Teams with a disabled owner account
AI summary
Find Teams that have disabled owner accounts, which typically happens when employees leave but their accounts remain as owners. A disabled owner cannot manage the team, leaving you with fewer active leaders than expected, so you should add a new owner and remove the disabled account.
What it detects
Shows TeamsMicrosoft TeamsMicrosoft Teams is the Microsoft 365 app for chat, meetings and team collaboration.Read more that have at least one disabled owner account.
Why it matters
A team ownerWorkspace ownerA workspace owner is an owner of a Microsoft 365 workspace, such as a Team, a SharePoint site or a group.Read more whose account is disabled, usually someone who has left, can no longer add members, manage channels or approve requests. The team keeps working, but with fewer owners than it seems to have. Add a new owner and remove the disabled account.
The rule
Every Team that has any Teams Owners where Account Enabled is false
In Rencore Governance
Details
| Applies to | Team |
|---|---|
| Connector | Teams |
| Severity | Medium |
| Category | User OffboardingLeaverA leaver is someone who has left your organization but whose account may still hold licenses, workspaces, ownership and OneDrive content.Read more |
| Recommended | Yes |
| Recommended automation | None |
| License type | Standard |
Related policies
Other policies that check Team objects:
- Teams with private channels (Information)
- Teams with many channels (Information)
- Teams that use forbidden/misleading words in display name (Low)
- Teams with only disabled owner accounts (Medium)
- Teams that reach the 200 channel limit (Medium)
- Teams with very few owners (High)
- Teams with very few users (Medium)
- Teams with many users (High)
- Teams that reach the 100 owner limit (Medium)
- Inactive teams (Medium)
- Teams with inactive external users (Information)
- New Teams (Information)
- Public Teams (Information)
- Team contains Copilot agent and external members (High)
- Teams with external users (Low)
- Teams with less than 2 owners (Medium)
- Teams with many owners (Low)
- Teams without owners (Medium)
- Teams that use prohibited words in the name or description (High)
Frequently asked questions
What does the Teams with a disabled owner account policy detect?
What does the Teams with a disabled owner account policy detect?The Teams with a disabled owner account policy shows Teams that have at least one disabled owner account.
Which objects does the Teams with a disabled owner account policy check?
Which objects does the Teams with a disabled owner account policy check?The Teams with a disabled owner account policy checks Team objects from the Teams inventory and reports each one that matches its rule as a violation.
How severe is a violation of the Teams with a disabled owner account policy?
How severe is a violation of the Teams with a disabled owner account policy?Violations of the Teams with a disabled owner account policy have Medium severity. The policy is in the User Offboarding category.
Which module includes the Teams with a disabled owner account policy?
Which module includes the Teams with a disabled owner account policy?The Teams with a disabled owner account policy comes with the Teams connector in the Digital Workplace module of Rencore Governance, which every Plan includes.
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