Mar 13, 2020

Microsoft Teams Security Best Practices

• Create different channel in Teams to direct conversation
• Allow users to create new Teams, but maintain oversight
• Take advantage of the integration with 3^rd party apps
• Leverage chatbots to promote daily activity and tasks
• Take advantage of using PowerShell to manage Microsoft Teams, you can do this from Teams admin center but limited.

File Sharing and Security

• Require multi-factor authentication, this should already be set at the AD level or 365
• Enforce least privileged access across Teams and Office 365 admin
• Classify sensitive data & use Microsoft AIP for additional protection
• Prevent file download to unmanaged devices
• Audit external sharing access
  
  

3 Top Questions

1. Which Microsoft Office Plans Include Teams?
   E1, E3, E5, Business Premium, Business Essentials, all education plans, all government plans, all non-profit plans
   
   
2. Does Teams Work Outside of My Organization?
   Yes, this is called a Guest user you will be able to invite users outside of your organization to collaborate on your channels. Note that your IT team may have limited the access.
   
   
3. How to Stop Microsoft Teams from Starting Automatically on my PC?
   In the Settings menu, uncheck “Auto-Start application”