Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 provides additional protection for Office 365 and expands its capabilities to help customers securely deliver all of their apps to any device, safeguard their corporate assets everywhere, and protect infrastructure both on-premises and in the cloud.

Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 helps businesses to secure access to all the resources needed by staff and extends the uncompromised productivity benefits of Office 365 to the business’ entire app portfolio with secure, seamless access for users from any device and any location.

The service safeguards important business data on any device with mobile management. It enables administrators to manage data inside Office Mobile apps, line-of-business apps, and third-party apps—on any device—with flexible solutions that provide visibility and control.

Furthermore, Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 provides advanced security that helps to protect the broader digital ecosystem. It includes cutting-edge analytics, anomaly detection, and discovery tools to help businesses anticipate, detect, and respond to vulnerabilities and threats both on-premises and in the cloud.

Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 includes Microsoft Intune, which enables businesses to apply a flexible mobile device and app management controls that let employees work with the devices and apps they choose while protecting company information.

Microsoft Security Defaults

Microsoft began turning Security Defaults on for all net new customer tenants on Feb. 29, 2020, and as a result, multifactor authentication (MFA) is turned on for those customers. Generally, Security Defaults are only a hard requirement for Partner tenants and not customer tenants. To turn the Defaults off for your customer, go to Admin Centers>Azure Active Directory>Azure Active Directory (Again)>Properties>Manage Security Defaults>Toggle to No.

Click here for a more detailed overview and considerations around SMTP relay, MFA enforcement, Exchange Online Powershell scripts and a full FAQ.

Important Change of Channel Information

Partners who are moving customers and subscriptions from another distributor to Pax8 should review the Pax8 Change of Channel Guide for importing customers and subscriptions.