Planning for data lifecycle management
The complexity and volume of data that is stored and processed by organizations is ever increasing. Data can be stored within email messages, documents, Teams chat and channel messages, and more. It has never been more crucial to effectively manage and govern the data that you store in order to do the following:
- Comply with internal policies or industry regulations and retain content for only as long as it is needed
- Permanently delete old and unnecessary content to reduce risk in the event of a security breach or litigation
- Ensure that your organization’s employees work only with content that is current and relevant
The starting point for compliance administrators when planning for data lifecycle management is retention. With retention labels and policies in Microsoft 365, you can take actions that will either retain or delete content in line with the set retention periods. This will result in the following outcomes...
