Teams with many owners

Last updated Oct 17, 2026 Policies

AI summary

With more than 10 owners, a Team has unclear responsibility since any owner can change settings, add guests, or remove members. This detection helps you identify Teams where you should demote excess owners to members.

Severity: Low Operation Generally available

What it detects

Shows Teams that have more than a certain number of owners (default 10).

Why it matters

With more than ten owners, it is no longer clear who is responsible for the team, and every one of them can change settings, add guests, remove members or delete the team. Keep as owners only the people who manage the team and make the rest members.

The rule

Every Team that has more than 10 Teams Owners

In Rencore Governance

Details

Applies to	Team
Connector	Teams
Severity	Low
Category	Operation
Recommended	No
Recommended automation	None
License type	Standard

Other policies that check Team objects:

Teams with a disabled owner account (Medium)
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 without owners (Medium)
Teams that use prohibited words in the name or description (High)

Frequently asked questions

What does the Teams with many owners policy detect?

The Teams with many owners policy shows Teams that have more than a certain number of owners (default 10).

Which objects does the Teams with many owners policy check?

The Teams with many owners 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 many owners policy?

Violations of the Teams with many owners policy have Low severity. The policy is in the Operation category.

Which module includes the Teams with many owners policy?

The Teams with many owners policy comes with the Teams connector in the Digital Workplace module of Rencore Governance, which every Plan includes.

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