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May 21, 2025

When someone leaves … who shuts it down?

 

A colleague is leaving. Flowers, handshake, maybe a farewell drink on Friday afternoon.
But what happens next?

Access to Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint … will it remain open?

At many SMEs, we see it happening:

  • ❌ Ex-employees able to log on months later

  • ❌ Lack of clarity about who has access to what

  • ❌ Sensitive data accidentally out on the street

And that’s not unwillingness – it’s often just not well managed.

 

Retirement is more than an IT checkmark

A poll of our followers confirms the picture¹:

👉 64% indicate: “Closing is done manually.”
👉 18% say, “Files are included.”
👉 14% even forget about it altogether…

So that means: risk of data breaches, unnecessary licensing costs and considerable audit stress.

 

How do you get this right?

At ALTA-ICT B.V., we ensure that termination of employment is tightly regulated – and above all, demonstrably so.

✅ Part of our ISO9001 operating procedure
✅ With checklists, logging and automatic offboarding
✅ Evidenced by audits

In short: no more loose ends.

 

Recognizable?

🧠 Do you have to ponder the question, “Who all still has access to our SharePoint?”
💡 Or are you actually not sure if the previous employee is really closed everywhere?

Then it’s time to do things differently.

 

🎯 Need to spar about this?

Feel free to send a message or check out: alta-ict.co.uk/ModernWork

 

Reference

¹https://www.linkedin.com/posts/altaict_teams-onedrive-iso9001-activity-7330261246270672897-eqIf

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