Customized Retention Policies: Long-Term Retention

Originally posted by Microsoft Nov 14, 2023 Uncategorized 0 Comments

We’re rolling out a new feature to enable customers with Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium) and the 10-Year Retention Add-on to create additional customized retention policies.

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When this will happen:

Rollout to general availability in the worldwide clouds will begin in early December and is expected to be complete by late December.

How this will affect your organization:

This new feature release enables additional customization for retention duration for Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium) and 10-year Audit Log Retention Add-On users.

• Currently, Audit (Premium) customers can retain data for 90 days , 6 months, 9 months, and up to 1 year. With this update, customers can now apply 3-year, 5-year, and 7-year retention policies.

Retention Policies in the Audit UI within the Purview Portal

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Retention Policy Panel View 

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New Long-Term Retention Options available for 3 years, 5 years, and 7 years

What you need to do to prepare:

Apply the Audit Premium and 10 Year Retention Add-on Licenses to each relevant user in order to apply 3-year, 5-year, and 7-year retention policies to their data.

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Get started with Audit (Premium) in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.

Learn more: Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium)

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