Privileged Identity Management
Just-in-time activation for admin roles. Approval workflows. Time-bound access. No standing Global Admin rights for your team — only the two locked-down emergency access accounts Microsoft prescribes.
Permanent Admin Roles Are the First Target
Microsoft recommends fewer than five Global Administrators and fewer than ten privileged role assignments in total. Above that, Entra ID raises a warning inside your own tenant. Every permanent Global Admin, Exchange Admin, or SharePoint Admin is a live key to the entire environment. One phished credential, one insider incident, and the attacker owns the tenant.
This is not a failure of your IT team. When the tenant was set up, permanent assignments were the default. PIM was not licensed, or the configuration looked complex. Meanwhile, the audit flags it, the cyber insurer asks about it, and compliance frameworks require just-in-time access.
Traditional consulting for a PIM rollout? Two months, five figures. The consultant configures the settings, writes a document, leaves. Your team is left with a process they did not design.
ACTIVITIES IN DETAIL
DELIVERABLES
Licensing and Inventory: P2 coverage closed, then every assignment including the shadow admins
Role Prioritization: By risk level, assigned users, and business impact if compromised
Excluded Accounts: Break glass and service accounts, permanently active only where required
Activation Rules: Duration, MFA, approval, justification, with approver deadlock prevented
Conditional Access and Audit: MFA and device state on activation, audit exported to Log Analytics
PIM for Groups: Role-assignable group ownership converted from permanent to eligible
Migration and Reviews: Every scenario tested, roles migrated tier by tier, reviews recurring
Next steps after Privileged Identity Management
A cleanly configured tenant is the foundation. These blueprints build directly on it
