{"id":16817,"date":"2024-04-13T12:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T10:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamwire.eu\/en\/blog\/2024\/04\/13\/federation-communicate-securely-effectively-with-your-partner-organizations\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:48:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:48:47","slug":"federation-communicate-securely-effectively-with-your-partner-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamwire.eu\/en\/blog\/federation-communicate-securely-effectively-with-your-partner-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Federation: Communicate Securely & Effectively with Your Partner Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What does a federation among servers mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Organizations such as state police forces, ministries, or hospitals increasingly rely on business messaging apps, usually on on-premise servers, meaning their servers, and hosting communication solutions. This ensures more control and maximum data security for their organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

But what if overarching communication is needed, for instance, when a person search is expanded, a patient case is coordinated, or a jointly drafted law is to be aligned? Then, two or more user groups require access to sensitive data, to exchange information easily and collaborate smartly.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this case, a <\/span>federation of servers<\/b> is the best way to handle data exchange with other organizations. This way, all partners can communicate externally and with each other using their respective on-premise servers. This is done in a separate, protected area accessible only to authorized individuals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A practical example <\/span><\/h3>\n

A person sought in Düsseldorf is suspected to be in Munich. Thanks to the server federation from Teamwire, the police in North Rhine-Westphalia can exchange specific information with the police in Bavaria without enabling complete data access simultaneously. Because the respective server remains isolated, and only the necessary contacts and data are released for communication with the other authority. This way, both police authorities can collaborate optimally and conclude the search quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How does a federation between two on-premise servers work?<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Teamwire solution for server federation, established in 2022, enables your IT administrators to “exchange keys,” which means a secure connection of the environments. This creates a common workspace for all organizations in the federation that only they can access. For this protected new area, the respective IT teams can in turn define and authorize individual user groups for communication.<\/span><\/p>\n

The crucial advantage<\/b>: Only selected users and data necessary for the respective work are released for external communication. This allows your administration or company critical control over usage and data flow. Only this control guarantees your data security. Your organization thus retains absolute data sovereignty.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And if cooperation in the server federation ends?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Then you can terminate the federation with the other servers at any time without any problems. Consequently, the limited access for your partners ends immediately. You can also adjust the user groups for the federation at any time – meaning, block individual users from external communication or release additional users. Communication remains under your control at all times, and the data stays in your hands.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Which organizations benefit from Teamwire server federation?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Do you want to exchange selected data with other organizations without compromising the integrity of your server, the security of sensitive data, and your data sovereignty? Then you are in good company because this is crucial for a multitude of organizations such as:<\/span><\/p>\n