From Data Sprawl to Data Resilience: Getting Control in K‑12 & Not-For-Profit

For many Not‑for‑Profit and K‑12 organisations, data challenges build up quietly over time until they begin to impact costs, risk, service delivery and organisational confidence.

As collaboration expands across Microsoft 365, data often sprawls across Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Power Platform and legacy file shares, with limited visibility into what’s important, what’s redundant, and where data should live. In many cases, critical data is not adequately protected, making it difficult to recover quickly from accidental deletion, cyber incidents, or operational disruption.

This session focuses on real‑world challenges we see every day across education and not‑for‑profit organisations — and the practical steps leaders are taking to regain control in a sustainable way.

• Understand where disparate data lives and consolidate it safely without simply moving the problem elsewhere
• Identify redundant, inactive and duplicate data, and decide what can be intelligently archived to lower‑cost storage
• Strengthen data resilience and continuity without disrupting staff or day‑to‑day operations
• Lay the foundations for a more controlled, resilient and AI‑ready Microsoft 365 environment

This session focuses on real‑world challenges we see every day across education and not‑for‑profit organisations — and the practical steps leaders are taking to regain control in a sustainable way.