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Microsoft Teams vs O365 Groups vs SharePoint
I have spent too many hours trying to find a SIMPLE explanation of when to use which of the subject options. I've watched videos, I've read white papers and I've looked at slide presentations... and ...
You can definitely stop users from creating Office 365 Groups and associated team sites. Here is one way of doing it - https://support.office.com/en-US/article/Control-who-can-create-Office-365-Groups-4c46c8cb-17d0-44b5-9776-005fced8e618. With this in place, only the people who are in a security group that you create, will be able to create Office 365 Groups in these apps (Outlook, Planner, SharePoint, Yammer, and Microsoft Teams).
I agree there could be better guidance on the different options available and the best use of each one. It's worth remembering Microsoft Teams are built upon Office 365 Groups.