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Next challenge: Microsoft Teams Channel Governance

Many companies are facing these challenges:
  • Cluttered channels
  • Missing reporting possibilities for shared channels
  • No access review support for external users within shared channels
  • No control of access by external users
  • No templating support
  • Extensive time spent by the IT department on lifecycle management
  • Sprawl of the collaboration platform by end users
  • Definition of security and compliance rules
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Risks for most companies

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36%
See working with external users as a challenge

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Risiken für die meisten Unternehmen

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80%
do n ot use templates when creating teams

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Risiken für die meisten Unternehmen

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71%
of the IT departments are overburdened by managing the teams

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Risiken für die meisten Unternehmen

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43%

of companies let their end users create teams without restrictions

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Teams Center Channel Management Features

External User Management

Working with expiration
Provide the external users with an expiry date already when inviting them to the shared channel, so that Teams Center automatically removes users after this period has expired. 
 
guest management with Teams Center Channel Management Add-On

Microsoft Teams Channel Reporting

Transparency about the shared channels

Reporting gives you full control over the shared channels and external users within these shared channels at all times.

 
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Lifecycle Management

Approval processes & automated creation

Allow end users to request channels in self-service. Decide whether channels can be created in Microsoft Teams with or without an approval process. Automate the template-based creation of site collections that are created with private or shared channels.

 
select Channel Type  in Teams Center Channel Management Add-On

Further functionalities

04-Privacy

Data protection

Security & Compliance policies are respected by restricting the management of external users' access rights via time-limited permissions. 

01-Create Template

Templates

Use templates for the private and shared channels to standardise your Microsoft Teams environment and provide information architectures.
02-User Capacity

Guest management

Restrict who can add guests to channels and ensure that they are automatically removed when the time limit expires.
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Shared Channels Support

Teams Center Shared Channels Management Add-On manages your shared channels so you don't have to worry about them manually.

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PnP Template Support

Benefit from the extensive features of Microsoft PnP Provisioning Templates. PnP is natively integrated into Teams Center.

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Reporting

Gain an overview of all channels with a single click

Microsoft Teams Standard vs Teams Center Channel Management Add-On

Features

Microsoft Standard

Teams Center Channel Management

Templates for Channels
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Templates for SharePoint Site Collections for Shared Channels
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available
External user administration within shared channels
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Approval processes for the creation of the shared channels
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available
Automated theme selection
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available
Listing of all shared channels for administrators
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available

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Rainer Schulz
Head of IT Services, Horváth & Partners

Die Entscheidung für Teams Center ist uns leicht gefallen, da wir sofort den Mehrwert erkannten, der sich durch die drastische Reduzierung der administrativen Tätigkeiten mit Teams Center ergibt.

 
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Frequently asked questions

 

Teams Center Channel Management is an extension for Teams Center that can be purchased in addition to Teams Center.

The Channel Management Add-On can be activated on your tenant within a few minutes. Contact us to do so.

Teams Center Channel Management manages all currently available channel types:

  • Standard Channels
  • Private Channels
  • Shared Channels 

We currently offer a purchase option where there is only a one-off cost to buy the solution and license your users. We also offer a rental option where costs are charged on a monthly basis.

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