Standards Setup
This guide will walk you through the process of setting up standards in CIPP. Follow these instructions to configure and run standards for your organization.
Walkthrough Steps for Setting Up Standards
Purpose
This guide walks you through setting up Standards in CIPP for the first time. It focuses on applying and managing standards to maintain security and compliance across your organization.
Accessing Standards
Navigate to Tenant Administration > Standards.
Here you'll be presented with a table of Standards templates and an action in the upper right to create new templates.
Reporting Options
Each standard offers three options:
Report: Logs the current configuration in a Best Practices Report.
Alert: Sends you a notification via the configured method in CIPP -> Application Settings -> Notifications.
Remediate: Automatically applies the desired configuration.
Understanding Impact
Each standard includes:
A description of what it does.
An impact label (Low, Medium, High) to indicate user impact.
Review these details to ensure changes align with your needs.
Customizing Standards
Input Fields
Some standards require settings, like custom text fields or dropdown selections.
Enter the required values to customize the standard.
Categories
Standards are grouped by categories, like security, compliance, or usability.
There are over 60 standards, with more added regularly.
Deploying Templates
Use templates for consistent configurations across clients.
Examples include templates for Intune, Exchange, and Conditional Access
Excluding Tenants
Exclude specific tenants from All Tenants standards to:
Prevent global standards from applying.
Allow custom standards for that tenant only.
Template Reapplication
Templates reapply every 3 hours, maintaining the desired state.
If changes are made by admins, they are automatically reverted to match the template.
Update a template once, and all linked tenants will receive the changes.
Run Standards Manually
Use the Run Template Now options from the Actions menus.
Apply standards immediately to:
A specific tenant by selecting (Currently Selected Tenant only) to match the tenant in the menu Tenant Selector.
All tenants in one go for all tenants in the template.
Key Takeaways
Standards automatically reapply settings every 3 hours for consistency.
Categories and templates simplify management across multiple tenants.
Customization and manual runs give you flexibility to meet tenant-specific needs.
By following these steps, you’ll ensure your M365 tenants remain secure, consistent, and compliant with minimal manual effort.
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