{"id":15301,"date":"2025-07-09T09:07:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T07:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/success-story\/microsoft-teams-introduction-at-the-canton-of-st-gallen\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:27:39","slug":"microsoft-teams-introduction-at-the-canton-of-st-gallen","status":"publish","type":"success_story","link":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/success-story\/microsoft-teams-introduction-at-the-canton-of-st-gallen\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Teams introduction at the Canton of St.Gallen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Microsoft Teams governance, templates, lifecycle and guest access management for 5,000 users with the Online Teams Manager<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Canton of St. Gallen, one of the largest cantons in Switzerland, needed a secure, efficient and standardized introduction of Microsoft Teams for over 5,000 administrative employees. The challenge was to create a scalable governance and provisioning solution that would optimize collaboration, automate IT processes and at the same time meet the highest data protection and security requirements. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The solution: Online Teams Manager for Governance &amp; Provisioning<\/h2>\n\n<p>To ensure the sustainable use and efficient management of Microsoft Teams, the Canton of St.Gallen deployed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/online-teams-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/microsoft-teams-manager\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Online Teams Manager<\/a>. This powerful solution enables automated, rule-based management of teams, reduces administrative effort and ensures that all teams are managed in a structured, secure and compliant manner. <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Microsoft Teams Governance &amp; Automation with the Online Teams Manager<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Automated Microsoft Teams provisioning processes<\/strong> for fast and secure provisioning of new teams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Predefined Teams templates<\/strong> with structured setup, app integration (e.g. Planner) and specific guidelines for departments &amp; projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Simple Teams request &amp; approval workflows<\/strong> via <strong>ServiceNow<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lifecycle management<\/strong> for Microsoft Teams: Automatic archiving and deletion in accordance with governance guidelines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Centralized policy management &amp; access controls<\/strong> to prevent data loss, proliferation and uncontrolled team creation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Maximum security &amp; compliance for Microsoft Teams<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Strict access control &amp; authorization management<\/strong> for compliance with internal and regulatory requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ISDS-compliant data protection concept<\/strong> for secure Microsoft Teams use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Secure guest usage &amp; collaboration policies<\/strong> to keep external collaboration under control.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No data protection concerns, <\/strong>the data remains in your own tenant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>No lock-in effect, <\/strong>solution could also be uninstalled again and everything continues to work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Result: Efficient Microsoft Teams administration with the Online Teams Manager<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>With the Online Teams Manager, the Canton of St.Gallen was able to introduce and operate Microsoft Teams in a secure, structured and automated manner. The high degree of automation increases security, relieves the IT department, reduces support costs and enables the seamless, governance-compliant use of Microsoft Teams for 5,000 users. It also enabled collaboration with external suppliers, partners and communities.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15296,"template":"","categories":[85,126],"class_list":["post-15301","success_story","type-success_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sharepoint-microsoft-365-en","category-public-sector"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success_story\/15301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/success_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/success_story"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.online.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}