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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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