Summary of Microsoft 365 GCC vs GCC High

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The video discusses the differences between the two most popular cloud platforms for Microsoft Office 365 - GCC and GCC High. While they have similar features, Microsoft recommends using GCC High for organizations that have Federal Contract Information or FCI. The feature parity between platforms is very good, with only a few minor differences.

• 00:00:00 Microsoft 365 GCC vs GCC High is a comparison of two cloud platforms, Microsoft's commercial cloud and Azure Government. The video explains that GCC was created for state and local organizations to put data that is sensitive or not publicly available into the Microsoft cloud, but that it has since been extended to include office 365 and the federal government. The current recommendation for which platforms to deploy into is unchanged, but the video provides updated information on which platforms are supported.
• 00:05:00 The diagram shows that Microsoft has decided to extend D4S flow down support to the government community cloud platform. This could be a good thing for certain types of companies and organizations.
• 00:10:00 GCC is better for pricing due to its monthly pricing model, while GCC High does not have all the licenses available in its yearly pricing model. Dynamics AX is one of the licenses that is not available in the yearly pricing model.
• 00:15:00 The video discusses licensing and compliance issues with using or using a GCC platform. The main pros of using a GCC platform are that it is commercial and has teams and foreign data support. The cons of using a GCC platform are that it has no export control and third-party apps can jeopardize a compliance posture.
• 00:20:00 Microsoft is beta testing new capabilities into their platform, which includes preview and beta applications as well as fedramp certification. Beta and preview applications can be difficult to control, as they may be installed in a tenant and users may not be able to turn them off. Third-party applications may not be fed-ramped, leaving them at risk of cui content being put into them. Moving to a higher version of the platform, such as GCC High, may ease collaboration with large prime vendors.
• 00:25:00 Microsoft 365 GCC vs GCC High is a comparison of the two most popular open source software development platforms for Microsoft Office 365. While they have similar features, Microsoft recommends using GCC High for organizations that have Federal Contract Information or FCI. The feature parity between platforms is very good, with only a few minor differences.
• 00:30:00 Microsoft recommends using their commercial platform, gcc, for cmmc level three and lower, and moving up to their government platform, Azure Government Commercial, for cmmc level four and higher. If you are pursuing export controlled information, gcc high is the recommended platform.