Reference

Policies for Teams

See the Teams inventory reference for the objects these templates work on.

Policy Description Severity Category Checks
Teams with a disabled owner account ⭐ Shows Teams that have at least one disabled owner account Medium UserOffboarding Team
Teams with private channels ⭐ Shows Teams with private channels Information Operation Team
Teams with many channels Shows Teams that have more than a certain number of channels (default 50) Information Operation Team
Teams that use forbidden/misleading words in display name ⭐ Shows Teams that use forbidden/misleading words in the team display name Low Operation Team
Teams with only disabled owner accounts ⭐ Shows Teams where all owners have disabled accounts Medium UserOffboarding Team
Teams that reach the 200 channel limit ⭐ Shows Teams that have more than 180 channels Medium Operation Team
Teams with very few owners ⭐ Shows Teams which have 1 or no owner High Operation Team
Teams with very few users ⭐ Shows Teams which has 1 or 2 users Medium Declutter Team
Teams with many users ⭐ Shows Teams with a number of users that exceeds a threshold (default 50 users) High Operation Team
Teams that reach the 100 owner limit ⭐ Shows Teams that have more than 80 owners Medium Operation Team
Inactive teams Shows teams with no message posted in last 6 month and no SharePoint content modified in last 6 month Medium Declutter Team
Shared Channels with external access All Shared Channels that have external user access Medium ExternalAccess Channel
Shared Channels without owners All Shared Channels that have no owners Medium Operation Channel
Teams with inactive external users Shows teams with external members that have not logged in for more than 6 month Information ExternalAccess Team
New Teams Teams created in the last 14 days, eg. to send onboarding information Information Adoption Team
Public Teams Shows public teams Information Security Team
Team contains Copilot agent and external members Detects Team where a Copilot agent is installed and external users are present, posing security concerns. Copilot agents in Teams with external members may inadvertently expose organizational data to unauthorized individuals. Rencore Governance can flag such scenarios for review. Organizations should limit agent access to internal Teams or implement strict sharing policies. High Security Team
Teams with external users ⭐ Shows all Teams that have external users/guests Low ExternalAccess Team
Teams with less than 2 owners Shows Teams teams with less than 2 owners Medium Operation Team
Teams with many owners Shows Teams that have more than a certain number of owners (default 10) Low Operation Team
Teams without owners Shows Teams teams without any owners Medium Declutter Team
Teams that use prohibited words in the name or description Shows teams that use a list of prohibited words in the name or description High Operation Team

Last updated: 7/19/2026