Tag: Retention Policies

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How to Transition from Exchange Online Mailbox Retention Policies to Microsoft 365 Retention 52 Comments

How to Transition from Exchange Online Mailbox Retention Policies to Microsoft 365 Retention

Exchange Online has mailbox retention policies. Microsoft 365 has retention policies and retention labels. In this article, we explore how to move away from Exchange Online retention to use Microsoft 365 retention. The transition makes it possible to use the advanced retention capabilities Microsoft is developing that will never show up in Exchange Online, so it's a good long-term goal to have even if it's not on your immediate work list.

January 20, 2022
How Long Should Teams Chat and Channel Retention Be? 2 Comments

How Long Should Teams Chat and Channel Retention Be?

Governance and Compliance can be a complex subject, especially in the context of modern collaboration. While cloud services and mobility have improved productivity and collaboration, it has also become essential to secure and monitor that data and protect sensitive information on-premises, across devices, SaaS applications, and cloud services. Kat Greenan provides more context around retention policies, specifically for Microsoft Teams, to remain compliant.

December 6, 2021
Using Adaptive Scopes with Microsoft 365 Retention Policies for Users and Groups 24 Comments

Using Adaptive Scopes with Microsoft 365 Retention Policies for Users and Groups

Adaptive scopes are a new way to dynamically target sets of locations (sites, users, and groups) for Microsoft 365 retention policies. In this article, we discuss the basics of adaptive scopes and how to build the filters used in the scopes, and then how to use adaptive scopes in retention policies. Adaptive scopes are well suited to the kind of processing needed by large enterprises, which is good because they required Office 365 E5 licenses.

November 11, 2021