diff --git a/collaboration-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/collaboration/CollaborationService.java b/collaboration-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/collaboration/CollaborationService.java
index 7ae428fb57a036cbf7f501b900d8eba9977c3ce6..ba4460a230898252854fdf2a6087c36ad999bf1d 100644
--- a/collaboration-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/collaboration/CollaborationService.java
+++ b/collaboration-manager-server/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/collaboration/CollaborationService.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ package de.ozgcloud.collaboration;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import jakarta.validation.Valid;
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import de.ozgcloud.collaboration.common.freemarker.TemplateHandler;
 import de.ozgcloud.collaboration.common.user.UserProfileService;
 import de.ozgcloud.collaboration.vorgang.ServiceKonto;
 import de.ozgcloud.collaboration.vorgang.VorgangService;
+import de.ozgcloud.common.errorhandling.TechnicalException;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 
 @Service(CollaborationManagerConfiguration.COLLABORATION_SERVICE_NAME) // NOSONAR
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ public class CollaborationService {
 	private final CommandMapper commandMapper;
 	@Qualifier(CollaborationManagerConfiguration.TEMPLATE_HANDLER_NAME) // NOSONAR
 	private final TemplateHandler templateHandler;
-	private final FachstelleVorgangUrlProvider urlProvider;
+	private final Optional<FachstelleVorgangUrlProvider> urlProvider;
 
 	public void createCollaborationRequest(@Valid CollaborationRequest collaborationRequest) {
 		var enrichedRequest = enrichCollaborationRequest(collaborationRequest, vorgangService.createCollaborationVorgang(collaborationRequest));
@@ -101,6 +103,9 @@ public class CollaborationService {
 	}
 
 	public void createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest(@Valid CollaborationRequest collaborationRequest) {
+		if (urlProvider.isEmpty()) {
+			throw new TechnicalException("Fachstelle not configured.");
+		}
 		var vorgang = vorgangService.getVorgang(collaborationRequest.getVorgangId());
 		var enrichedRequest = enrichCollaborationRequest(collaborationRequest, vorgang.getId().toString());
 		var addSubCommandsRequest = buildCreateSubCommandsRequest(enrichedRequest, buildSubCommands(enrichedRequest));
@@ -163,6 +168,6 @@ public class CollaborationService {
 	}
 
 	Map<String, Object> getTemplateParameters(String vorgangId) {
-		return Map.of(KEY_VORGANG_LINK, urlProvider.getUrl(vorgangId));
+		return Map.of(KEY_VORGANG_LINK, urlProvider.get().getUrl(vorgangId));
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/collaboration-manager-server/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/collaboration/CollaborationServiceTest.java b/collaboration-manager-server/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/collaboration/CollaborationServiceTest.java
index cecf47b8e6af03ea0e7da3a11e830d406309e2d5..7b65d713753f128862cde95d7529c4bc5ddfc243 100644
--- a/collaboration-manager-server/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/collaboration/CollaborationServiceTest.java
+++ b/collaboration-manager-server/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/collaboration/CollaborationServiceTest.java
@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@
 package de.ozgcloud.collaboration;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories.*;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ import de.ozgcloud.collaboration.vorgang.VorgangService;
 import de.ozgcloud.collaboration.vorgang.VorgangTestFactory;
 import de.ozgcloud.command.CommandTestFactory;
 import de.ozgcloud.common.datatype.StringBasedValue;
+import de.ozgcloud.common.errorhandling.TechnicalException;
 
 class CollaborationServiceTest {
 
@@ -80,7 +82,9 @@ class CollaborationServiceTest {
 	@Mock
 	private TemplateHandler templateHandler;
 	@Mock
-	private FachstelleVorgangUrlProvider urlProvider;
+	private FachstelleVorgangUrlProvider provider;
+	@Mock
+	private Optional<FachstelleVorgangUrlProvider> urlProvider;
 
 	@Nested
 	class TestCreateCollaborationRequest {
@@ -253,57 +257,71 @@ class CollaborationServiceTest {
 	@Nested
 	class TestCreateFachstellenBeteiligungRequest {
 
-		private static final Vorgang VORGANG = VorgangTestFactory.create();
-		private static final CollaborationRequest ENRICHED_REQUEST = CollaborationRequestTestFactory.create();
+		@Nested
+		class TestCreateRequest {
+			private static final Vorgang VORGANG = VorgangTestFactory.create();
+			private static final CollaborationRequest ENRICHED_REQUEST = CollaborationRequestTestFactory.create();
 
-		@Mock
-		private OzgCloudCommand subCommand;
+			@Mock
+			private OzgCloudCommand subCommand;
 
-		@BeforeEach
-		void init() {
-			doReturn(List.of(subCommand)).when(service).buildSubCommands(any());
-			when(vorgangService.getVorgang(any())).thenReturn(VORGANG);
-			doReturn(ENRICHED_REQUEST).when(service).enrichCollaborationRequest(any(), any());
-		}
+			@BeforeEach
+			void init() {
+				doReturn(List.of(subCommand)).when(service).buildSubCommands(any());
+				when(vorgangService.getVorgang(any())).thenReturn(VORGANG);
+				doReturn(ENRICHED_REQUEST).when(service).enrichCollaborationRequest(any(), any());
+			}
 
-		@Test
-		void shouldCallGetVorgang() {
-			service.createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest(CollaborationRequestTestFactory.create());
+			@Test
+			void shouldCallGetVorgang() {
+				createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest();
 
-			verify(vorgangService).getVorgang(VorgangTestFactory.ID_STR);
-		}
+				verify(vorgangService).getVorgang(VorgangTestFactory.ID_STR);
+			}
 
-		@Test
-		void shouldCallEnrichCollaborationRequest() {
-			var collaborationRequest = CollaborationRequestTestFactory.create();
+			@Test
+			void shouldCallEnrichCollaborationRequest() {
+				var collaborationRequest = CollaborationRequestTestFactory.create();
 
-			service.createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest(collaborationRequest);
+				service.createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest(collaborationRequest);
 
-			verify(service).enrichCollaborationRequest(collaborationRequest, VorgangTestFactory.ID.toString());
-		}
+				verify(service).enrichCollaborationRequest(collaborationRequest, VorgangTestFactory.ID.toString());
+			}
 
-		@Test
-		void shouldCallBuildSubCommands() {
-			service.createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest(CollaborationRequestTestFactory.create());
+			@Test
+			void shouldCallBuildSubCommands() {
+				createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest();
 
-			verify(service).buildSubCommands(ENRICHED_REQUEST);
-		}
+				verify(service).buildSubCommands(ENRICHED_REQUEST);
+			}
 
-		@Test
-		void shouldCallBuildCreateSubCommandsRequest() {
-			service.createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest(CollaborationRequestTestFactory.create());
+			@Test
+			void shouldCallBuildCreateSubCommandsRequest() {
+				createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest();
+
+				verify(service).buildCreateSubCommandsRequest(ENRICHED_REQUEST, List.of(subCommand));
+			}
 
-			verify(service).buildCreateSubCommandsRequest(ENRICHED_REQUEST, List.of(subCommand));
+			@Test
+			void shouldCallAddSubCommands() {
+				var addSubCommandsRequest = OzgCloudCreateSubCommandsRequestTestFactory.create();
+				doReturn(addSubCommandsRequest).when(service).buildCreateSubCommandsRequest(any(), any());
+
+				createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest();
+
+				verify(commandService).addSubCommands(addSubCommandsRequest);
+			}
 		}
 
 		@Test
-		void shouldCallAddSubCommands() {
-			var addSubCommandsRequest = OzgCloudCreateSubCommandsRequestTestFactory.create();
-			doReturn(addSubCommandsRequest).when(service).buildCreateSubCommandsRequest(any(), any());
+		void shouldThrowExceptionIfFachstelleNotConfigured() {
+			when(urlProvider.isEmpty()).thenReturn(true);
 
-			service.createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest(CollaborationRequestTestFactory.create());
+			assertThrows(TechnicalException.class, this::createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest);
+		}
 
-			verify(commandService).addSubCommands(addSubCommandsRequest);
+		private void createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest() {
+			service.createFachstellenBeteiligungRequest(CollaborationRequestTestFactory.create());
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -602,18 +620,23 @@ class CollaborationServiceTest {
 
 		private final String linkToVorgang = LoremIpsum.getInstance().getUrl();
 
+		@BeforeEach
+		void init() {
+			when(urlProvider.get()).thenReturn(provider);
+		}
+
 		@Test
 		void shouldCallUrlProvider() {
-			when(urlProvider.getUrl(any())).thenReturn(linkToVorgang);
+			when(provider.getUrl(any())).thenReturn(linkToVorgang);
 
 			getTemplateParameters();
 
-			verify(urlProvider).getUrl(VorgangTestFactory.ID_STR);
+			verify(provider).getUrl(VorgangTestFactory.ID_STR);
 		}
 
 		@Test
 		void shouldReturnTemplateParameters() {
-			when(urlProvider.getUrl(any())).thenReturn(linkToVorgang);
+			when(provider.getUrl(any())).thenReturn(linkToVorgang);
 
 			var result = getTemplateParameters();
 
diff --git a/collaboration-manager-server/src/test/resources/application-itcase.yml b/collaboration-manager-server/src/test/resources/application-itcase.yml
index e8da334d49bb7daa2a6bb6f128c60ea187e09d5e..dbfa482da1647ade6cc46051cd43478a2b542c21 100644
--- a/collaboration-manager-server/src/test/resources/application-itcase.yml
+++ b/collaboration-manager-server/src/test/resources/application-itcase.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ logging:
 grpc:
   server:
     port: -1
+ozgcloud:
+  vorgang-manager:
+    service-address: vorgang-manager