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Priority Cleanup for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Is Generally Available
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Priority Cleanup for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Is Generally Available

Priority cleanup is a Microsoft Purview solution that allows tenants to remove items even when the items are subject to retention hold. That sounds like Priority cleanup goes against the nature of data governance, but sometimes it's more important to remove items than to keep them for their full retention period. This article explains how Priority Cleanup works and some of the important concepts that you need to master before removing anything.

January 5, 2026
Practical Graph: Reporting Which OneDrive for Business Files are Shared and With Whom 25 Comments

Practical Graph: Reporting Which OneDrive for Business Files are Shared and With Whom

Oversharing of information is a major concern in the AI era. This article describes how to write a script to report file sharing for OneDrive for Business accounts. The report details the files shared, the type of sharing link and access, and who can access the files. It's an example of using the Microsoft Graph PowerShell SDK to understand what's happening in a tenant.

October 7, 2024
Microsoft Releases Public Preview of Microsoft 365 Backup

Microsoft Releases Public Preview of Microsoft 365 Backup

If you’re interested in protecting your SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, or Exchange Online data, it is useful to understand how Microsoft 365 Backup works and what the software can and cannot do. In this article, Paul Robichaux walks through how to set up and test the preview version of Microsoft 365 Backup.

February 20, 2024
Using Adaptive Scopes with Retention Policies for SharePoint Online Sites 7 Comments

Using Adaptive Scopes with Retention Policies for SharePoint Online Sites

Adaptive scopes are a new way to target locations for Microsoft 365 retention policies. Previously, we covered how to use scopes to find users and groups. Now, we move to describe how to use adaptive scopes to find SharePoint Online sites and OneDrive for Business accounts. The process is not quite as easy as it is to create scopes for users and groups, but once you understand how to add custom properties to sites, you're home free and easy. That is, if you have the necessary Office 365 E5 licenses to use adaptive scopes...

November 15, 2021
Ignite 2021 is Next Week. Here’s What I Anticipate for Microsoft 365 4 Comments

Ignite 2021 is Next Week. Here’s What I Anticipate for Microsoft 365

Microsoft Ignite 2021 happens (virtually) on Nov 2-4. There are tons of sessions scheduled and in this post we consider some important Microsoft 365 topics that we hope Microsoft will cover to help technologists plan tenant development over the coming year. Above all, we're looking forward to being able to attend conferences like Ignite in person so that we can learn from experts from inside and outside Microsoft.

October 26, 2021
New Expiring Access Policy to Control Guest Access to SharePoint Online Sites 19 Comments

New Expiring Access Policy to Control Guest Access to SharePoint Online Sites

Microsoft has introduced a new feature to control how long guests have access to content shared with them in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. You can configure a tenant-wide policy and then tune the policy for specific sites. The new control does not affect guest access gained through membership of Microsoft 365 Groups. Here's what you need to know about SharePoint Online's guest expiration policy

August 11, 2021