Sep 24 2019 03:48 AM
Hi guys,
I appreciate there's a few threads on how to disable the create/edit options within Teams; however, I've not come across an answer for the caveat of still allowing team owners to manage the members of a team.
So what I wanted to know is, if a team site/group is created and has an owner assigned, is it possible to restrict the owner from creating new teams and restricting them from editing team names
AND, at the same time, (if the team owner can be blocked from creating/editing the team) is it possible to still allow the owner to manage the team membership (i.e. add new / remove members of a team)?
The reason for this is that we would like to have some governance around Teams site creation so we plan on implementing an approval process for new Teams sites being created. We need to stop owners creating their own teams and also stop them from renaming teams. However, we don't want to restrict the memberships to each team and we don't have the resource to manage memberships of teams centrally. So we would like the owners of the team to still maintain this capability.
Is this possible within Teams in it's current guise?
Regards,
Shuja Ahmad (Data Architect - University Of Birmingham)
Sep 24 2019 07:05 AM
Sep 24 2019 09:43 AM
Thanks@adam deltinger
So if I use the method you suggested to disable create group option for O365 (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/create-groups/manage-creation-of-groups?view=o365-w...), would a team Owner still have the option to manage the membership to that team (even if he/she is restricted in creating a new team/group)?
For example: Team Site 'Finance' is created by an admin. John Smith is assigned as a Team owner. He does not have create or edit rights because the create office 365 groups option has been restricted. Would John Smith still be able to add/remove members to the 'Finance' Team's site or would this need to go up to the admin to manage the members?
Regards,
Shuja
Sep 24 2019 11:15 AM
SolutionSep 25 2019 04:41 AM
Sep 25 2019 07:44 AM
@adam deltingerI have one other caveat that I wanted to clarify. You mentioned that being able to create teams and edit rights are 2 different things. Does that mean an owner who is restricted from creating a Team Site/Group can still edit the name of a Team Site/Group (as well as managing the site/group membership)?
If yes, is there a way from stopping users/owners from editing a Team Site Name without taking away their right to manage members? We would have an approval process in place so once a name has been approved, we don't want owners to modify this and breach naming conventions.
Sep 25 2019 08:06 AM
Oct 10 2019 03:12 AM
Hi Shuja,
This is exactly what we do at ProvisionPoint. We allow you to implement approval processes for the creation of Teams but not restrict the Owner once the Team is created. We also allow you to implement consistent naming conventions on Teams.
Take a look and we would be happy to arrange a demo to you https://www.provisionpoint.com/provision-microsoft-teams/
Thanks
Peter
Sep 24 2019 11:15 AM
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