M365 Archive

RM464994 - Microsoft 365: Protection unit-level offboarding for Microsoft 365 Backup

Microsoft 365 Roadmap

Summary

Ability to permanently delete, after appropriate grace period, protection units from the backups. A protection unit is defined as a OneDrive Account, SharePoint site, or Exchange Online shared or user mailbox being protected in the Backup tool.

Roadmap ID

464994

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Last Updated

Aug 29, 2025

Published Oct 29, 2024

Status

Launched

Release

General Availability
Preview

Platforms

Web

Service

Microsoft 365

Tag

Launched
General Availability
Preview
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Cloud

Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Description

Ability to permanently delete, after appropriate grace period, protection units from the backups. A protection unit is defined as a OneDrive Account, SharePoint site, or Exchange Online shared or user mailbox being protected in the Backup tool.

GA date: August CY2025

Preview date: July CY2025