A basic retention model for Microsoft Teams

In my previous post about managing inactive Teams, the third option listed was to apply retention policies to those Teams. It included the graphic below. This post provides more details of a basic retention model that can be applied to both active and inactive Teams. Key takeaways Key takeaways from this post for records and …

Managing inactive Teams in Microsoft Teams

The rapid and often uncontrolled rollout of Microsoft (MS) Teams as part of Microsoft 365 (M365) deployments from early 2020 has become a headache for many records and information managers. In many organisations, inactive Teams - some with no owners and inaccessible to records managers - litter the M365 landscape. The introduction of private channels …

Combining metadata with folders in SharePoint

As organisations increasingly move content from network file shares to SharePoint, many have found that folders in SharePoint (and via the Files tab in Teams channels) are a bit less friendly. For example, there is no way to 'expand' the folder view, so it is not possible to see the folder hierarchy (unless the library …