We are delighted to announce the publication of the first whitepaper in our Essential Cloud Governance Planning series: "Declutter Microsoft 365." The free whitepaper addresses an important cloud governance topic after successful adoption and ongoing collaboration: cloud sprawl.
As Microsoft 365 services adoption continues to rise, cloud sprawl becomes increasingly tough to manage. For many organizations, the rollout of Microsoft Teams during the coronavirus pandemic has been a huge success, immediately engaging users and revitalizing collaboration and communication.
However, there is a “Yin” to every “Yang”. Cloud sprawl, the byproduct of successful adoption and collaboration, poses a new challenge for governance. Organizations face rapidly growing amounts of inactive teams and groups, unused accounts belonging to external users, and difficulty identifying unknown publicly shared content. In an increasingly remote world, this problem is not limited to Teams but the entire Microsoft ecosystem.
The whitepaper addresses complex challenges related to cloud sprawl and outlines a defined process for keeping Microsoft 365 environments clutter-free. Furthermore, as part of a complete cloud governance strategy, recommendations on blending out-of-the-box and third-party tools to achieve effective cloud governance quickly round out this comprehensive how-to guide.
