Question

A compliance officer wants to automatically remove Teams chat messages and SharePoint documents seven years after they were created, without requiring users to manually classify or act on the content. The organization needs this to apply broadly across workloads to reduce data hoarding and limit what Microsoft 365 Copilot can surface from stale content. Which Microsoft Purview capability should the officer configure?

Accepted Answer

A retention policy in Data Lifecycle Management that retains and then deletes content after seven years

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A sensitivity label configured with encryption applied through auto-labeling

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A Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy that blocks sharing of documents older than seven years

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An Insider Risk Management policy that flags users retaining old content