Enable cross-organization collaboration that
respects sovereignty and compliance

Use Rocket.Chat Federation to accelerate coordination and decision-making between
independent teams, agencies, and partners — without forcing everyone onto the same platform.

Deployed by secure organizations globally

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External collaboration breaks
when real constraints apply

Modern work crosses organizational boundaries, but guests, shared tenants, email, and ad-hoc tools fail when control,
accountability, and governance must remain separate.

Governance is compromised

Ownership and control blur, with unclear responsibility for access, data, and policies.

Compliance weakens

Audit trails are incomplete, offboarding is manual, and proving compliance becomes difficult.

Security risk rises

Data spreads across tools and tenants, increasing exposure and creating shadow IT.

Collaborate across organizational boundaries
while keeping control

Federation connects independent Rocket.Chat workspaces so organizations can collaborate in distributed channels
without sacrificing security, governance, or control.

Shared mission context

Keep allied partners and mission teams aligned on objectives and real-time intelligence.

Trusted partner collaboration

Work with partners without shared tenants, identities, or security tradeoffs.

Inter-agency coordination

Coordinate sensitive operations without relying on consumer tools or unsecured channels.

External collaboration your security team approves

Built for sovereignty, compliance, and governance.

Work together with full sovereignty: Each organization keeps ownership of its systems, identities, and policies.

Stay compliant and auditable: All collaboration remains inside governed environments with full traceability.

Reduce security and operational risk: Eliminate shadow IT, guest sprawl, and unclear ownership models.

Governed identity
and collaboration

Work together without blurring organizational boundaries.

Distributed channels: Collaborate in channels that span organizations while each side remains in its own environment.

Secure messaging and file sharing: Exchange messages and files while data stays inside each organization’s environment.

Identity clarity: Domain-qualified identities clearly show who belongs to which organization in every conversation.

Controlled access: Invite external users through governed workflows and restrict federation to approved organizations.

Strengthening NATO cyber resilience

Rocket.Chat is used by the NATO CCDCOE to support secure, cross-border collaboration between independent organizations while respecting strict security standards and organizational autonomy.

“Without scalable, real-time communication platform, information exchange slows and decision-making is delayed.”

Dan Ungureanu | Exercise Director at CCDCOE

Interoperability with
Matrix-compatible platforms

Rocket.Chat Federation supports optional interoperability with Matrix-compatible platforms, allowing you to collaborate with external organizations while keeping your own platform, policies, and governance model fully intact.

Trusted for secure, governed collaboration

Here’s what our customers have to say

Secure collaboration without shadow IT

“With 40+ programs running, we needed a secure way to stay connected. Otherwise, teams would use unapproved tools and create serious security risks.”
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Infrastructure Service Lead at a U.S. FSI
Privacy-first communication
at city scale

“Rocket.Chat enables secure communication across 50 departments, with full data privacy and controlled access to sensitive information.”
Rene Jahnke
Solution Architect, the City of Cologne
Faster, safer collaboration with partners

“Rocket.Chat lets our teams collaborate with external partners faster, more easily, and more securely than any other solution we tried.”
Stefan Teubner
IT Project Leader,
Audi Business Innovation GmbH