{"id":4194,"date":"2023-07-11T07:16:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T14:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/?p=4194"},"modified":"2023-07-13T14:14:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T21:14:17","slug":"the-key-to-rolling-out-microsoft-teams-on-home-turf-good-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/insidetrack\/blog\/the-key-to-rolling-out-microsoft-teams-on-home-turf-good-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Deploying Microsoft Teams across Microsoft hinged on good governance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Microsoft moved to Microsoft Teams for all communications, it needed a good plan.<\/p>\n

More than 250,000 employees and licensed vendors would be affected by the shift, as would 600,000 guests that the company collaborates with on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

The one thing we had to get right to make sure our company-wide transition to Teams was successful was to deploy the governance framework that comes with Microsoft 365.<\/p>\n

~David Johnson, principal program manager, Microsoft 365 product strategy and development for Microsoft Digital<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Too much was at stake to allow anything to go wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe one thing we had to get right to make sure our company-wide transition to Teams was successful was to deploy the governance framework that comes with Microsoft 365,\u201d says David Johnson, who leads Microsoft 365 product strategy and deployment governance inside Microsoft Digital. \u201cGovernance was critical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mission accomplished.<\/p>\n

Microsoft Teams has been the company\u2019s collaboration platform for more than two years. With a full set of communications capabilities, including chat, voice and video meetings, and calling, Microsoft Teams has become the place where employees work all the time, especially as they work remotely due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

Governance refers to the policies, roles, responsibilities, and processes that a company like Microsoft uses to help ensure their IT resources are being effectively deployed and managed, and that data security and compliance standards are in place while still allowing employees get their work done. An effective governance framework can streamline deploying solutions like Microsoft Teams, ensure all systems are secure and compliant, and generally make sure its technology does what it\u2019s supposed to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur foundation for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams governance within Microsoft is tied to how we manage and govern Microsoft 365 Groups inside the company,\u201d Johnson says. \u201cGroups are the common layer under Teams, SharePoint team sites, Yammer Communities, Outlook groups, and a lot more.\u201d<\/p>\n

Put simply, governance is setting things up so people can be their most productive selves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to let our employees do their thing, but we want to make sure we give them guardrails and watch for things that could get them in trouble,\u201d Johnson says.<\/p>\n