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Sep 23, 2025

Published Sep 14, 2020

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In development

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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)

RM68688 - Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Ability to set a retention period for a policy

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Introducing the ability to define how long content captured by a Communication Compliance policy is retained. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance?view=o365-worldwide

GA date: FebruaryJanuary CY2027

Preview date: December CY2026

Snapshot from Sep 23, 2025

Introducing the ability to define how long content captured by a Communication Compliance policy is retained. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance?view=o365-worldwide

GA date: February CY2026