In the past, achieving CMMC compliance for small-medium sized defense contractors and service providers has meant high costs, complexity, and large-enterprise licensing. Now there is a new, purpose-built path to compliance for SMBs. Ahead of the CMMC Final Rule effective date of November 10, 2025, Microsoft announced the availability of Microsoft 365 Business Premium for GCC-High. Business Premium now offers small-medium sized businesses the benefits of both productivity and compliance, through a more cost-effective product. With new mandates flowing from the Department of War (DoW) and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) requiring a greater security posture, this launch is timely. Learn more about how this product can help you achieve your compliance goals, and what CorpInfoTech can do to help facilitate.
What is GCC-High?
GCC-High is a specialized environment from Microsoft built for the U.S. federal government, defense contractors, and other organizations handling controlled unclassified information (CUI) and other export-controlled data such as information falling under ITAR regulations. GCCH is hosted in Azure Government data centers located within the United States, ensuring that all data is restricted to US citizens and is compliant with several frameworks including DFARS 252.204-7012, NIST 800-171, and CMMC Level 2 and 3.
Key Takeaways
- Business Premium supports up to 500 seats with the full suite of Microsoft office apps including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, etc.
- For smaller organizations, this reduces cost and overhead compared to large enterprise government licensing. This provides a path to meet CMMC requirements in a government-cloud environment at a budget-friendly scale.
- Business premium will provide one unified platform, reducing complexity by bundling productivity tools and advanced security features in one suite.
You can read the full announcement here.
How CorpInfoTech Can Help
CorpInfoTech is a CMMC level 2 certified MSP that offers IT, cybersecurity, and CMMC compliance solutions to small-medium sized businesses. CorpInfoTech is the fastest and most cost-effective path to CMMC compliance, using proven technologies and systems to reduce your audit scope. Through our certification, we are also able to flow down 200+ of the 320 objectives required by CMMC, drastically reducing the time it takes to become audit ready and providing greater confidence in a successful third-party audit.
Our turnkey CMMC level 1 and 2 compliance services are designed to prepare organizations for CMMC 2.0 Level 1 and FAR 52.204-21 requirements. This structured onboarding approach ensures that existing technology assets and Microsoft 365 Commercial tenants are fully aligned with federal cybersecurity mandates, beginning with an initial readiness assessment of your organizations people, processes, and tenant posture.
Microsoft 365 Business Premium provides a platform built for compliance, but your policies still matter. As your MSP partner, we can help you evaluate whether you should migrate to this new model and realize savings, while we handle the compliance design, migration, and audit readiness.
CorpInfoTech, a Managed Service Provider (MSP) with over 25 years in the SMB space, is a trusted partner for business pursuing compliance and cybersecurity. We are a CMMC Level 2 (C3PAO) certified MSP and a Cyber AB Registered Provider Organization (RPO). Also, as the first CIS accredited organization, we help organizations implement the CIS controls as it pertains to CMMC and your overall cybersecurity posture. CorpInfoTech is your trusted partner for secure, compliant growth in every changing digital landscape.
