GCC High Guide

Government Onboarding & Migration

The third step is a new deployment, maybe migration, and certainly applying security and compliance policies.

With an understanding of the compliance requirements and Microsoft validation and licensing, it’s now time to focus on securing the environment and migrating your users and data.

As Microsoft states that GCC High is required for CMMC L2, this page focuses on adopting GCC High. For organizations with less stringent requirements, see our page on migrating GCC (A Guide to Migrating to Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud (GCC and GCC High) Agile IT). Don’t know which environment is for you?

We can help! (Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance experts in GCC High & CMMC ecosystem).

Here, we focus on key areas to consider, address, and make decisions about the scope of migration, deployment of security services, and documentation on how you are meeting the controls within CMMC.

Key Considerations

Migrating and deploying a new environment with Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud (GCC) High and Azure Government requires careful planning and consideration.

Here are some key considerations:

1. Licensing Costs

2. Compliance Requirements

  • Are you beholden to CMMC L2, or do your contracts only call for CMMC L1? If L1, you may be over-committing by migrating to GCCH, and GCC might be a better solution.

3. Data Residency and Sovereignty

  • Not all FCI has the same requirements. For a better understanding of CUI, download our whitepaper.

4. Identity and Access Management

  • CMMC imposes strict access controls, Microsoft GCC High can take much of the technical implementation burden.

5. Security and Monitoring

  • Many MSP’s will want to sell you additional MSP-friendly tools and agents for security and monitoring. Your Microsoft 365 GCC High licenses may already include many of these capabilities, don’t overpay for similar services.

6. Interoperability and Integration

  • GCC High has similar but not full feature parity with Commercial. Enabling things like Cross-Tenant Collaboration and SSO helps keep you employees productive and secure.

7. Backup and Disaster Recovery

  • There are many backup solutions available, but not all have FedRAMP authorization or equivalency. Read more about Agile IT’s solution.

8. Continuous Review and Updates

  • CMMC requires continuous compliance to maintain contracts within the DIB. AgileDefend offsets the internal effort required to maintain compliance. Learn more about AgileDefend.

Agile IT Services for GCC High Onboarding & Migrations

At Agile IT, we’re not just proficient in addressing the complexities of government regulations and compliance standards while ensuring top-tier security measures – we excel at them, demonstrated by our Microsoft Partner of the Year award in Security and Compliance.

Our focus? Providing secure, compliant cloud solutions with Azure Government and Microsoft 365 GCC High. Designed to fit the distinctive needs of defense, federal, state, and local government organizations.

Migrations to Microsoft 365 GCC and GCC High

Our migrations to Microsoft 365 take a unique focus and process due to the technical, security, and compliance requirements that are critical to customer success.

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Modern Desktop

Agile IT’s Modern Desktop solution is ideal for customer transitioning to Microsoft 365 GCC High.

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Modern Endpoint Management

Agile IT’s Modern Endpoint solution leverages customer’s GCC High environment with Microsoft Intune to meet security, management, and compliance requirements. This is also key for vendor consolidation, cost management, and reducing costs in IT training and support.Learn More