Approval Workflows

Route sensitive remediation through multi-step approval chains before execution. Configure approvers, delegation, escalation, and full audit trails per workflow.

Published For IT Admin, M365 Product Owner, Compliance & Legal

Approval Workflows route governance actions through human review before execution. Approvers can be roles, individuals, or chains; delegation handles vacations; escalation handles non-responders; every decision is logged. Sensitive actions, deleting users, revoking access, modifying permissions at scale, require sign-off; routine cleanups run automatically. Human-in-the-loop where it matters, automation everywhere else.

When approvals belong in a workflow

Automatic remediation is the default for low-stakes governance actions, removing an anonymous sharing link, archiving a stale site, revoking an unused API key. For higher-stakes actions an approval gate is the right pattern: deleting a user, downgrading a guest’s permissions, releasing a license, modifying tenant-wide configuration.

The pattern is the same as production change management. Routine changes run automatically; significant changes require sign-off; everything is audited.

How approvals route

Each approval step is configured with approver criteria, a specific user, an Entra ID group, a role, or a relation (the resource owner, the site collection administrator, the manager of the affected user). At runtime the platform resolves the criteria and routes the approval to the resolved approver. Delegation and escalation rules handle the exceptions.

Beyond remediation

Approvals appear in workflows beyond cleanup. Provisioning new workspaces requires owner approval; onboarding flows route through manager approval; access reviews use attestation as a form of approval. The engine is the same; the trigger differs.

Frequently asked questions

Can I build custom automations in Rencore?
Yes. Rencore's V3 automation engine supports custom workflows with branching logic, conditional steps, multi-step approvals, and multiple action types. You can trigger automations from policy violations, schedules, or manual initiation. Built-in integrations include ServiceNow, webhooks, Power Automate, and Copilot Studio for extending governance into other systems.
What is Rencore governance?
Rencore governance is a SaaS platform that continuously monitors your Microsoft 365 tenant for policy violations, configuration drift, and security risks across SharePoint, Teams, Power Platform, Copilot, and AI Agents. It automates compliance evidence collection, surfaces oversharing and sprawl, and provides actionable remediation workflows, reducing manual audit effort by up to 80%.
How do Rencore policies work?
Rencore ships with hundreds of pre-built policies that detect governance violations across every connector, oversharing, sprawl, cost overruns, security risks, and compliance gaps. Policies run on a continuous schedule, evaluate each discovered object against configurable rules, and flag violations with severity (High, Medium, Low), category, and a recommended action.

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