Microsoft 365 and Office 365 For Government

Why Microsoft 365 for Government?

Microsoft 365 combines the power of Office apps, Teams, and OneDrive with enterprise-grade security and compliance. Designed for government environments, it helps agencies:

  • Enhance Productivity: Collaborate in real time—whether in the office, teleworking, or deployed.
  • Ensure Security & Compliance: Meet stringent federal, DoW, and regulatory requirements.
  • Reduce Costs: Optimize IT resources with cloud-based solutions.
  • Modernize IT Infrastructure: Transition to a secure, scalable cloud environment.

Why Microsoft 365 for Gov

Microsoft Government Solutions

M365 & Office 365 Government Plans:

Microsoft 365 Government G3

Powerful productivity apps with enhanced security and compliance capabilities for government.

Microsoft 365 Government G5

Best-in-class AI-powered productivity apps with advanced security, compliance, analytics, and AI readiness capabilities for government.

Office 365 Government G3

Productivity apps, file sharing, webinars, and basic security for government.

Office 365 Government G5

Best-in-class AI-powered productivity apps with foundational security, compliance, and analytics capabilities for government.

Carahsoft’s M365 OneGov Offering

Our OneGov solution simplifies procurement and deployment of Microsoft 365 for government agencies. It includes:

  • Pre-configured compliance-ready environments
  • Streamlined onboarding and migration support
  • Dedicated account management for ongoing success

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This license combination provides M365 government features for advanced compliance, security, email, calendar, file storage, and online meetings. Leverage AI-powered productivity capabilities of Microsoft 365 Copilot, integrating AI assistance into Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams to help users draft content, analyze data, and automate tasks.

  • M365 Copilot provided at no additional cost until the next anniversary date with M365 G5 subscription.
  • Unlimited M365 Copilot Agents for non-G5 users’ enterprise wide.
  • Current M365 G3 users who Step-Up to M365 G5 will receive a 70% discount for the remainder of the existing enrollment.

M365 Compliance-Ready Environments

Government agencies require solutions that meet strict compliance standards.
Microsoft 365 offers three specialized environments built for that bar.

GCC

GCC

  • Supports FedRAMP High, CJIS, IRS 1075, DFARS, and DISA Level 2 security requirements
  • Supports Criminal Justice Information (CJI) and Federal Tax Information (FTI)
GCC High

GCC High

  • Meets DFARS, ITAR, and DoW SRG requirements
  • Designed for highly sensitive, controlled unclassified data
  • Best for FedRAMP High impact data; supports ITAR and DFARS
DoW Environment

DoW Environment

  • Built specifically for Department of War workloads
  • Complies with DoW SRG Impact Level 5
  • For exclusive use by U.S. DoW; complies with DISA Level 5 security guidelines

M365 and Office 365 Solutions:

Microsoft 365 is a comprehensive cloud-based service that combines Microsoft’s best productivity, collaboration, and security features to empower users, enhance teamwork, and streamline workflows in a flexible and cloud-based environment.

The Office 365 GCC environment provides compliance with Federal requirements for cloud services, including FedRAMP Moderate, and requirements for criminal justice and federal tax information systems (CJI and FTI data types).

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The Office 365 GCC High and DoD Environments deliver compliance with Department of Defense Security Requirements Guidelines, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS), and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Office Applications:

  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Outlook/Exchange

Collaboration & Sharing Applications

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams

Teams enables instant messaging, audio and video calling, rich online meetings, mobile experiences, and extensive web conferencing capabilities. In addition, it provides file and data collaboration and extensibility features and integrates with Microsoft 365.

Teams Service Description
Microsoft OneDrive

OneDrive

An online storage space in the cloud that helps protect work files, provides access across multiple devices, and lets you share files, collaborate on documents, and sync files to your computer.

OneDrive Service Description
Microsoft SharePoint

SharePoint

A cloud-based service that enables employees to create sites where they can share documents and information with colleagues, partners, and customers.

SharePoint Service Description

Security Portfolio

Microsoft Power Platform

Power Platform

  • Power Apps: Create custom apps to be shared internally without needing to run in a browser or on a mobile device.
  • Power Automate: Create automated tasks and workflows to help streamline work.
  • Power BI: An analytics solution that provides interactive data visualizations and business intelligence capabilities.
  • Power Virtual Agents: Create chatbots that can answer questions using natural language.
  • Power Pages: Create, host, and manage external-facing websites.
Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel deliver threat protection for identities, email, data, apps, and more, as well as cloud security to protect workloads in the cloud no matter which platform or cloud provider you use.

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft Entra ID

  • Microsoft Entra ID is the new name for Azure Active Directory.
  • Microsoft’s cloud-based identity and access management solution helps employees and guest users securely access resources such as Microsoft 365, SaaS applications, and Azure.
  • It offers security capabilities such as multifactor authentication, Conditional Access, and lifecycle management to protect organizations against identity compromise.
Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview helps customers govern, protect, and manage data across Microsoft and non-Microsoft sources. As threats come from both outside and inside an organization, Purview helps identify and remediate risks, including insider risk, policy violations, and regulatory requirements.

Microsoft Priva

Microsoft Priva

Priva provides capabilities that help organizations:

  • Proactively identify and protect against privacy risks such as data hoarding, problematic data transfers, and data oversharing.
  • Gain visibility into the storage and movement of personal data.
  • Empower employees to make smart data-handling decisions.
  • Manage data and data usage to comply with evolving privacy regulations.
  • Manage subject-rights requests at scale.
Microsoft Intune

Microsoft Intune

Like identity and access management, endpoint management is another foundational element of security. Microsoft Intune provides management capabilities that help effectively protect all your endpoints.

M365 & Office 365 Licensing and Contract Vehicles Available Through Carahsoft

Carahsoft is an Authorized Federal Microsoft Licensing Solution Provider (LSP) and is also authorized to provide the following licensing programs:

o   Flexible, subscription-based licensing with monthly or annual billing.

o   Flexible deployment available (perpetual and subscription cloud-based licensing for M365 & Office licensing)

o   Ideal for organizations seeking simplified license management and predictable costs.

o   Perpetual licensing and Software Assurance available

o   Enterprise Agreement via AOS-G

o   GCC, GCC-H, GOVCON licensing available

o   M365 limitations for Federal Agencies*

o   licensing for large agencies with volume discounts

Carahsoft has a dedicated sales team that can meet with you today to determine what licensing program is best suited for your agency needs.

Contract Vehicles for Easy Procurement

Carahsoft provides access to a wide range of contract vehicles to simplify purchasing, including:

  • GSA Schedule
  • NASA SEWP
  • CIO-CS
  • DoW ESI
  • State and Local Contracts
Contracts