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Teams
Pages about the Teams connector.
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Everything Rencore Governance covers for Teams is on the Teams connector page.
Getting started 1
- Getting startedAfter your first scan
After the first scan, check the inventory, turn on a first set of policies, fix one violation and add a first automation and dashboard.
Guides 9
- Guides › Automation › ActionsArchive or unarchive a team with an automation
How to add the Archive or Unarchive a Team action to an automation, and how the Archive Unused Teams template uses it.
- Guides › AutomationClean up after a leaver
Find accounts of people who left, with the licenses, workspaces and OneDrive content they still hold, and remove their access with actions or an automation.
- Guides › AutomationClean up redundant, obsolete and trivial content
Find old, unused and trivial files in SharePoint and OneDrive before a Copilot rollout, then archive the files or the Teams and sites that hold them.
- Guides › ProvisioningCreate a suggested Teams channel
How to add a predefined Teams channel that Provisioning Templates can suggest when someone requests a new Team in Rencore Governance.
- Guides › PoliciesFind and fix oversharing
Find files, sites and Teams that are shared beyond their audience with a report and policies, then remove the sharing or let the owners clean it up.
- Guides › PoliciesFind and remove inactive guests
Find guest accounts that have not signed in for months or never accepted their invitation, then disable them or remove them from your workspaces.
- Guides › PoliciesFind sites and groups with missing sensitivity labels
Find SharePoint sites, Teams and Microsoft 365 groups with a missing or wrong sensitivity label, and set the right label on Microsoft 365 groups.
- Guides › PoliciesFix Workspaces without owners
Find Teams, groups and SharePoint sites with no owner, one owner or only disabled owners, then add an owner or ask someone to take over the workspace.
- Guides › Troubleshooting › Scan errorsTeams: channel tabs null
A Microsoft Graph bug stops the scan of Teams channel tabs that have no display name. How to fix it by removing the invalid tabs.
Use cases 10
- Use cases › What do you want to do?Archive or delete inactive workspaces
Find Teams, sites and communities nobody uses anymore, ask the owners whether they are still needed, and archive or delete the rest.
- Use cases › What do you want to do?Clean up after leavers
Find what people who left still own or hold, such as Teams, sites, OneDrives and licenses, and hand it over or remove it.
- Use cases › What do you want to do?Connect governance to your ticket system
Open a ticket in ServiceNow or another ticket system, or start a Power Automate flow, when a policy finds a violation or an automation runs.
- Use cases › What do you want to do?Delegate governance by country or subsidiary
Give a country, subsidiary or business unit its own view of the tenant, with admins who see and act only inside their scope.
- Use cases › What do you want to do?Find and fix oversharing
Find files, sites and Teams that are shared more widely than they should be, and remove the sharing or ask the owners to clean it up.
- Use cases › What do you want to do?Govern guests and external users
See every guest in your tenant, find the ones who are inactive or never accepted their invitation, and remove their access.
- Use cases › What do you want to do?Keep every workspace owned
Find Teams, sites and groups with no owner, one owner or only disabled owners, and get a second owner in place.
- Use cases › What do you want to do?Provision governed workspaces
Let users request new Teams and sites from approved templates, with naming rules, business metadata and an approval step.
- Use cases › What do you want to do?Recertify access with reviews
Ask workspace owners on a schedule to confirm who still needs access, and remove the people who do not.
- Use cases › What do you want to do?Report and prove compliance
Show auditors and management what is in your tenant and how well it follows your policies, with reports, dashboards and exports.
Reference 72
- Reference › Review templatesAccess review for teams
A review of every Team. The Teams review template "Access review for teams" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsAgents published to Teams app catalog
Shows all Copilot agents and SharePoint agents which are. The Teams segment "Agents published to Teams app catalog" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › TeamsAll services
The inventory objects that members of the built-in All services team can see in Rencore Governance, grouped by connector.
- Reference › Inventories › TeamsApp
All installed Teams apps in your tenant. Properties, relations and actions of the App object in the Teams inventory.
- Reference › Reports › TeamsArchived teams
All Teams that have been archived. The Teams report "Archived teams" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsArchived teams
All Teams that have been archived. The Teams segment "Archived teams" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Automation actionsAutomation actions for Teams
The 15 actions Rencore Governance automations can run on Teams, with a description and category for each.
- Reference › AutomationsAutomations for Teams
The 9 automation templates Rencore Governance provides for Teams, with what each one does and the objects it applies to.
- Reference › ActionsBuilt-in actions for Teams
The 11 built-in actions you can run on Teams objects in Rencore Governance, with what each one does and the objects it applies to.
- Reference › Inventories › TeamsChannel
All Channels of the Team. Properties, relations and actions of the Channel object in the Teams inventory.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsChannels with Copilot agents
Identifies Team channels with a Copilot Agent conversation in the last 90 days. The Teams segment "Channels with Copilot agents" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Provisioning templatesCustom team
The Custom team provisioning template for Teams in Rencore Governance. Start with an empty Team and configure policies, channels and apps from scratch.
- Reference › Inventories › TeamsDeleted team
All teams that have been deleted. Properties, relations and actions of the Deleted team object in the Teams inventory.
- Reference › Provisioning templatesDepartment Workspace
The Department Workspace provisioning template for Teams in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Inventories › TeamsDevice usage
Details about Teams device usage in the last 180 days. Properties, relations and actions of the Device usage object in the Teams inventory.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsInactive teams
Shows teams with no message posted in last 6 month and no SharePoint content modified in last 6 month. Built-in Teams policy "Inactive teams".
- Reference › Provisioning templatesManage a project
The Manage a project provisioning template for Teams in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Provisioning templatesManage an event
The Manage an event provisioning template for Teams in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsMy membership
Shows all the users which have any Team Member. A filter of the Rencore Teams App. The Teams segment "My membership" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsMy ownership
Shows all the users which have any Team Owner. A filter of the Rencore Teams App. The Teams segment "My ownership" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Reports › TeamsNew teams
All Teams scanned the first time in the last 14 days. The Teams report "New teams" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsNew teams
All Teams scanned the first time in the last 14 days. The Teams segment "New teams" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsNew Teams
Teams created in the last 14 days, eg. to send onboarding information. The built-in Teams policy "New Teams": what it detects and the rule behind it.
- Reference › Provisioning templatesOnboard employees
The Onboard employees provisioning template for Teams in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsOrganization apps
Shows the (custom developed) apps available only in this tenant. The Teams segment "Organization apps" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Provisioning templatesOrganize help desk
The Organize help desk provisioning template for Teams in Rencore Governance. Collaborate on documentation, policy, and processes that support your help desk.
- Reference › PoliciesPolicies for Teams
The 22 built-in policies Rencore Governance provides for Teams, with what each one checks, its severity and its category.
- Reference › Inventories › TeamsPre-defined Teams channels
Predefined Teams channels that can automatically get deployed in team during provisioning (including custom tabs). Pre-defined Teams channels object.
- Reference › Reports › TeamsPrivate channels
All private channels in Teams. The Teams report "Private channels" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsPrivate channels
All private channels in Teams. The Teams segment "Private channels" in Rencore Governance.
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- Reference › Provisioning templatesPrivate team
The Private team provisioning template for Teams in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Reports › TeamsPrivate teams
All Teams that are marked as private. The Teams report "Private teams" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsPrivate teams
All Teams that are marked as private. The Teams segment "Private teams" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Provisioning templatesProduct development Workspace
The Product development Workspace provisioning template for Teams in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Reports › TeamsPublic teams
All teams that are visible to everyone in the organization. The Teams report "Public teams" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsPublic teams
All teams that are visible to everyone in the organization. The Teams segment "Public teams" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsPublic Teams
Shows public teams. The built-in Teams policy "Public Teams": what it detects and the rule behind it.
- Reference › ReportsReports for Teams
The 7 report templates Rencore Governance provides for Teams, with the filter, chart type and object of each one.
- Reference › SegmentsSegments for Teams
The 14 segments that come with Teams in Rencore Governance, with the rule and the object each one selects.
- Reference › Inventories › TeamsShared channel external member
Details about Shared Channel External Members. Properties, relations and actions of the Shared channel external member object in the Teams inventory.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsShared channels
Shows channels that are shared. The Teams segment "Shared channels" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsShared channels with external access
All Shared Channels that have external user access. The built-in Teams policy "Shared channels with external access": what it detects and the rule behind it.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsShared channels without owners
All Shared Channels that have no owners. The built-in Teams policy "Shared channels without owners": what it detects and the rule behind it.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsStore apps
Shows the apps available to all tenants through the Microsoft Teams app store. The Teams segment "Store apps" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Inventories › TeamsTab
All tabs of your teams in your tenant. Properties, relations and actions of the Tab object in the Teams inventory.
- Reference › Inventories › TeamsTeam
All teams in your tenant. Properties, relations and actions of the Team object in the Teams inventory.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeam contains Copilot agent and external members
What the built-in Teams policy "Team contains Copilot agent and external members" in Rencore Governance detects, and the rule behind it.
- Reference › InventoriesTeams
The 10 object types Rencore Governance collects for Teams, with what each one holds and how many properties it has.
- Reference › TeamsTeams
The inventory objects that members of the built-in Teams team can see in Rencore Governance, grouped by connector.
- Reference › ConnectorsTeams
What Rencore Governance covers for Teams: 10 object types, 22 policies, 9 automations and 11 built-in actions, grouped by product area.
- Reference › Segments › TeamsTeams default
Shows all the users which have any Team Member or Team Owner. A filter of the Rencore Teams App. The Teams segment "Teams default" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Reports › TeamsTeams hosting shared channels
All Teams that host 1 or more Shared Channels. The Teams report "Teams hosting shared channels" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Reports › TeamsTeams pre-scan
Regular scans for a large amount of Teams may require dedicated database in Rencore Governance. The Teams report "Teams pre-scan" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams that reach the 100 owner limit
Shows Teams that have more than 80 owners. The built-in Teams policy "Teams that reach the 100 owner limit": what it detects and the rule behind it.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams that reach the 200 channel limit
Shows Teams that have more than 180 channels. The built-in Teams policy "Teams that reach the 200 channel limit": what it detects and the rule behind it.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams that use forbidden/misleading words in display name
Shows Teams that use forbidden/misleading words in the team display name. Built-in Teams policy "Teams that use forbidden/misleading words in display name".
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams that use prohibited words in the name or description
Shows teams that use a list of prohibited words in the name or description. Built-in Teams policy "Teams that use prohibited words in the name or description".
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams with a disabled owner account
Shows Teams that have at least one disabled owner account. Built-in Teams policy "Teams with a disabled owner account".
- Reference › Segments › TeamsTeams with agents
Identifies Teams which had a Copilot agent conversation in the last 90 days. The Teams segment "Teams with agents" in Rencore Governance.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams with external users
Shows all Teams that have external users/guests. The built-in Teams policy "Teams with external users": what it detects and the rule behind it.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams with inactive external users
Shows teams with external members that have not logged in for more than 6 month. Built-in Teams policy "Teams with inactive external users".
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams with less than 2 owners
Shows Teams teams with less than 2 owners. The built-in Teams policy "Teams with less than 2 owners": what it detects and the rule behind it.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams with many channels
Shows Teams that have more than a certain number of channels (default 50). Built-in Teams policy "Teams with many channels".
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams with many owners
Shows Teams that have more than a certain number of owners (default 10). Built-in Teams policy "Teams with many owners".
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams with many users
Shows Teams with a number of users that exceeds a threshold (default 50 users). Built-in Teams policy "Teams with many users".
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams with only disabled owner accounts
Shows Teams where all owners have disabled accounts. Built-in Teams policy "Teams with only disabled owner accounts".
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams with private channels
Shows Teams with private channels. The built-in Teams policy "Teams with private channels": what it detects and the rule behind it.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams with very few owners
Shows Teams which have 1 or no owner. The built-in Teams policy "Teams with very few owners": what it detects and the rule behind it.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams with very few users
Shows Teams which has 1 or 2 users. The built-in Teams policy "Teams with very few users": what it detects and the rule behind it.
- Reference › Policies › TeamsTeams without owners
Shows Teams teams without any owners. The built-in Teams policy "Teams without owners": what it detects and the rule behind it.
- Reference › Inventories › TeamsUsage
Details about Teams usage in the last 180 days. Properties, relations and actions of the Usage object in the Teams inventory.
- Reference › Inventories › TeamsUser activity
Details about Teams user activity by user. Properties, relations and actions of the User activity object in the Teams inventory.
FAQ 2
- FAQWhy are all teams showing a default of 60 applications?
Every team comes with about 60 Microsoft apps already installed, and some of them are hidden in Teams. Microsoft does not tell us which apps you added…
- FAQWhy does Rencore Governance not show a SharePoint site collection as locked when archiving a team?
Archiving a team has no relation to the lock state of the related SharePoint Site Collection, so Rencore Governance does not show it as locked.
Glossary 6
- GlossaryChannel
A channel is a section inside a Microsoft Teams team where members hold conversations and share files on one topic. A channel is standard, private or shared.
- GlossaryDeleted object
When you delete a user or a Microsoft 365 group, Microsoft Entra ID keeps it soft-deleted for 30 days. In that time you can restore it with its memberships.
- GlossaryMicrosoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is the Microsoft 365 app for chat, meetings and team collaboration. Rencore Governance covers it with the Teams connector, part of the Digital…
- GlossaryPrivate channel
A private channel is a Microsoft Teams channel that only some members of the team can see. It has its own SharePoint site for its files.
- GlossaryShared channel
A shared channel is a Microsoft Teams channel that people from outside the team, and from other organizations, can join without joining the team.
- GlossaryTeams administrator
Teams Administrator is a Microsoft Entra admin role that manages Microsoft Teams settings, policies and apps in the Teams admin center.