Teams Center

Teams Center is a governance solution for Microsoft Teams that aims to improve governance, enhance productivity, and promote creative collaboration. According to the vendor, it is designed for companies of all sizes that utilize Microsoft Teams for collaboration and communication, and is suitable for professionals and industries such as IT services, consulting, finance and banking, healthcare, and education.

Key Features

Lifecycle Management: According to the vendor, Teams Center provides a solution for the efficient creation, management, archiving, and deletion of Microsoft Teams groups. It offers automation features and granular control mechanisms to ensure compliance, potentially revolutionizing team administration.

External User Management: Teams Center simplifies and secures the management of external users in Microsoft Teams, according to the vendor. It provides processes for inviting, managing, and removing guests, ensuring compliance with security and compliance policies.

Microsoft Teams Provisioning: Teams Center offers efficient provisioning of Microsoft Teams groups, according to the vendor. It allows for easy and automated creation of Teams groups, ensuring consistency and compliance with governance rules. It simplifies the management and administration of Microsoft Teams.

Template Creation: According to the vendor, Teams Center enables the creation of Microsoft Teams and SharePoint templates. Users can define access to specific templates, promoting standardized collaboration practices and facilitating the templating and deployment process in Microsoft Teams.

Governance Rules: Teams Center allows the configuration of approvers and minimum/maximum owner and member counts for Teams groups, according to the vendor. This feature ensures adherence to governance rules and promotes consistent team management practices based on specific organizational requirements.

Mass Updates: According to the vendor, Teams Center offers versioning for Teams group templates and allows for bulk updates of Teams groups. Organizations can easily adapt to changing needs by automatically updating Teams groups to a new version, potentially saving time and effort in managing and updating multiple groups simultaneously.

Automated Archiving and Deletion: Teams Center provides automated archiving and deletion capabilities for Teams groups, according to the vendor. It offers soft and permanent archiving options based on inactivity, creation date, or specific metadata, helping organizations maintain a clean and organized Teams environment.

User Dashboard: According to the vendor, Teams Center includes a user-friendly dashboard that facilitates navigation in Microsoft Teams. It provides a clear overview and search functionality for Teams groups and SharePoint Site Collections, enhancing the user experience and simplifying the discovery and access of Teams groups and related resources.