Prohibits users from creating teams

Question

Hi Team,

We have a big organization, and we want to avoid that most users can create teams.

Does Teams have a straightforward way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi @Pleasehelp

By default, all users can create Microsoft 365 groups.If your business requires that you restrict who can create groups, you can restrict Microsoft 365 Groups creation to the members of a particular Microsoft 365 group or security group.

To manage who creates groups, the following people need Microsoft Entra ID P1 or P2 licenses or Microsoft Entra Basic EDU licenses assigned to them:

• The admin who configures these group creation settings
• The members of the group who are allowed to create groups

For specific steps, see Manage who can create Microsoft 365 Groups

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Answer 2

You can create a Teams policy in the Teams Admin panel. It will allow you to stop users from creating private channels and shared channels.

I also remember that you can prevent users from creating Microsoft 365 groups which will stop them from creating any teams at all.