Decision matrix between public, private or organisation-wide Microsoft Team?
It is sometimes difficult to decide within your organisation when it is best to create a private team.
With simple 'rules' you can ensure that there are ruleswithin your organisation for Microsoft Teams.
These options can always be put into a clear diagram to build into your current processes of collaboration. What more do you need?
TIP: Make team creation transparent, so that everyone understands when to take what action.
When is it best to create a private team?
Tip: How can you create private, public or organisation-wide teams ?
Choosing between a private team, public team or organisation-wide team?
| Do you already have an MS Team with these people? | Should this work remain private for others? | Are there more topics to discuss? | recommendation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Create a private channel in the existing team or consider creating special private channels for each topic. |
| Yes | Yes | No | Create a private channel in the existing team. |
| Yes | No | No | Create a private channel in the existing team. |
| No | No | No | Create a channel in the existing team. |
| No | No | Yes | Consider creating a new team and then, depending on the confidentiality of each topic, consider creating separate standard or private channels for each topic. |
| No | YES | No | Create a new team or create a new private channel in an existing team. |
Technical start with Teams in 5 steps! Limits of the number of channels is described here.
