Certification Submission Cloning User Guide

This guide is ONLY applicable to you if you're going through the Microsoft 365 Certification and:

  • You have multiple integrations of the same exact app (for example the same app has Teams, Outlook, Office, and SharePoint integrations).
  • You have two apps that share the exact same backend and supporting infrastructure.

In these two scenarios your app will have the same evidence in-scope for certification and you can use this cloning feature to expedite the certification of multiple apps.

Important

This feature currently only works between different M365 Apps (Sharepoint apps, Teams apps, and Office add-ins), OR between web apps (SaaS). You cannot clone between a web app and an M365 App.

Note

You can only clone from apps that have fully completed certification. You cannot clone from apps that are currently in progress for certification.

Step 1. Start Certification

Start the certification by checking the consent box and clicking submit. Screenshot shows the consent box selected above the Submit button.

Step 2. Select the app you wish to clone from

In the drop-down box, select the app you wish to use to clone your submission.

Screenshot emphasizes the prompt that asks if you want to copy answer from another submission.

Step 3. You can choose what you want to be cloned

You can choose to ONLY copy the initial document submission. If you wish to do so, simply select copy. Screenshot shows certification cloning without evidence.

You can also choose to copy all of the evidence from the submission your cloning from. If you wish to do so, select the box that says "Request to copy evidence for all controls from the selected submission", and then select copy.

Screenshot shows certification cloning together with evidence

Step 4. Submit your Initial Document Submission and wait for approval

If you requested to copy evidence from your submission, your analyst will need to approve your evidence cloning request. Screenshot shows certification IDS submitted.

Step 5. Copy your evidence submission

Once your initial document submission and evidence cloning request has been approved, you'll receive a listing of all the controls in scope for your submission. You'll need to select copy to clone all of the evidence from your other submission.

Screenshot shows where to click Copy to clone evidence. Screenshot confirms cloning with evidence.

Step 6. Submit your certification submission

At this point, you've successfully copied all the evidence from your other submission and you can submit your certification assessment for approval.

Screenshot shows Submit button highlighted.

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