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RM571306 - Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management-Legacy Teams retention policies covering Copilot will be treated as Teams-only

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Summary

Some existing retention policies scoped to Microsoft Teams may currently also apply to Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions. As part of an upcoming change, these legacy Teams retention policies will be converted to—and treated as—Teams-only policies. They will no longer implicitly govern Copilot workloads.

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Roadmap ID

571306

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Last Updated

Oct 28, 2026

Published Sep 18, 2026

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In development

Release

General Availability

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Web

Service

Microsoft Purview

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In development
General Availability
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Cloud

Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Description

Some existing retention policies scoped to Microsoft Teams may currently also apply to Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions. As part of an upcoming change, these legacy Teams retention policies will be converted to—and treated as—Teams-only policies. They will no longer implicitly govern Copilot workloads.

GA date: January CY2027

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  1. Oct 28, 2026 · 11:04 PMLatest · v2

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  2. Sep 18, 2026 · 10:00 PMOriginal · v1

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