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We applied a retention policy on a users OneDrive for 3 years. My query is how the retention policy on OneDrive works when the user is deleted and license is removed in O365. Will the user's OD data be available for 3 years when the account is deleted from Azure AD?
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Hi @Ajaz Khan
I'm checking how the things are going on about this issue. Whether the answer helps you?
Thank you. It did help to understand the concept.
That's the theory, yes. As long as there is a retention policy acting upon the drives, they will be preserved and removing the user/license wont affect them. Neither will you be able to manually delete the site via PowerShell.
Hi @Ajaz Khan
Agree with michev. If a user is deleted from Azure AD, any files that are subject to a retention policy will remain for the duration of the policy. During this time, all the user’s OneDrive data will continue to be available.
For Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/retention-policies-sharepoint?view=o365-worldwide
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