Terms & Conditions of Use

Effective Date: January 1, 2025  |  Last Updated: September 1, 2026

Your access to and use of the Governance Consult Services website at governanceconsult.services (the "Site") is governed by these Terms of Use ("Terms"). The Site is operated by Governance Consult Services ("we," "us," or "our"), an independent editorial publication located in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Accessing or using the Site means you agree to be bound by these Terms.

1. What the Site Is

Governance Consult Services operates as an independent editorial publication, and the Site carries educational articles, guides, and commentary on the subject of Teams administration and governance. It is not a software product, a consulting service, or a managed service offering, and no software, licences, subscriptions, or professional services are sold by us.

Everything published on the Site mirrors the independent views and the professional experience of our editorial contributors. Content is furnished for information and education alone and is not professional IT, legal, or compliance advice. Every recommendation should be verified independently by you before it is applied in your organisation's environment.

2. Trademark Attribution

the platform, the cloud suite and Teams are registered trademarks held by their respective owners. They are used on this Site for descriptive and editorial reasons alone — to name the subject matter we write about — and that use neither creates nor suggests any business relationship, partnership, sponsorship, or endorsement by the respective vendor.

No authorisation, approval, or endorsement from the respective vendor has been given to Governance Consult Services, which remains an independent publication.

Further product and company names appearing on this Site may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

3. Use We Allow

Access to the Site and to its content is permitted for personal, professional, or educational purposes, as is sharing links that point to particular articles or pages of the Site and printing or saving individual articles for your own use.

The following are not permitted:

• Copy, republish, or circulate material portions of Site content lacking our prior written permission;
• Present Site content in a way that suggests endorsement of, or affiliation with, Governance Consult Services or its authors;
• Harvest Site content by scraping, crawling, or any other systematic means for purposes going beyond personal use;
• Make use of the Site in any way that breaches applicable law or the rights of other parties.

4. Intellectual Property Rights

Editorial content across the Site — articles, guides, illustrations, and layout alike — is the intellectual property of Governance Consult Services or of the authors who contribute to it, and United States copyright law protects it. Reproduction or distribution without authorisation is prohibited.

Quotations of short length, credited with a link back to the original article, are as a rule acceptable under fair use principles.

5. Accuracy and Up-to-Dateness of the Information

Reasonable efforts are made by us to keep the information on this Site accurate and current. Even so, the vendor's products and services alter often, and documentation can grow stale, and we cannot warrant that each article reflects the present state of Teams or of related the cloud suite services.

Configuration steps should always be checked against the vendor's official documentation for your own environment and licence level. Governance Consult Services accepts no liability for outcomes that follow from reliance on Site content.

6. Limits on Liability

Governance Consult Services and its contributors shall not be liable, to the fullest extent that applicable law allows, for any indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages stemming from or connected to your use of the Site or your reliance on any information contained here. Data loss, configuration errors, security incidents, and compliance failures fall within this exclusion without limitation.

No warranties of any kind, express or implied, attach to the Site, which is supplied "as is" and "as available"; that exclusion reaches, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

7. Links Out to Other Websites

Links to websites run by third parties, the vendor's documentation and support resources among them, may appear on the Site, and they are included for convenience alone. Those sites sit outside our control, and no responsibility attaches to us for their content, their availability, or their privacy practices; the presence of a link implies no endorsement.

8. Applicable Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Arizona, United States, disregarding its conflict-of-law provisions. Any dispute arising under these Terms is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Maricopa County, Arizona.

9. Revisions to These Terms

These Terms may be revised by us from time to time, and any changes will appear on this page alongside a refreshed "Last Updated" date. If you go on using the Site after changes have been posted, that amounts to acceptance of the revised Terms.

10. Contact Details

Any questions concerning these Terms may be sent to:

Governance Consult Services
2618 N 68th Pl
Scottsdale, AZ 85257, USA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (928) 928-1212