With the large-scale adoption of Microsoft 365 (M365), many records managers have had to find ways to manage the records that have been (and continue to be) captured and stored across the ecosystem, including via Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business and Exchange Online. The M365 ecosystem is more complicated than a single server-based Electronic … Continue reading Ten tips for records managers to monitor records in Microsoft 365
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What is stored in an Exchange Online mailbox?
Email mailboxes have long been the primary repository for work-related emails (and attachments) and calendaring information. Some of these emails may have been copied to electronic document and records management (EDRM) systems or saved to network drives. Very often some form of mailbox archiving was introduced to help reduce storage by moving inactive content to … Continue reading What is stored in an Exchange Online mailbox?
Understanding OneDrives – for records managers
OneDrive is a standard feature in Microsoft 365 licences. OneDrives: Provide a 'personal' space to store content, with up to 1 TB of storage, that cannot be accessed by anyone except the relevant admins (no different from their previous ability to access 'personal' or 'home ' drives). Can be accessed by end-users directly from File … Continue reading Understanding OneDrives – for records managers
Factors that can affect search outcomes in SharePoint
Searches from the search bar on a SharePoint Online site can sometimes return unexpected results. My previous post titled 'How the search scope returns search results in SharePoint' explored how the search scope setting can influence results. Searches in SharePoint Online (from sites, hub sites, the end-user SharePoint portal or via Teams) generally produce good results … Continue reading Factors that can affect search outcomes in SharePoint