MC689490 - Customized Retention Policies: Long-Term Retention

Updated December 15, 2023: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

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.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 144251

[When this will happen:]

Rollout to general availability in the worldwide clouds will begin in mid-December 2023 (previously early December) and is expected to be complete by early January 2024 (previously late December).

[How this will affect your organization:]

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

Retention Policy Panel View 

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.

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

Learn more: Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium)