Proving that Teams Retention Policies Work

You can create an Office 365 retention policy to process Teams channel conversations and personal chats, but how do you prove that the policy is working? As it turns out, the only way is by checking the mailboxes where Teams stores compliance items and the statistics generated by the Exchange Online Managed Folder Assistant.

Aug 30, 2018|Tony Redmond

Using Office 365 IM Conversation Records for eDiscovery

Teams and Skype for Business Online both capture IM conversation records that can be found by Office 365 eDiscovery (content) searches. All of which is good, but if you ever get around to performing eDiscovery and need this information, you'll find that Skype for Business Online conversation transcripts are easier to use than the individual copies of conversation contributions captured by Teams.

Aug 28, 2018|Tony Redmond

Microsoft Teams Matches Skype Functionality, Ready For The Road Ahead

Microsoft says that Teams now matches Skype for Business Online's feature set but the company still won't say when they will decommission Skype.

Aug 24, 2018|Brad Sams

New GDPR Data Loss Prevention Template Needs Some Tweaking

Microsoft has done a good job of helping Office 365 tenants prepare for GDPR, but the best intentions sometimes run into difficulties. Such as what you might find with the new GDPR Data Loss Prevention policy template, which does an excellent job of finding things like European tax numbers... but sometimes too good a job.

Aug 23, 2018|Tony Redmond

Microsoft's Killing its Sway iOS App

Microsoft is ending support for its Sway iOS app but the company says that they are not sunsetting the entire platform...yet.

Aug 22, 2018|Brad Sams