FAQs
What is Microsoft Teams?
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What is the data retention policy for Teams?
- Private and group chat messages in Microsoft Teams will be deleted one year after the message is sent or received and will not be recoverable. Files currently have no expiry.
- For example, on June 1, 2021, chat messages sent or received on or before June 1, 2020 would be deleted
- An automatically generated message stating "We've deleted older messages due to your organization's retention policy" will appear at the top of chat windows as older chats are deleted.
- Links to files shared in private or group chats will also be removed from the conversation at the one-year mark; however, files will still be accessible in the MS OneDrive of the original sender.
- An automatically generated message stating "We've deleted older messages due to your organization's retention policy" will appear at the top of chat windows as older chats are deleted.
- Teams channel chat messages will persist for three years.
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- Posts to a Teams Channel will be retained for the life of the team (was previously 3 years).
- Other Teams data (e.g., files) will persist as long as the Team exists (i.e., All Teams data would be deleted if the entire Team was deleted).
- All Teams data would be deleted if the entire Team was deleted.
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