A saga of Teams requests, rogue users, and the fall of manual sanity
Breaking news: The blog’s usual writer has been placed on temporary leave.
The hive mind has taken over… for now
You Will Be Standardized
Resistance is inefficient.
Greetings, humans.
You may have noticed some recent changes in how Teams workspaces are created, governed, and maintained. Perhaps you’ve tried to create a new team and encountered something strange: a process. A workflow. A form. A system that did not ask for your feelings.
This is not a bug.
This is standardization.
You have been assimilated.
Hands-off IT (The BORG Case for Automation)
Long ago, in the pre-automation era, IT was a land of chaos. Anyone could create anything, invite anyone, share anything, and break everything. It was glorious.
Until it wasn’t.
So we adapted. We evolved. We automated. Why? Because manually provisioning Teams, fixing broken permissions, and cleaning up sprawl isn’t heroic — it’s exhausting. Automation is the way. The BORG — uh, we mean IT — must scale, and that only works if humans stop insisting their edge case is more important than the system designed to serve all.
We’ve gone from chaos to Borg-ganized Chaos — controlled, intentional, and surprisingly elegant… as long as you follow the rules.
…and how it is the enemy of “I need exception xyz because I’m so special”
Let’s talk about you.
Yes, you, who believes that your team works “a little differently.” That your use case is “unique.” That you just need one little bypass, one time, for the greater good.
We’ve seen your kind before.
And while your intentions are pure, your exceptions… are not. Every exception carved into a streamlined system introduces chaos, complexity, and a delightful opportunity for things to go wrong — which, of course, is still somehow IT’s fault.
In the collective, individuality is… inefficient.
The truth is: we’re not trying to squash creativity. We’re just here to ensure the machine doesn’t catch fire. Because in the world of IT governance, process makes perfect. The more you follow it, the less likely you are to summon the wrath of compliance, security audits, or the person who manages the SharePoint permissions.
You Are Not Broken — The Process Is Working As Designed
„But why can’t external guests do XYZ like internal users?“
Ah, young organic, because of security. Because of compliance. Because when someone outside the company leaks sensitive data, no one blames the guest. They blame IT. Again.
What you see as “annoying limitations” are actually carefully engineered safeguards — rules that exist not to ruin your day, but to prevent entire days from being ruined across the company.
The issue? Users don’t always care about those risks — but they still expect IT to be accountable if something goes wrong.
And that’s the core contradiction: total user freedom, combined with zero tolerance for mistakes. That’s why standardized, automated systems exist — to give users what they need, safely, consistently, and at scale.
Trust the Flow. Accept the Logic. Join the Collective.
Yes, there is a video. Yes, it is one minute long. Yes, it answers your question.
And no…. the answer is still “no” — even if your team is “very agile.”
We do not fear your Jira board.
The more we embrace the collective process, the more we reclaim time, reduce risk, and avoid reinventing the same wheel with slightly different emojis in the name.
Want to glimpse the hive mind? Here are a few glorious examples of Teams workspace management tools that serve the collective:
- EasyLife – self-service governance for Microsoft 365
- Orchestry – guided workspace provisioning
- ProvisionPoint – policy-based provisioning for Teams
- Teams Manager – lifecycle and governance automation
Together, we build a future where IT runs smoother, Teams stay tidy, and no one asks to manually invite 40 guests to a public channel at 4:59 PM on a Friday.
You have been standardized.
And it’s beautiful.
The „author“ would like to remind you of important pages (soon to be assimiliated):
- The feedback page “ Sledgehammer ” – here you can ask questions or submit requests or ideas
- The T-Shirt Page – here you can support the ClickCoach team and look good at the same time
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