Cloud & Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 Data Lifecycle & SharePoint Archival

An anonymized architecture example illustrating the type of challenge and approach.

The challenge

Information lifecycle decisions become difficult when governance, retention and archival are treated as isolated product settings. The goal is a coherent operating model.

Architecture focus

  • Define lifecycle and archival principles
  • Map governance requirements to platform capabilities
  • Design SharePoint archival patterns
  • Reduce unmanaged data growth
  • Create an architecture that can evolve with the platform
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