Microsoft 365: Department Billing for Microsoft 365 Backup

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft 365 Backup now supports departmental billing and RBAC. This allows granular backup management and cost allocation, improving data protection and administrative control across specific organizational units.

The Impact

Security teams and backup administrators are affected, gaining enhanced control over data protection and cost management, reducing the risk of unmanaged backups.

• Security Teams: Improved visibility and control over backup configurations.
• Backup Administrators: Ability to delegate backup responsibilities by department.
• Financial Teams: Granular cost allocation for backup services.
• Compliance Officers: Enhanced ability to demonstrate data protection alignment with organizational structure.

The Action

1. Review existing backup policies and identify departmental or geographical segmentation needs.
2. Define new RBAC roles for department-specific backup administrators.
3. Configure backup scopes based on organizational units (departments, locations).
4. Assign Azure subscriptions for departmental billing of Microsoft 365 Backup.
5. Communicate new backup management responsibilities and cost allocation models.

Domain: Purview · Impact: medium · Workload: Microsoft Purview · Essential Eight: Restrict Administrative Privileges, Regular Backups · ISM: ISM-0445, ISM-1175, ISM-1380, ISM-1507, ISM-1508, ISM-1509, ISM-1511, ISM-1515, ISM-1647, ISM-1648, ISM-1650, ISM-1686, ISM-1688, ISM-1689, ISM-1705, ISM-1706, ISM-1707, ISM-1708, ISM-1810, ISM-1811, ISM-1812, ISM-1813, ISM-1814, ISM-1883, ISM-1897, ISM-1898