Security & Compliance overview

In the early days, security features were spread out across the many products in the Office 365 family. Some were in Exchange, whereas others were in SharePoint. Microsoft created the Security & Compliance center to establish a centralized location where administrators can work with these individual features and have a comprehensive view of cloud security.

When Security & Compliance was first launched, there wasn't much meat on its bones. A lot has changed since then; if you checked it out a while ago, please give it another look. Over the past couple of years, Security & Compliance in Office 365 has undergone rapid expansion and change. It wouldn't be surprising to find features that are not covered in this chapter, or to find that things aren't exactly as we describe here. We'll do our best to describe things as they are today, with an eye toward how they might change in the future.

To access Security & Compliance, you must either have the...