Why Content Archiving is so important in SharePoint
In the old days of SharePoint, we never really cared much about Archiving. With the abundance of local storage, we pretty much saved everything we had, whether it was 10…
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3 ways to find content tagged with a specific retention label
If your organization has embraced the retention capabilities of Microsoft 365, I am sure that at some point, you are curious to find content tagged with a certain retention label.…
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3 ways to tag content in SharePoint and Microsoft 365
If you have been following my blog for a while, I am pretty sure by now you know that I am a huge fan of metadata. When we think about…
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3 Retention Label Settings in Microsoft Purview
If you created and applied retention labels in Microsoft Purview, then one of the decisions you had to make was related to what happens to Labeled Items. While most options…
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Do we need to back up documents in SharePoint Online?
I am often asked this question. As companies migrate from file shares and other cloud providers to SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams, the obvious question is: What happens if we need…
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How to search content tagged with a retention label using Purview Content Search
Here is a use case for you. You had created a retention label and published it to various locations, and had it applied either automatically or by end users. And…
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4 Options that define the Start the Retention Period
I have written several articles related to content retention in SharePoint Online. One of the most important aspects of the retention setup is defining when the retention period will start.…
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5 options at the end of the Retention Period
Suppose you have set up Retention Labels and Record Labels for your content in SharePoint Online. In that case, you probably remember that during the setup, you have to decide…
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How to set up a Disposition review for content under Retention in SharePoint Online
Every time you set up a Label Retention Policy, you must specify what will happen at the end of the retention period. You can end the retention, delete the labeled…
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How to auto-apply retention labels to documents in SharePoint Online
In most of my previous articles about Retention labels and policies, the assumption was that users would ultimately decide on the retention of a specific document based on some of…
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I’m Greg Zelfond, a U.S. based SharePoint consultant, and I provide affordable out-of-the-box SharePoint consulting, training, and configuration assistance to small and medium-sized businesses all over the world.
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