Microsoft 365 and Secure Collaboration for Deal Teams

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We support the accounts, devices, shared documents, and communications tools used by investment banking and advisory firms. We help your deal teams share documents, manage required records, and resolve everyday software problems.

Microsoft 365 Deal-room access Email & records Staff IT support

Give Each Deal Team the Access It Needs

A deal can involve employees, clients, lawyers, and other advisers. We set up permissions, review external sharing, and update access when the team changes.

We work with the firm’s approved approach to material nonpublic information, or MNPI. The review covers where documents live, who can reach them, and how access decisions are recorded.

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Tools for Deal Collaboration

Accounts and Managed Devices

We administer Microsoft 365 accounts and review Entra ID sign-in controls, multifactor authentication, and Intune device settings where these are in use. Our team helps staff with account recovery, email, shared files, and remote working.

Teams, SharePoint, and Data Rooms

We review Teams and SharePoint membership, guest access, and sharing settings. For a virtual data room, we work within your chosen provider’s features and permissions. We can manage user access, review activity records, and close the data room when a deal ends.

Email, Chat, and Record Retention

We map the communications and documents your compliance team identifies to the systems that retain them. We can configure Microsoft Purview retention, review your existing archive, test record retrieval, and preserve records when employees leave.

Applications and Connections

We investigate sign-in, installation, Office-version, and connectivity problems affecting licensed applications. For CRM, market-data tools, and Excel add-ins, we coordinate with the software provider when a fault involves its service or permissions.

Review Retention Separately From Everyday Sharing

SEC Rule 17a-4 and FINRA recordkeeping requirements need a defined approach for the records in scope. A shared folder or an ordinary backup does not establish that the firm has met those requirements.

Microsoft’s regulatory guidance describes supported preservation and audit-trail approaches. We review the required services, licenses, configuration, and retrieval process with your compliance team before changes are approved.

Record Coverage

Identify email, chat, files, and other approved channels. Confirm what is captured and where a separate archive or provider is involved.

Permissions and Information Barriers

Review sensitive workspaces and who can share their contents. Where appropriate, assess Microsoft Purview information barriers against the firm’s approved separation requirements.

Retrieval and Account Changes

Test how authorized staff locate and export the required records. Plan for staff departures, Microsoft 365 migrations, and records that must still be preserved.

Common Questions

Can You Help With Capital IQ, FactSet, PitchBook, or a Deal CRM?

Tell us the application, licensed version, and fault. We can assess workstation, Office, identity, and connection issues, then define the work with you and the vendor. Data entitlements and specialist product faults remain with the relevant provider.

Can We Use SharePoint Instead of a Virtual Data Room?

We compare your sharing, activity-record, download-control, and transaction requirements with the available features. The choice depends on the work and your advisers’ requirements. We do not treat the two products as interchangeable.

Can You Support a Move Between Microsoft 365 Tenants?

Yes. Our post-merger IT integration service covers identity, email, files, and support transitions. Retention, access, licenses, and recovery arrangements form part of the migration plan.

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Tell Us How Your Deal Teams Work

Name the collaboration tools, applications, and access or records problems. An engineer will respond within one business day.

  • Microsoft 365 accounts and staff devices
  • Teams, SharePoint, and deal-room permissions
  • Communications records and application support

Describe the work here. We arrange confidential document sharing and technical access separately.

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