Why we use Terms

SharePoint allows targeting of content using Audiences. These are good but they come with a few challenges:

• Audiences are not always easy to setup
• They can require premium Entra ID licenses
• They can be inflexible
• They don’t allow tracking
• You can’t quickly query membership
• You can’t target content as mandatory or optional

Compliance Tracker 365 utilizes Terms to target content to people. Where a person’s profile terms match content terms, content is targeted for their attention. This method is both flexible and scalable, allowing content managers to update terms and profile members as needed. People can be associated to profile terms individually, via groups or using profile properties.