What Happens When Slack, Teams, and Email Aren’t Governed Together?
Law firms today do not just rely on email. They collaborate in Microsoft Teams, coordinate in Slack, and share sensitive files across multiple platforms. However, when these systems lack unified governance, firms face more than inefficiency. They also face risk.
Without centralized oversight, firms encounter data loss, compliance exposure, and missed legal holds. Hive Connect steps in to close these gaps.
The Fragmentation Problem
When communication platforms operate in silos, governance quickly fails. Without a single source of truth, conversations and decisions spread across tools. Teams then struggle to reconstruct timelines or locate evidence. Legal holds often miss the mark as well. A hold placed in Outlook may never extend to Slack or Teams, which leaves critical data vulnerable to deletion. On top of that, client communications often slip through the cracks. Sensitive messages shared in chat may never reach the official matter record.
As a result, this fragmentation creates blind spots that threaten audits, discovery, and client trust.
Hive Connect to the Rescue
Hive Connect eliminates these risks by unifying governance across Slack, Teams, and email. It captures communications across platforms so that every message, file, and thread stays indexed and preserved. It also enforced policies consistently, ensuring that legal holds, retention rules, and access controls align across systems. In addition, Hive Connect delivers real-time audit trails. Teams can trace every interaction, from Teams chats to Outlook attachments, and maintain defensibility.
Use Case
A mid-sized firm once faced a discovery request involving Slack messages. Because the firm had not archived those conversations, it failed to produce them. The result was a costly scramble and reputational harm.
With Hive Connect, the firm would capture, index, and preserve every conversation automatically. Instead of reacting under pressure, it would respond confidently while maintaining compliance.
Govern Everything or Govern Nothing
If you’re only governing email, you’re only governing part of the story. Hive Connect ensures your firm’s communication ecosystem is compliant, complete, and audit-ready, no matter where the conversation happens.
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