Planner: New Microsoft Planner App for Teams for customers in GCC-H

🚨 The Signal: The new unified Microsoft Planner app is now available in Teams for GCC-H customers. This consolidates task management, potentially increasing data sprawl and requiring review of existing governance policies for task and project data.

The Impact

GCC-H security teams and administrators are affected, facing increased risk of data sprawl and potential policy non-compliance.

• Security Teams: Risk of unmanaged data sprawl across new task management surfaces.
• Administrators: Need to review and update data governance and retention policies for task data.
• Compliance Officers: Potential for non-compliance with data handling regulations if not properly configured.

The Action

1. Review existing Microsoft Teams data governance policies for task and project management data.
2. Assess current data retention labels and policies for applicability to the new Planner app data.
3. Communicate updated data handling guidelines to end-users regarding task and project data within Teams.
4. Monitor audit logs for Planner activities to ensure compliance with organizational policies.

Domain: Teams · Impact: medium · Workload: Teams