Currently, the majority of organizations that are using Microsoft Teams are experiencing a tough set of choices. In most cases, IT has to choose between either allowing everyone to create Microsoft Teams on their own and hope for the best, or they are being forced to lock Teams creation down, individually approving, creating and establishing governance procedures for each team as they are requested. Even with a standardized process, each Microsoft Team can take up to an hour or more to create properly if you’re including all of the content and features needed to set the team up for success.
Additionally, with each Team type having different preferences and requirements and no established guidelines for creating relevant and useful features specifically suited to maximizing the end user’s productivity it is unlikely that the team will function anywhere near its true potential. This creates another tough choice. Does IT invest even more time into requirements gathering and functionality training t o optimize the success of the team or allow it to under perform?
Without a background in SharePoint and Office 365, Teams is hard to manage for anyone. Users love it, and as an industry, IT professionals have to figure out a way to manage its explosive growth within their organizations. Without a comprehensive Teams Strategy in place, most organizations will continue to struggle with harnessing the power and potential of Microsoft Teams and will lose productivity , both on unnecessary IT oversight and reduced effectiveness within their teams, and as such, within their entire organization.