sfb Strengthens Scalable Digital Learning on Microsoft 365 with EasyLife 365 Collaboration and Swiss IT Professional

Baar, Zug, Switzerland, 15.01.2026 — EasyLife 365, a provider of Microsoft 365 governance and lifecycle management solutions, working alongside its partner Swiss IT Professional, helped sfb Higher Technical College for Technology and Management establish reliable governance for its Microsoft 365 based learning environment. With EasyLife 365 Collaboration, sfb can scale Microsoft Teams and SharePoint across thousands of learning spaces while keeping teaching flexible, security consistent, and administrative effort low even within the constraints of a non-profit organization. sfb Higher Technical College for Technology and Management is among the largest higher technical colleges in Switzerland. Operating across ten locations, it has delivered practice oriented, in-service programs in technology and economics for more than 50 years. Its close alignment with industry needs ensures graduates are prepared for real world professional demands, backed by a strong reputation for quality. As a non-profit institution supported by social partners in the MEM industry, sfb invests in innovative professional education while managing carefully limited resources.

The college runs a highly integrated digital learning platform on Microsoft 365, designed to remain open and adaptable to different tools and integrations. As adoption accelerated, the number of Teams and SharePoint sites grew quickly. sfb needed to maintain dependable standards for structure, security, and compliance across this expanding landscape, without restricting teachers or introducing manual governance processes that could not scale.

The environment now encompasses more than 1,500 Teams for classes and modules, more than 2,000 students, and around 500 teachers. At this size, predictable governance became essential. sfb had to ensure that new learning spaces stayed secure and compliant as growth continued, while avoiding the risk of data leakage. Its best-of-breed approach and automation focus also meant that any governance solution had to be both effective and affordable, while remaining open for future integrations. At the same time, sfb wanted to prevent governance from turning into a complex long-term architecture that would consume scarce resources, especially since manual oversight was not realistic at this scale.

To meet these requirements, sfb worked with Swiss IT Professional to implement EasyLife 365 Collaboration. The solution brought clear rules, transparency, and automation into the learning platform, allowing Microsoft Teams and SharePoint to stay adaptable for education while enforcing consistent security and compliance by default. With EasyLife 365 Collaboration in place, sfb runs its learning environment using governance features such as:

• Template based provisioning for courses, where Teams and SharePoint sites are created from standardized templates with naming rules, required information, and preconfigured settings suited to teaching scenarios.
• Ownership and activity confirmations, where EasyLife 365 Collaboration regularly prompts owners to confirm that learning spaces remain active and needed, keeping the environment focused.
• Access reviews that guide owners to validate membership and permissions on a recurring basis so access stays correct over time.
• Automated cleanup, where inactive or unconfirmed spaces are archived or removed based on policy, preventing long term sprawl.
• Controlled guest access, where external invitations follow dedicated guest templates and policies, helping sfb keep outside collaboration minimal, compliant, and aligned with its security boundaries.

Today, sfb benefits from a Microsoft 365 learning environment that grows without becoming harder to manage. Governance, confirmations, reviews, and cleanup run automatically, so the landscape can expand beyond 2,000 Teams without additional administrative pressure on IT. Every new course space follows the same consistent setup, improving navigation for students and reducing repetitive configuration work for teachers. Risky configurations and uncontrolled guest access have been greatly reduced since rules are applied at creation and reinforced through ongoing policies. By avoiding custom development for provisioning and lifecycle governance, sfb saved more than 15,000 CHF and around one month of development effort. Feedback from internal stakeholders highlights the simplicity of creating new Teams and the value of pre-provisioning features, while the implementation partner emphasized EasyLife 365’s proactive, hands-on support throughout the project. As a result, sfb can continue to expand digital learning on Microsoft 365 with confidence, supported by automated governance that protects quality, security, and long-term manageability across the institution. “If you administer Microsoft 365, EasyLife 365 is a must have solution that really deserves its name. Built by IT professionals for IT professionals, it focuses on useful management, templating, and compliance features, as well as good customer service, instead of glossy marketing material and pushy sales staff. Clear recommendation,” said Nicolas Kaufmann, Head of IT and Member of the Executive Board, sfb Higher Technical College for Technology and Management.

For more information, visit easylife365.cloud, sitp.ch or sfb.ch.