Case Study: a global nonprofit achieves secure collaboration and lower IT costs with Microsoft Cloud and Azure RMS

Global Nonprofit Safeguards Data with Modern IT - Customer Case Study

A US-based global nonprofit with 25,000 employees faced significant security challenges, as its staff was inadvertently exposing sensitive data through email, USB drives, and intranet sites. The organization, which operates humanitarian missions worldwide, wanted to modernize its IT, improve security, support mobile users, and reduce costs by moving to the cloud with Microsoft Office 365, but struggled with employee perceptions that on-premises servers were more secure.

To safeguard data and accelerate cloud adoption, the nonprofit implemented Microsoft Azure Rights Management Services (Azure RMS). This Microsoft solution provided persistent encryption for documents and emails, allowing secure sharing and the ability to track access or revoke it, even if files were forwarded or lost. The solution, combined with Office 365 and OneDrive, improved secure collaboration for its global teams, increased control over data, reduced administrative overhead, and cut costs by moving to a software-as-a-service model.