Hire IT Governance Consultants for Microsoft Environments

Get senior consultants who can turn ungoverned Microsoft environments into defensible, scalable platforms, with guardrails that enable delivery instead of blocking it.
Your Microsoft environment has outgrown its governance. Power Platform apps are proliferating without oversight. SharePoint permissions are sprawling. Audit findings keep recurring. Shadow IT is returning through the platforms you deployed to prevent it. You know governance is needed, but internal efforts haven’t produced lasting results.
You need to hire IT governance consultants who understand both Microsoft platforms and organizational dynamics. These practitioners can design governance that fits your context, implement controls that work, and build operating models that sustain after the project ends.
i3solutions provides senior Microsoft governance consultants who’ve established governance across your enterprise. We assess your current state, design appropriate frameworks, implement technical controls, and transfer capability to your team. Governance that enables rather than impedes.

When to Hire Governance Consultants

Signals that indicate you need external expertise:

• Your Microsoft environment has sprawled beyond visibility. You don’t know how many Power Apps exist, who owns them, or what data they access. SharePoint sites have multiplied without a consistent structure. Teams proliferate without standards. You’ve lost visibility into what’s deployed and who’s responsible.
• Audit findings keep recurring. Every audit surfaces the same gaps. You remediate, then drift returns. The findings aren’t getting better because there’s no operating model to maintain controls between audits.
• Power Platform adoption is accelerating without controls. Business users are building valuable solutions and creating risk. Ungoverned connectors, unmanaged environments, and abandoned apps are accumulating. You need governance before sprawl becomes unmanageable.
• Shadow IT is returning through your own platforms. Users build solutions that circumvent controls, share externally without oversight, or connect systems IT never approved. The flexibility you enabled is becoming a liability.
• Previous governance attempts didn’t stick. You’ve tried governance before. Policies were written but not enforced. Documentation was created but not maintained. The initiative launched and faded. You need an approach designed for sustainability.
• You’re preparing for compliance requirements. Regulations demand documented controls, audit evidence, and demonstrated governance. You need to establish governance that satisfies requirements and produces proof.
• Internal teams lack governance specialization. Your team manages platforms and supports users. They’re not governance specialists who’ve designed CoE frameworks, DLP architectures, and operating models across multiple enterprises. The expertise gap is real.
• You need to move faster than internal capacity allows. Governance competes with operations, support, and project work. External expertise accelerates governance establishment without burning out your team or delaying indefinitely.

 

Who This Is For

Engage i3solutions if you are:

• An IT leader responsible for Microsoft platforms who needs to establish or mature governance
• Scaling Power Platform and need a governance framework before sprawl becomes unmanageable
• Dealing with SharePoint or Microsoft 365 sprawl, too many sites, unclear permissions, and inconsistent standards
• Facing recurring audit findings that indicate systemic governance gaps
• Recovering from failed governance initiatives that didn’t produce lasting results
• In a regulated industry where documented controls and audit evidence are requirements
• Planning or executing broader IT systems analysis and need governance aligned to future-state architecture
• Introducing generative AI capabilities requires clear data, access, and usage guardrails
• Expanding systems integration across Microsoft and third-party platforms and need consistent governance controls
• Looking to scale data analytics while ensuring data access, classification, and lineage are properly governed
• Ready to invest in sustainable governance, not checkbox documentation

This engagement is not the right fit if:

• You want to lock down platforms so users can’t build anything. We design governance that enables; prevention-only approaches aren’t our focus.
• You want generic policies without an environment assessment. We assess before prescribing. Cookie-cutter governance fails.
• You need permanent governance staff. We build capability and implement frameworks; we don’t replace your team.
• You’re not prepared to enforce governance. Governance that isn’t enforced isn’t governance. If enforcement isn’t planned, implementation value is limited.

 

The Problem: Why Governance Initiatives Fail

Governance initiatives fail more often than they succeed. The pattern is predictable: policies documented, announcement made, governance declared complete, then nothing changes, and the initiative fades.

Where we see governance fail:

• Governance designed without assessment. Generic frameworks are applied without understanding the actual environment, user behaviors, or organizational constraints. Policies don’t match reality. Users can’t comply because compliance is impractical. Governance exists on paper only.
• Too heavy, too fast. Governance launches with comprehensive policies, mandatory approvals, and extensive restrictions. Users revolt. Business units escalate. Exceptions multiply until governance is effectively disabled. The initiative is abandoned or ignored.
• No operating model. Policies are written by a project team that disbands. Nobody owns ongoing maintenance. Review cadence doesn’t exist. Exception handling is undefined. Within months, documented governance doesn’t match actual practice.
• Technical controls aren’t implemented. Governance is documented but not enforced. DLP policies aren’t configured. Environment controls aren’t enabled. Monitoring doesn’t exist. Governance is an aspiration without a mechanism.
• Ownership is unclear or absent. Nobody is accountable for governance outcomes. Issues persist because nobody’s responsible for resolving them. Decisions aren’t made because nobody has the authority to make them.
• Governance ignores enablement. Governance focuses only on restriction and control. Users experience governance as an obstacle rather than support. The governed path is harder than the ungoverned path, so users route around governance.
• No change management. Governance changes how people work. Without communication, training, and transition support, users don’t understand requirements and can’t comply even when willing.
• Success isn’t measured. There’s no way to know if governance is working. No metrics, no dashboards, no health indicators. Problems accumulate invisibly until crisis forces attention.

You need consultants who understand these failure patterns and design governance to avoid them, not repeat them.

 

What You Get When You Engage i3solutions

Senior Governance Consultants

Not generalists applying generic frameworks. Our consultants have established governance across enterprise Microsoft environments, Power Platform CoEs, SharePoint governance programs, and M365 operating models. They know what works in theory and what works in practice.

Assessment Before Prescription

We inventory your environment and assess risk before designing governance. No cookie-cutter frameworks. Governance designed for your actual environment, your users, and your constraints.

Governance That Enables

We design governance that accelerates delivery, clear standards, approved patterns, and fast-path approvals for common requests. Teams move faster with governance because decisions are clear and guardrails prevent mistakes.

Technical Implementation

We configure DLP policies, environment controls, monitoring dashboards, and ALM pipelines. Governance documentation without technical implementation is fiction. We make governance operational.

Operating Model That Sustains

Governance without an operating model decays within months. We establish ownership, review cadence, exception handling, and continuous improvement. Your governance will persist because it’s designed for sustainability.

Knowledge Transfer

We don’t want you dependent on us forever. We train your team, document procedures, and transfer capability so governance continues after we leave.

Microsoft Platform Expertise

We’ve delivered hundreds of Power Automate, Dataverse, Dynamics 365, and Azure projects. We understand how these platforms work, where governance breaks, and how to implement controls that fit platform realities.

Engagement Models

Governance Risk Scan

Duration: 10 business days

What we deliver:

• Environment inventory across Power Platform and M365
• Risk scoring and prioritized findings
• Gap analysis against governance best practices
• 90-day action plan with quick wins
• Executive summary for stakeholders

What you provide:

• Read-only access to Power Platform and M365 admin centers
• Stakeholder availability for context interviews
• Documentation of existing governance (if any)

Best for: Organizations that need visibility into governance gaps before committing to comprehensive implementation.

Power Platform CoE Blueprint

Duration: 3 weeks

What we deliver:

• Environment strategy and DLP policy design
• Maker governance and approval workflows
• ALM standards and release process
• RACI and support model definition
• CoE toolkit configuration
• Implementation roadmap

What you provide:

• Administrative access to Power Platform
• Stakeholder engagement for requirements
• Existing environment and policy documentation

Best for: Organizations scaling their technologies who need a Power Platform governance consulting team to establish a governance framework before sprawl accumulates.

Governance Implementation Sprint

Duration: 6-8 weeks

What we deliver:

• Assessment and gap analysis
• Governance framework design
• Technical control implementation
• Operating model documentation
• Stakeholder training
• Handoff with sustainability plan

What you provide:

• Administrative access to relevant platforms
• Stakeholder engagement across phases
• Pilot scope for validation

Best for: Organizations ready to implement governance with technical controls and an operating model, not just documentation.

Comprehensive Governance Transformation

Duration: 10-14 weeks

What we deliver:

• Full assessment across Power Platform, SharePoint, M365
• Governance framework design and documentation
• Technical implementation across all domains
• Operating model with roles and procedures
• Training and enablement program
• Change management support
• Ongoing transition support

What you provide:

• Executive sponsorship and authority
• Administrative access to the Microsoft environment
• Cross-functional stakeholder engagement
• Communication channels for change management

Best for: Organizations undertaking comprehensive governance transformation across their Microsoft environment.

Governance Remediation

Duration: 4-6 weeks

What we deliver:

• Existing governance assessment
• Gap identification and root cause analysis
• Remediation design addressing failure points
• Targeted implementation of fixes
• Operating model adjustments for sustainability

What you provide:

• Access to current governance documentation
• Stakeholder candor about what failed and why
• Authority to implement changes

Best for: Organizations recovering from failed governance initiatives that need to understand what went wrong and fix it.

Ongoing Governance Advisory

Duration: Monthly retainer

What we deliver:

• Governance, health monitoring, and review
• Policy tuning and optimization
• Exception handling support
• New capability governance guidance
• Continuous improvement facilitation

What you provide:

• Regular touchpoints and access
• Visibility into issues and changes
• Stakeholder engagement for decisions

Best for: Organizations with established governance who need ongoing expertise for optimization and evolution.

 

Skills and Roles We Bring

As Microsoft environments scale, governance gaps create risk, friction, and delivery slowdowns. i3solutions provides senior governance practitioners with deep, hands-on experience across Power Platform, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, and Azure. We design and implement governance that protects your organization while enabling teams to build, collaborate, and innovate safely at scale.

Microsoft Platform Governance Specialists

Our consultants bring deep experience governing complex Microsoft ecosystems, including Power Platform (environments, DLP, ALM, CoE), SharePoint (provisioning, permissions, lifecycle), Microsoft 365 (Teams, groups, external sharing), and Azure governance patterns. We tailor governance to your organizational maturity, risk profile, and delivery goals.

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Center of Excellence (CoE) Design and Enablement

We design and implement Power Platform Centers of Excellence that work in practice, not just on paper. Our teams develop CoE frameworks, configure governance toolkits, establish maker enablement programs, and build champion networks that drive adoption and accountability across the business.

Hire a CoE Consultant

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Architecture Experts

Our DLP specialists design connector classification and data boundary strategies that protect sensitive data without disrupting business workflows. We build policies that are enforceable, understandable, and sustainable. This will help avoid the overly restrictive designs that cause user pushback and shadow IT.

Hire a DLP Architecture Expert

Governance Operating Model Consultants

Effective governance requires clear ownership and repeatable processes. We design operating models with defined RACIs, review cadences, exception handling workflows, and continuous improvement mechanisms. Our governance models are built to be run day-to-day, not shelved after project close.

Hire an Operating Model Consultant

Governance Change Management Specialists

Governance only works if people adopt it. Our change management specialists integrate communication planning, training development, and stakeholder engagement directly into governance delivery. We help organizations drive awareness, alignment, and long-term adherence to governance standards.

Hire a Change Management Specialist

Technical Governance Implementation Teams

We implement governance controls directly within your Microsoft tenant. Our teams configure DLP policies, manage Power Platform environments, establish ALM pipelines, and set up monitoring and alerting. We deliver working controls, not just recommendations.

Hire a Governance Implementation Specialist

Typical Governance Engagement Team

Our engagements are staffed with experienced practitioners aligned to your scope and scale:

• Lead Governance Consultant – assessment, framework design, stakeholder engagement
• Platform Specialist – technical configuration, implementation, and testing
• Change Management Specialist – communication, training, adoption (for larger programs)
• Project Coordination – timeline management, risk tracking, and delivery oversight

Build a Governance Engagement Team

 

How We Work

Initial Consultation

We discuss your governance situation, what’s working, what’s not, what you’ve tried, and what you need. No commitment required. A focused conversation to understand your environment and determine fit.

Scoping and Proposal

Based on your needs, we propose a specific engagement: risk scan, CoE blueprint, implementation sprint, comprehensive transformation, remediation, or advisory. Clear deliverables, timeline, and investment.

Kickoff and Discovery

We establish access, confirm scope, and begin assessment. For governance engagements, that means understanding your environment, current governance state, organizational constraints, and success criteria.

Execution

• For assessment engagements: Inventory, risk scoring, gap analysis, and roadmap development.
• For design engagements: Framework development, policy design, operating model definition. Stakeholder review and refinement.
• For implementation engagements: Technical configuration, staged rollout, validation, and training. Regular status updates throughout.

Validation and Handoff

Governance controls are tested and validated. The operating model is documented. Your team is trained. We verify that governance works and you can maintain it before handoff.

Quality Gates

• Scope sign-off before work begins
• Assessment review before design
• Design approval before implementation
• Implementation validation before handoff
• Operating model confirmation before close

We don’t skip gates. Problems surface early when they’re correctable.

 

How We Reduce Delivery Risk

• Assessment-first approach. We don’t apply generic frameworks without understanding your environment. Assessment reveals the actual state, identifies real risks, and informs appropriate governance design.
• Governance for your context. We design governance that fits your organization, size, industry, risk tolerance, and delivery culture. Your governance won’t look like someone else’s because your context is unique.
• Enablement, not just restriction. We design governance that makes delivery easier, clear standards, approved patterns, and streamlined approvals. Users experience governance as support, not an obstacle.
• Technical implementation included. Governance documentation without technical controls is fiction. We configure DLP policies, environment controls, and monitoring. Governance is enforced, not just documented.
• Operating model from the start. We define ownership, procedures, and review cadence during implementation. Governance is designed to be sustained, not to decay after the project ends.
• Change management integration. Governance changes how people work. We integrate communication, training, and transition support so users understand and can comply.
• Measurable outcomes. We establish metrics and dashboards so you can see whether governance is working. Success is visible, not assumed.

 

Security, Compliance, and IP Considerations

• Data handling. We work in your Microsoft environment with the access you provide. Assessment findings and governance documentation remain within your control.
• Our consultants are US-based. We can accommodate specific personnel security requirements where contractually necessary.
• Access controls. We work with appropriate administrative access for the engagement scope, typically platform admin roles for assessment and implementation. Access is scoped and removed at engagement completion.
• Your governance strategy, policies, and environment details are confidential. Standard confidentiality terms apply; we accommodate customer-specific requirements.
• Work product ownership. Documentation, policies, procedures, and configurations we create are yours. Full ownership transfers to you.

 

Why Choose i3solutions as Your Partner

• We’ve built governance that works. Our team has established governance across enterprise Microsoft environments. We know the difference between governance that persists and governance that fades. We design for the former.
• We assess before prescribing. Generic frameworks fail. We understand your environment, constraints, and context before designing governance. Your framework will fit your reality.
• We implement, not just document. We configure technical controls, build operating models, and train your team. Governance is operational when we leave, not theoretical.
• We design for enablement. Governance that only restricts gets circumvented. We design governance that helps teams deliver faster by providing clarity, patterns, and guardrails.
• We build sustainability. Governance without an operating model decays. We establish ownership, procedures, and review cadence so governance continues after our engagement ends.
• We’re senior and US-based. Experienced consultants who make decisions. All work performed by US-based personnel.