Collect and preserve compliance evidence including audit logs, configuration snapshots, and attestation records.
AI agents call manage_evidence_collection to retrieve information from Microsoft 365 Core MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The primary action is collecting and preserving evidence (audit logs, configuration snapshots, attestation records), which is fundamentally a read/query operation. However, 'preserve' could imply writing data to a storage location, and 'attestation records' could involve creating new records. Given the ambiguity, Write could also apply, but the dominant framing is data collection/retrieval.
From the tool's definition Collect and preserve compliance evidence including audit logs, configuration snapshots, and attestation records
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Collect and preserve compliance evidence including audit logs, configuration snapshots, and attestation records. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Microsoft 365 Core MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Microsoft 365 Core MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for manage_evidence_collection: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Microsoft 365 Core MCP Server. Nothing to install.
manage_evidence_collection is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the manage_evidence_collection rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for manage_evidence_collection. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
manage_evidence_collection is provided by the Microsoft 365 Core MCP Server MCP server (roycedamien/m365-core-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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