with telemetry feeding the same Uzado SOC. We architect for whichever EDR you have, and the conditional access policies enforce the device-compliance signal regardless.
What is your pricing model?+
Uzado prices Microsoft 365 management as a flat monthly fee per seat or as a fixed-scope retainer. Microsoft licensing is billed at cost (CSP) and is separate. Pricing is firm for the term and reviewed annually.
Run a Microsoft 365 tenant you can defend in an audit.
Uzado audits, hardens, and runs Microsoft 365 for businesses across North America. Talk to our team and we will scope the work.