Automation & DevOps

Your Microsoft 365 Controls, Automated and Enforced.

Manual Microsoft 365 administration doesn't scale and doesn't produce the audit trails regulated environments require. Every governance control that depends on a human remembering to check something is a control that will eventually fail. We build the automation infrastructure that keeps your governance framework operational, auditable, and resilient to staffing changes.

What We Configure

Full Stack Coverage

We automate tenant operations, governance enforcement, compliance reporting, and lifecycle management using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, and Microsoft 365 DSC — building runbooks and pipelines your team can own and maintain.

PowerShell Automation

Production-grade PowerShell modules for tenant operations: user lifecycle management, group provisioning, policy deployment, security reporting, and bulk configuration changes — with error handling, logging, and operational runbooks.

Microsoft Graph API Integration

Graph API automation for tasks that exceed what Exchange Online PowerShell or SharePoint PnP alone can handle — cross-service reporting, Teams lifecycle, Entra ID bulk operations, and custom governance tooling.

Microsoft 365 DSC (Configuration-as-Code)

Declare your M365 tenant configuration in DSC code, version it in Git, and deploy it via pipeline. Configuration drift is detected automatically. Every change is reviewed and auditable. Your tenant configuration becomes a first-class engineering artifact.

CI/CD for M365 Configuration

GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps pipelines for M365 configuration deployment — test in dev tenant, approve via pull request, deploy to production. Compliance controls become code that can be reviewed, tested, and rolled back.

Lifecycle Automation

End-to-end automation for user provisioning, deprovisioning, group expiration, Teams archival, and access review triggers — integrated with your HR systems and change management workflows.

Automated Compliance Reporting

Scheduled reports on security posture, guest access changes, permission drift, policy exceptions, and Teams proliferation — delivered to compliance stakeholders on a schedule, not produced manually before every audit.

Compliance Alignment

Built Around Your Compliance Requirements

Every configuration we deploy maps to the specific controls your compliance frameworks require — not generic best practices.

NIST SP 800-171 (CM, AU domains)CMMC 2.0 Level 2CIS Microsoft 365 FoundationsMicrosoft 365 DSCPowerShell Best PracticesAzure DevOps / GitHub Actions

Accelerated by TenantForge

TenantForge is built on the same Microsoft Graph API and PowerShell automation expertise we bring to every client engagement. When we configure remediation workflows in TenantForge, we're applying the same engineering discipline we use to build client automation — approval-driven, logged, and reversible.

FAQ

Common Questions

What is Microsoft 365 DSC and why should we care about it?
Microsoft 365 DSC is a PowerShell module that lets you declare your entire M365 tenant configuration as code — similar to Terraform for cloud infrastructure. You define the desired state of your Exchange policies, SharePoint settings, Teams governance controls, Entra ID configuration, and more in code files stored in Git. The module then enforces that configuration and alerts you when drift occurs. For regulated environments with strict change control requirements, M365 DSC is a significant operational capability.
We don't have PowerShell expertise internally. Can we still benefit from automation?
Yes. We build automation solutions designed for operational handoff — documented, modular, and maintainable by IT professionals who aren't PowerShell developers. We provide runbook documentation, training, and operational hand-off processes. For ongoing maintenance, we can provide automation managed service arrangements.
What is the Microsoft Graph API and how does it compare to PowerShell modules?
The Microsoft Graph API is Microsoft's unified REST API for all M365 services. PowerShell modules like ExchangeOnlineManagement, PnP.PowerShell, and Teams PowerShell often call Graph under the hood. Graph gives us access to capabilities that module cmdlets don't expose, enables cross-service queries, and is better suited to integration with external systems. We use both — the right tool for the right job.
Can automation help with our CMMC or HIPAA audit preparation?
Significantly. Automated compliance reporting gives auditors verifiable, timestamped evidence of your control state — rather than manual screenshots taken the week before an audit. We build reports that map directly to the controls your auditors care about: access control evidence, audit log summaries, MFA enforcement status, and configuration baseline adherence. Evidence collection that took days becomes automatic.
How do you handle the risk of automated changes to production M365?
Every automation we build that makes changes to production follows an approval-driven pattern: the script or workflow proposes the change, a human approves it, and the system executes with a full audit log. We never build automation that silently modifies production configuration. Change management rigor is built into the architecture — especially important in regulated environments.

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