RAP stands for Risk Management Program. RAP as a service is a premier support service from Microsoft. The service is designed to accelerate the process of diagnosing and reporting through the RAP online system and offers a great way of keeping system in great shape, proactively. RAP as a service is preferred as it is private and fully secure. Data is collected remotely and best practices analyzed through extensive research. Results can be viewed immediately and can be shared with colleagues and staff. The program comes with flexible scheduling and offers better security. RAP as a service can reduce need for resource overhead.