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B2B / Guest Access between Government (National Cloud) and Commercial Cloud timeline
I heard that this is coming to GCC high / DoD. Based on documentation, currently b2b/guest access is only supported for national cloud to national cloud, right? When will it be possible to inter-operate between gov and commercial tenants via Guess Access / B2B in Teams?
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jebalert
Copper Contributor
Mar 19, 2020 Place Government AMA
Government
office 365
Permissions
security
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GCC High Costs
Costs for GCC High O365 licenses are roughly double commercial. What is Microsoft doing to lower these costs? They are crippling small businesses that need to comply with CMMC & DFARS compliance requirements.
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M_Titcombe
Copper Contributor
Aug 24, 2020 Place Government AMA
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CMMC Control Mapping
Hi! Is there a map for NIST 800-53 or 800-171 or any of the CMMC levels available that I can use to show which controls my Microsoft 365 G5 usage maps to for compliance auditing?
chriskeeling
Brass Contributor
Aug 25, 2020 Place Government AMA
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New Features
Why does it take so long for Governement to get new features? For example Sway was announced in Oct 2014, and Planner in Dec 2015 and neither is in my tenant.
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C_the_S
Bronze Contributor
Mar 08, 2017 Place Government AMA
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Do Office 365 Government E1/E3 licenses include ability to enable PowerApps/Flow on tenant?
I've been testing PowerApps via the trial and noticed that when I share an app with another user on the same online tenant they have to login to the PowerApps website and also use the trial. I understand that O365 administrators can't control whether an individual user access the PowerApps site but I would like to use PA to create an app that feeds into a SharePoint list without each user on our tenant having to go through the trial. Are PowerApps and Flow available for use by Government licenses E1/E3 so we can enable at the site collection level?
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LiasGallardo
Copper Contributor
Mar 08, 2017 Place Government AMA
sharepoint
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23Comments
Welcome to the Microsoft Teams Government AMA!
Welcome to the Microsoft Teams Government Ask Microsoft Anything (AMA)! This live hour gives you the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback directly to the team. Please introduce yourself by replying to this thread. Post your questions in a new thread within the Government AMA space , by clicking on, "Start a New Conversation" at the top of the page.
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Sarah_Gilbert
Community Manager
Mar 19, 2020 Place Government AMA
Government
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What is a service or tool within Gov clouds (GCC, GCC High, DoD) that you think gets overlooked ?
What is a service or tool within Gov clouds (GCC, GCC High, DoD) that you think gets overlooked or misunderstood? If misunderstood, can you explain why?
Sarah_Gilbert
Community Manager
Mar 04, 2022 Place Public Sector, Local/State Government
public sector
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Details of feature availability in GCC Tenants
I am working with a client in a GCC tenant. They are looking at available training and adoption resources and they were wondering if there was some kind of chart that compares feature availability. They found some tables that list features at a high level but not at a detailed level. The example that comes to mind is that as of last week, you can't add a OneNote Notebook to a Tab in MS Teams in a GCC Tenant. So if their users were looking a training video that shows how to add OneNote as a Tab on a MS Teams channel they would get frustrated when they found it was not available. It looks like this group does have announcements of features as they are added to GCC Tenants. Can you recommend other good resources? Thanks - Greg
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Gregory Frick
Steel Contributor
Oct 17, 2019 Place Public Sector, Local/State Government
State government
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Protection of CUI in SharePoint
Is there a secure and compliant way to store and process data in SharePoint (FIPS validated cryptography, access controls, etc)? Does this require a GCC or GCC high license for this function?
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Anon414
Copper Contributor
Aug 25, 2020 Place Government AMA
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Teams External Collaboration GCC High
When will inviting guest users or chatting with external organizations through teams be enabled in GCC High? At this time we are still unable to add guest users in Azure.
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mcarsonCRA
Copper Contributor
Mar 19, 2020 Place Government AMA
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Stream for GCC-High?
When can we look to record Teams sessions into Stream for GCC-High?
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mattspierce
Copper Contributor
Mar 19, 2020 Place Government AMA
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Welcome to the Microsoft CMMC AMA!
Our panel of experts are now standing by live to answer your questions about achieving CMMC compliance with your Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 subscriptions! To submit a question, click "Start a new conversation" in the Government AMA space--and do this for each new question. This will enable us to easily identify and answer your questions. If you want to keep an eye on the questions being asked by your peers, simply stay on the Government AMA page. The page will automatically refresh. Ask us your tough questions, your detailed questions, your simple questions. After the event, we will make a summary of this AMA and post it to the group. Let's get started! Please introduce yourself as a reply below! We will do the same.
Sarah_Gilbert
Community Manager
Aug 25, 2020 Place Government AMA
compliance
Government
7.4KViews
5likes
29Comments
Have you watched the latest Microsoft 365 Gov community call on Power Platform?
In this month's Microsoft 365 Gov community call, we learn how make the most of Power Platform in Government Clouds with tips from Patrick Doran of the NC Department of Information Technology along with Rima Reyes Jeremy Wood and Jay Leask What did you like about this month's show? What other topics would you like to see covered? Let us know in the comments below!
Sarah_Gilbert
Community Manager
Feb 10, 2022 Place Public Sector, Local/State Government
public sector
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Protection of CUI via email
Is there a secure and compliant way to transfer CUI using Outlook (SC.3.177 requires FIPS validated cryptography)? Does this require a GCC or GCC high license if you are only using this function?
Anon414
Copper Contributor
Aug 25, 2020 Place Government AMA
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2Comments
Teams commercial vs GCC High
Hello, we are planning to move from O365 commercial to GCC High this year. Is there a resource that will show the feature differences between the commercial and GCC High versions of Teams?
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Thomish
Copper Contributor
Mar 19, 2020 Place Government AMA
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CMMC - does it require MFA at network login?
"NIST 800-171 3.5.3 Use multifactor authentication for local and network access to privileged accounts and for network access to non-privileged accounts" Some debate inside my company about whether MFA is required at network login vs MFA being required only when accessing CUI systems (not all systems on our network have CUI). So, can we place MFA at entry to CUI system and not MFA all employees at time of network login? And does CMMC require anything different that NIST 800-171 3.5.2?
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bkaufman
Copper Contributor
Aug 25, 2020 Place Government AMA
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Sensitivity Labels - US Government Community (GCC) Availability
Does Microsoft know when Sensitivity Labels will be made available to US Government Community (GCC) tenants? Per this documentation, "Sensitivity labels aren't available in US Government Community (GCC) organizations."
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UserX
Copper Contributor
Jan 13, 2020 Place Public Sector, Local/State Government
public sector
5.4KViews
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2Comments
Email a Channel - GCC High
When will this feature be available in Teams for GCC High?
HarmanBrar
Copper Contributor
Mar 19, 2020 Place Government AMA
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CMMC Compliance without GCC High
Hello MS team, As a government contractor we regularly access CUI and are required to be CMMC level 3 compliant. Currently we run Office 365 on our systems and do not intend on upgrading to GCC High. What configurations, settings or group policies should a contractor put into place in order the be level 3 compliant w/out GCC High. I am looking for guidance in AU, CM, MP, SC & SI domains. Thank you in advance
pvalad530
Copper Contributor
Aug 25, 2020 Place Government AMA
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Specific clauses in CMMC Level 3 that require GCC High
Sarah_Gilbert Are there any specific clauses in CMMC Level 3 that require GCC High? Is compliance manager on the roadmap? (a CMMC template in Commercial, or availability of the tool in GCC High?) I am sending a surrogate to tomorrow's call, as I am unavailable. Will the call be recorded?
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Sean Spicer
Copper Contributor
Aug 24, 2020 Place Government AMA
4.8KViews
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4Comments

Recent Discussions

B2B / Guest Access between Government (National Cloud) and Commercial Cloud timeline

GCC High Costs

CMMC Control Mapping

New Features

Do Office 365 Government E1/E3 licenses include ability to enable PowerApps/Flow on tenant?

Welcome to the Microsoft Teams Government AMA!

What is a service or tool within Gov clouds (GCC, GCC High, DoD) that you think gets overlooked ?

Details of feature availability in GCC Tenants

Protection of CUI in SharePoint

Teams External Collaboration GCC High

Stream for GCC-High?

Welcome to the Microsoft CMMC AMA!

Have you watched the latest Microsoft 365 Gov community call on Power Platform?

Protection of CUI via email

Teams commercial vs GCC High

CMMC - does it require MFA at network login?

Sensitivity Labels - US Government Community (GCC) Availability

Email a Channel - GCC High

CMMC Compliance without GCC High

Specific clauses in CMMC Level 3 that require GCC High

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